thanks for your comments it is now seperating the 2 but the names were different the only thing we changed was:
<cfcomponent> <cfset application.name = "Project1"/> to <cfcomponent> <cfset this.name = "Project1"/> why would changing it from 'application' to 'this' rectify this conflict thanks > Richard White wrote: > > we have 2 different directories for both applications however will > the application scope conflict? > > Ahh different issue. > > ColdFusion distinguishes different applications by the application > name > string. Any template, in any directory running under any application > > cfc or application.cfm file and the same server that share the same > application name will be considered to be the same application. And > thus they will share the same application scope variables. > > So change the name of one of the applications within either the > this.name = "" or <cfapplication name=""> command that you used. > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:321676 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4