Dale, I was going to suggest that, and it might be the only way to succesfully do the trick.
On 8/27/07, Dale Fraser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Could you at application start or some other point do (for the tags you > want > to use) > > <cfset isDbInfo = true /> > > <cftry> > <cfdbinfo ...> > <cfcatch type="any"> > <cfset isDbInfo = false /> > </cfcatch> > </cftry> > > There are probably only a small number of tags that you want to use that > won't be in all versions. > > Then you could say > > <cfif isDbInfo> > > And you don't need to code against specific products (assuming they all > catch). > > > Regards > Dale Fraser > > http://dalefraser.blogspot.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf > Of Mark Mandel > Sent: Monday, 27 August 2007 5:47 PM > To: cfaussie@googlegroups.com > Subject: [cfaussie] Re: Any way to get a list of all cftags? > > > Yeah, that's a good idea (and what I did in the first place), > unfortunately in CF8 there is a setting to turn off access to > coldfuion.* java objects, so I wanted to have preferential treatment > to the cfdbinfo tag, if it existed. > > Mark > > On 8/27/07, Haikal Saadh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > To reply to your request for an Orange with an Apple, why not write a > > thin wrapper around java.sql.DatabaseMetaData? > > > > http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/sql/DatabaseMetaData.html > > particularly > > > > http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/api/java/sql/DatabaseMetaData.html#getTa > bles(java.lang.String > ,%20java.lang.String,%20java.lang.String,%20java.lang.S > tring[]) > > > > someDataSource.getConnection().getMetaData will give you this info, and > > it's available in jdk1.4.2 (at least). > > > > You have to resort to some trickery to actually get a DataSource Object > > in CF 6 (and possibly 7?) but I understand that it's possible? > > > > Quick googling found > > http://spike.oli.tudelft.nl/jochemd/index.cfm?PageID=12 but I'm not sure > > which cf version this is applicable to. > > > > Mark Mandel wrote: > > > Yes, but I'm writing framework code, that is supporting multiple > > > versions of products, so, there is no 'you must be on CF8'. > > > > > > Basically, if the feature is there, I want to use it, and if it isn't > > > there, I want it to scale down gracefully. > > > > > > I can say all this one more time, if you would like ;o) > > > > > > Mark > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > W: www.compoundtheory.com > > > > > -- Senior Coldfusion Developer Aegeon Pty. Ltd. www.aegeon.com.au Phone: +613 8676 4223 Mobile: 0404 998 273 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to cfaussie@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
