Here's the poor mans answer to applicationStop(), it works on CF7 & CF8.
|<||cfset| |application.setIsInited(false) /> | See Mister Dai for a more detailed explanation: http://misterdai.wordpress.com/2010/06/11/cf-flag-application-to-run-onapplicationstart/ | | Thanks, Eric Cobb ECAR Technologies, LLC http://www.ecartech.com http://www.cfgears.com Raymond Camden wrote: > That's by design. CF knows when an application starts. You can 'force' > it a few ways. > > 1) In CF9, within onRequestStart, add a check for url.init (or some > such), and run applicationStop(), you then need to reload the current > request. > 2) Or even simpler, within onRequestStart, add a check for a url var > and simply do > > onApplicationStart(); > > This will NOT single thread the call, but if you are just setting up a > bunch of variables, you most likely do not need to be concerned. > > 3) I don't really recommend this, but you can also just rename the > application. > > > On Wed, Aug 4, 2010 at 2:56 PM, Matt Coldfusion <i...@fusionserve.net> wrote: > >> This doesnt work for me and I cannot work out why? >> I run onApplicationStart in application.cfc and all my old application >> variables still exist, i have to restart the service all the time but i >> can't do this on my shared server. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >>>> What is another way besides creating a temp file to explicitly reset >>>> those variables? >>>> Is there a way to make the Application expire and restart (sort of >>>> speak)? >>>> >>> Here's what I use: >>> >>> <cffunction name="onRequestStart" returntype="void" output="false"> >>> <cfif structKeyExists(url,"reinitApp")> >>> <cflock scope="application" type="exclusive" timeout="5" >>> throwontimeout="true"> >>> <cfset onApplicationStart()> >>> </cflock> >>> </cfif> >>> </cffunction> >>> >>> Then add ?reinitApp=1 in any url to restart the app >>> >>> Will >>> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:335997 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
