@ Ryan, Then query your admin datasource only once, onApplicationStart, and load the data you need into your application scope, either as a query or a struct or whatever makes sense for the data.
application.adminSettings = myAdminDatasourceQuery; That way, you're getting direct data from your core admin app, but still not having to 'cross' DBs on every single request. >Hey, thanks for responding. Creating a shared data source like you >mention would work, however this this data I'm wanting to share is >probably going accessed on every page request, so hitting the database >on every request is something I would like to try to avoid, if possible. > >*Ryan J. Heldt*, Senior Web Developer >Global Reach Internet Productions >http://www.globalreach.com >Phone: 515-296-0792, Fax: 515-296-3748 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:313933 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4