RE: CFLOCATION to external sites - failure
Hi, all. I'm afraid that this isn't the problem. The addresses are indeed fully qualified. I have rewritten the CFLOCATION tag several times from scratch to be sure I have no typos. I have cut and pasted the exact URL string from the CFLOCATION url attribute to a browser's address bar (on the server itself) and have successfully reached the site. Still a mystery... Matthieu -Original Message- From: Dave Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 11:29 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: CFLOCATION to external sites - failure Ahhh, cheers Jochem. Then the problem is the client resolving the url's. Well I'd taken it for granted that the url's in the db were all fully qualified, i.e. including http:// etc as Mike had suggested, but it's starting to sound like Mike is correct, unless the client machine is having extraneous networking problems (more unlikely). Dave -Original Message- From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 27 September 2002 16:22 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: CFLOCATION to external sites - failure Dave Wilson wrote: I'm not sure exactly how cflocation works. Whether it (as you say) sends the redirect instruction to the client, leaving the dns resolution up to the client machine. Or. It is all handled on the server side. cflocation sends an HTTP 302 Found statuscode to the browser together with a header with the new location (see RFC 2616 or the list archive for past discussions). Effectively, it is nothing but: cfheader statuscode=302 cfheader name=location value=fully qualified URL Jochem __ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
CFLOCATION to external sites - failure
Hi. I have a series of pages, each of which points to an offsite link. These external sites vary in location and nature. In order to track usage of these sites, I am passing users through an exit page. On this exit page, I pull the external URL from a database and stick it in a CFLOCATION statement. Sometimes this works, and sometimes I get a page could not be found/404 error. I am sure that this is not to do with the exit page's placement: if I remove it, I get an entirely different error. So I am sure that the exit page is being loaded. To make things stranger: if I paste the URL (pulled by the exit page) directly into a browser, it works fine. Or, if I use CFHEADER instead of CFLOCATION, it works fine. Anyone know of any reason why CFLOCATION should fail when pointing offsite? Thanks, Matthieu __ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
RE: CFLOCATION to external sites - failure
Maybe the server running ColdFusion has difficulty in resolving url's. Possibly due to incorrectly configured DNS. Check the links are obtainable when browsing direct to them from the server if you have access to it. Dave -Original Message- From: Cornillon, Matthieu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 27 September 2002 14:54 To: CF-Talk Subject: CFLOCATION to external sites - failure Hi. I have a series of pages, each of which points to an offsite link. These external sites vary in location and nature. In order to track usage of these sites, I am passing users through an exit page. On this exit page, I pull the external URL from a database and stick it in a CFLOCATION statement. Sometimes this works, and sometimes I get a page could not be found/404 error. I am sure that this is not to do with the exit page's placement: if I remove it, I get an entirely different error. So I am sure that the exit page is being loaded. To make things stranger: if I paste the URL (pulled by the exit page) directly into a browser, it works fine. Or, if I use CFHEADER instead of CFLOCATION, it works fine. Anyone know of any reason why CFLOCATION should fail when pointing offsite? Thanks, Matthieu __ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
RE: CFLOCATION to external sites - failure
Would that really matter, doesn't cflocation just tell the browser to relocate to the specified url? -Original Message- From: Dave Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 10:37 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: CFLOCATION to external sites - failure Maybe the server running ColdFusion has difficulty in resolving url's. Possibly due to incorrectly configured DNS. Check the links are obtainable when browsing direct to them from the server if you have access to it. Dave -Original Message- From: Cornillon, Matthieu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 27 September 2002 14:54 To: CF-Talk Subject: CFLOCATION to external sites - failure Hi. I have a series of pages, each of which points to an offsite link. These external sites vary in location and nature. In order to track usage of these sites, I am passing users through an exit page. On this exit page, I pull the external URL from a database and stick it in a CFLOCATION statement. Sometimes this works, and sometimes I get a page could not be found/404 error. I am sure that this is not to do with the exit page's placement: if I remove it, I get an entirely different error. So I am sure that the exit page is being loaded. To make things stranger: if I paste the URL (pulled by the exit page) directly into a browser, it works fine. Or, if I use CFHEADER instead of CFLOCATION, it works fine. Anyone know of any reason why CFLOCATION should fail when pointing offsite? Thanks, Matthieu __ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
RE: CFLOCATION to external sites - failure
Are you includeing a http:// on the url so the browser knows not to pull a relative path ? As I have used code like.. CFLOCATION URL=../foo.htm ADDTOKEN=NO Plenty of times so that I can keep people out of directories... And if you arent includeing the http then it could be telling the browser to go to http://www.yoursite.com//www.newsite.com/ with will 404 HTH -Original Message- From: Turetsky, Seth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 15:55 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: CFLOCATION to external sites - failure Would that really matter, doesn't cflocation just tell the browser to relocate to the specified url? -Original Message- From: Dave Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 10:37 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: CFLOCATION to external sites - failure Maybe the server running ColdFusion has difficulty in resolving url's. Possibly due to incorrectly configured DNS. Check the links are obtainable when browsing direct to them from the server if you have access to it. Dave -Original Message- From: Cornillon, Matthieu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 27 September 2002 14:54 To: CF-Talk Subject: CFLOCATION to external sites - failure Hi. I have a series of pages, each of which points to an offsite link. These external sites vary in location and nature. In order to track usage of these sites, I am passing users through an exit page. On this exit page, I pull the external URL from a database and stick it in a CFLOCATION statement. Sometimes this works, and sometimes I get a page could not be found/404 error. I am sure that this is not to do with the exit page's placement: if I remove it, I get an entirely different error. So I am sure that the exit page is being loaded. To make things stranger: if I paste the URL (pulled by the exit page) directly into a browser, it works fine. Or, if I use CFHEADER instead of CFLOCATION, it works fine. Anyone know of any reason why CFLOCATION should fail when pointing offsite? Thanks, Matthieu __ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
RE: CFLOCATION to external sites - failure
I'm not sure exactly how cflocation works. Whether it (as you say) sends the redirect instruction to the client, leaving the dns resolution up to the client machine. Or. It is all handled on the server side. I think possibly the former of the two may be most likely after thinking about it. If this is the case, then there may be some problems in the instructions being sent by cflocation. Very stange though as I've not seen this problem occur without there being a DNS resolution or networking problem occurring. Sorry I can't help further, Dave -Original Message- From: Turetsky, Seth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 27 September 2002 15:55 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: CFLOCATION to external sites - failure Would that really matter, doesn't cflocation just tell the browser to relocate to the specified url? -Original Message- From: Dave Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 10:37 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: CFLOCATION to external sites - failure Maybe the server running ColdFusion has difficulty in resolving url's. Possibly due to incorrectly configured DNS. Check the links are obtainable when browsing direct to them from the server if you have access to it. Dave -Original Message- From: Cornillon, Matthieu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 27 September 2002 14:54 To: CF-Talk Subject: CFLOCATION to external sites - failure Hi. I have a series of pages, each of which points to an offsite link. These external sites vary in location and nature. In order to track usage of these sites, I am passing users through an exit page. On this exit page, I pull the external URL from a database and stick it in a CFLOCATION statement. Sometimes this works, and sometimes I get a page could not be found/404 error. I am sure that this is not to do with the exit page's placement: if I remove it, I get an entirely different error. So I am sure that the exit page is being loaded. To make things stranger: if I paste the URL (pulled by the exit page) directly into a browser, it works fine. Or, if I use CFHEADER instead of CFLOCATION, it works fine. Anyone know of any reason why CFLOCATION should fail when pointing offsite? Thanks, Matthieu __ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
RE: CFLOCATION to external sites - failure
yeah, not too sure either. might be along the lines of what mike is saying. you should be able to see what the url looks like after the exit page does the cflocation. if it looks like a legit url, and you copy and paste that and it works, cflocation must not be properly telling the browser to redirect. lets see some code. -Original Message- From: Dave Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 11:08 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: CFLOCATION to external sites - failure I'm not sure exactly how cflocation works. Whether it (as you say) sends the redirect instruction to the client, leaving the dns resolution up to the client machine. Or. It is all handled on the server side. I think possibly the former of the two may be most likely after thinking about it. If this is the case, then there may be some problems in the instructions being sent by cflocation. Very stange though as I've not seen this problem occur without there being a DNS resolution or networking problem occurring. Sorry I can't help further, Dave -Original Message- From: Turetsky, Seth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 27 September 2002 15:55 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: CFLOCATION to external sites - failure Would that really matter, doesn't cflocation just tell the browser to relocate to the specified url? -Original Message- From: Dave Wilson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 10:37 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: CFLOCATION to external sites - failure Maybe the server running ColdFusion has difficulty in resolving url's. Possibly due to incorrectly configured DNS. Check the links are obtainable when browsing direct to them from the server if you have access to it. Dave -Original Message- From: Cornillon, Matthieu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 27 September 2002 14:54 To: CF-Talk Subject: CFLOCATION to external sites - failure Hi. I have a series of pages, each of which points to an offsite link. These external sites vary in location and nature. In order to track usage of these sites, I am passing users through an exit page. On this exit page, I pull the external URL from a database and stick it in a CFLOCATION statement. Sometimes this works, and sometimes I get a page could not be found/404 error. I am sure that this is not to do with the exit page's placement: if I remove it, I get an entirely different error. So I am sure that the exit page is being loaded. To make things stranger: if I paste the URL (pulled by the exit page) directly into a browser, it works fine. Or, if I use CFHEADER instead of CFLOCATION, it works fine. Anyone know of any reason why CFLOCATION should fail when pointing offsite? Thanks, Matthieu __ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
Re: CFLOCATION to external sites - failure
Dave Wilson wrote: I'm not sure exactly how cflocation works. Whether it (as you say) sends the redirect instruction to the client, leaving the dns resolution up to the client machine. Or. It is all handled on the server side. cflocation sends an HTTP 302 Found statuscode to the browser together with a header with the new location (see RFC 2616 or the list archive for past discussions). Effectively, it is nothing but: cfheader statuscode=302 cfheader name=location value=fully qualified URL Jochem __ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
RE: CFLOCATION to external sites - failure
Ahhh, cheers Jochem. Then the problem is the client resolving the url's. Well I'd taken it for granted that the url's in the db were all fully qualified, i.e. including http:// etc as Mike had suggested, but it's starting to sound like Mike is correct, unless the client machine is having extraneous networking problems (more unlikely). Dave -Original Message- From: Jochem van Dieten [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 27 September 2002 16:22 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: CFLOCATION to external sites - failure Dave Wilson wrote: I'm not sure exactly how cflocation works. Whether it (as you say) sends the redirect instruction to the client, leaving the dns resolution up to the client machine. Or. It is all handled on the server side. cflocation sends an HTTP 302 Found statuscode to the browser together with a header with the new location (see RFC 2616 or the list archive for past discussions). Effectively, it is nothing but: cfheader statuscode=302 cfheader name=location value=fully qualified URL Jochem __ Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
