No, my understanding of application.cfm is more like an implicit include on every template that is requested by the browser and runs before anything else. I believe it is compiled and run every time.
On 9/7/05, Damien McKenna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have an assumption regarding Application.cfm that I'm starting to > question. > > It was my understanding that the Application.cfm file was > loaded+compiled the first time when a file in that directory was loaded, > e.g. the first time someone loads index.cfm the Application.cfm file for > that directory was loaded. After that the file was not loaded+compiled > again until it was changed, i.e. a new version was uploaded. Further > from that, it was also my understanding that the same was true for all > files cfinclude'd from Application.cfm. Are my assumptions correct? > > The reason I ask is that today one of our sites trapped an error that > suggests otherwise. The Application.cfm for all of our sites loads a > shared file which sets some common variables - DSN names, common URLs, > etc, all of which are stored in the Application scope. The error that > was logged said that one of these variables was not set, which does not > make sense based on my assumptions above. > > So any ideas on why this might have happened? > > Thanks. > > -- > Damien McKenna - Web Developer - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The Limu Company - http://www.thelimucompany.com/ - 407-804-1014 > #include <stdjoke.h> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:217539 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54