One of the primary reasons a developer should have a clue what happens on the server is so they can actually debug and diagnose problems instead of saying to their client/boss "it must be the hosts fault, lets get a new host", which is hardly ever the cause of the problem. I have seen plenty of devs make such suggestions to others as well with no basis. A complete lack of understanding of server security can also cause untold issues, with apps being insecure, or again assuming problems with the host. The number of times I have seen people say they need a host who allows cfexecute, or allows cfile to read/write anywhete on the aerver, completely oblivious of what a huge security issue this is. Just last week we had a customer who wanted remote desktop access to a shared server and the ability to upload dll's, and this was coming from their developer.
I can honestly say that most devs we deal with have absolutely no idea what goes on beyond ftping their files to the server, everything beyond this is a black box to them. Its rather like being a mechanic but saying i just fix em, but I have no idea how the engine works. Regards Russ Michaels www.michaels.me.uk www.cfmldeveloper.com - Free CFML hosting for developers www.cfsearch.com - CF search engine ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:354240 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
