Not sure if you are looking for same thing but Ben Nadel had a thread related to this.
http://www.bennadel.com/blog/1083-ColdFusion-Session-Management-And-Spiders-Bots.htm <Ajas Mohammed /> http://ajashadi.blogspot.com We cannot become what we need to be, remaining what we are. No matter what, find a way. Because thats what winners do. You can't improve what you don't measure. Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives. On Wed, Aug 24, 2011 at 5:06 PM, Derrick Peavy <derr...@derrickpeavy.com>wrote: > Looking for a clever solution to this problem. > > I have some code on a site that checks for known spiders/bots and malicious > user agents. The list of "known" is baout 50 or so long. > > One solution could be: > > (findNoCase('#searchTerm#', cgi.http_user_agent)) OR > (findNoCase('#searchTerm#', cgi.http_user_agent)) OR > (findNoCase('#searchTerm#', cgi.http_user_agent)) OR ... etc and so on, > 50 times. > > Another solution could be: > <cfif findNoCase('#searchTerm#', cgi.http_user_agent)>do something</cfif> > and repeat that complete CFIF 50 times. > > What is a creative way to solve this without so many IF's and minimal > processing? > > Alos, the list of user agents can be either file based or pulled from a DB. > I've done it both ways and I have used both solutions above. Don't see a > difference, but it just seems rather crude. > > __________________ > Derrick Peavy > derr...@derrickpeavy.com > 404-786-5036 > > “Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower.” - Steve Jobs > "In economics, the majority is always wrong." - John Kenneth Galbraith > _____________________ > > ** > >
