> You are correct but stuff slips through the cracks. It's how well you can > track back the error to the source when it occurs that will dictate if the > code will be fixed when or if it happens. I can show a pretty nice user > friendly error, but the question remains the same. How will I track errors > in my site back to the template it occurs on and how did the user create > that error. Simply put, Adobe has not developed much of an error tracking > system. Now a days, I am tracking not only every click event and on which > element up the DOM tree but also using that information when catching server > errors that will help me figure out how it happened. I'd bet some of the > other developers here would pay good money to have the same system in place > for their websites.
I'm not sure where you're going with this. First, compile-time errors shouldn't ever "slip through the cracks". A compile-time error means that a script was never tested AT ALL. It's the developer's responsibility to check for compile-time errors. Second, you don't really need to ask how the user creates a compile-time error, because it will occur if ANY user runs the script that can't compile. It doesn't matter what the user did - it's not a runtime exception. Third, it's pretty trivial to add error handling to your application. The site-wide error handler can capture a lot of information about compile-time errors or runtime exceptions. The onError event (or CFERROR tag, if you're still using Application.cfm) can capture a lot of information about runtime exceptions - you can easily capture all values sent to the server for the request that generated the exception. You can log them in an existing log file or a custom log file using CFLOG. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:338398 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
