also if you have any variables with periods in the name... in CF 4.5 <cfset my.var = "foo" /> creates a local variabled called my.var. in MX+ it'll create a struct called "my" with a key called "var" :)
On 6/15/06, Ken Ferguson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, that's not entirely true. You're going to find quite a few tags > and/or tag attributes that, while they can still be used, will act in a > very different way in the later versions. For instance, I don't think > that cfgrid will work correctly on the later versions with the code > written to use it in 4.5. There are some attributes to some tags that > will actually throw errors when an MX version encounters them. > > http://livedocs.macromedia.com/coldfusion/6.1/htmldocs/tags-p18.htm#wp2462531 > > A bunch of those changes will actually throw an error and that's just > the changes since CF5. There were a bunch of changes coming from 4.5 to > 5 that caused code to need rewriting. I remember the code analysis tool > doing a pretty good job at pointing these out and none were overly > difficult to fix, but I'd be wary of saying that you shouldn't expect to > need to rewrite some code. > > ***************** > Ken Ferguson > 214.636.6126 > ***************** > > > > > > > Jerry Johnson wrote: > > the only major issue will be with variable scoping. Poorly scoped > > variables in the past can cause issues (do you ever use a local > > varaible called URL for example?) > > > > On 6/15/06, Rick Faircloth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Well, that's certainly good news. I was very concerned > >> about having to recode all the websites I have built and still host on 4.5. > >> > >> Rick > >> > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Robert Everland III [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2006 1:30 PM > >> To: CF-Talk > >> Subject: Re: Sticking with CF... > >> > >> The administrator is just about exactly the same, minus some style sheet > >> changes and new options. It hasn't changed much from the 3.0 days if not > >> earlier. > >> > >> You should be able to run all of your existing code under CFMX 7 with > >> little > >> or no changes. All of the tags that have been deprecated still work. > >> > >> > >> > >> Bob > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:243651 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
