RE: Check URL

2006-11-08 Thread Ray Champagne
Check the HTTP header? 200 OK. > -Original Message- > From: Orlini, Robert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 4:15 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Check URL > > Is there any way to check whether a Home Page using .cfm loads? Maybe checking

Check URL

2006-11-08 Thread Orlini, Robert
Is there any way to check whether a Home Page using .cfm loads? Maybe checking if the standard CF error page displays? I know this may be vague, but it's a direction to seeing if the cf server is down or is there another path I could go? Any advice would be helpful. Thanks as always...y'all ha

RE: PING to check URL

2000-05-31 Thread Dave Watts
> Verifying that a URL is live (e.g. not returning a 404) is a bit > more tricky. > > You could use CFHTTP and parse CFHTTP.FileContent for 404 (or > other status codes) to verify that the link is live, however, I > would caution you in doing so if the site you are building will > receive heavy tr

RE: PING to check URL

2000-05-30 Thread Chris Chambers
dicate that our software is functioning exactly as coded __ -Original Message- From: John Allred [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 4:34 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: PING to check URL I can't find any documentation on using the PING co

RE: PING to check URL

2000-05-30 Thread lsellers
> > I can't find any documentation on using the PING command to check for a > valid URL. The alternative is to force my users to do it, when all I > want is to check its validity before allowing them to enter it on my > site. PING is only for ip addresses (ie, 127.0.0.1), not URLs. Use CFHTTP or

RE: PING to check URL

2000-05-30 Thread Dave Watts
> Maybe I'm narrowing the choices by my question. I'm not hung > up on PING. I would merely like to be able to check for a URL > behind the scenes in my script, without forcing my visitor to > do it for me (enter it, test it, and either click the back button > or close the new window, depending on

RE: PING to check URL

2000-05-30 Thread Shane Witbeck
o: CF-Talk Subject: PING to check URL I can't find any documentation on using the PING command to check for a valid URL. The alternative is to force my users to do it, when all I want is to check its validity before allowing them to enter it on my site. Any thoughts? TIA, -- John A

Re: PING to check URL

2000-05-30 Thread John Allred
Thanks, Dave. Maybe I'm narrowing the choices by my question. I'm not hung up on PING. I would merely like to be able to check for a URL behind the scenes in my script, without forcing my visitor to do it for me (enter it, test it, and either click the back button or close the new window, dependi

RE: PING to check URL

2000-05-30 Thread Rob Sherman
In the gallery there is a custom tag called cfx_http which will return header information. From that you can test if it returns a valid header or not and then accept the url the users give you etc. Sincerely, Rob Sherman Developer / Allaire Certified Instructor CFDude, Inc. http://www.cfdude.

RE: PING to check URL

2000-05-30 Thread Dave Watts
> I can't find any documentation on using the PING command to > check for a valid URL. The alternative is to force my users > to do it, when all I want is to check its validity before > allowing them to enter it on my site. Ping doesn't have anything to do with URLs. You use Ping to see if you ca

Re: PING to check URL

2000-05-30 Thread Brook Davies
There is a custom tag which allows you to issue any command line calls. I belive it is called "command console" or something to that effect. Good Luck. bd At 03:33 PM 30/05/00 -0500, you wrote: >I can't find any documentation on using the PING command to check for a >valid URL. The alternative

Re: PING to check URL

2000-05-30 Thread Allen G
e a spider check any flagged URLs to see if a web site exists there. Just my two-bits worth. -Allen - Original Message - From: "John Allred" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2000 3:33 PM Subject: PING to check

PING to check URL

2000-05-30 Thread John Allred
I can't find any documentation on using the PING command to check for a valid URL. The alternative is to force my users to do it, when all I want is to check its validity before allowing them to enter it on my site. Any thoughts? TIA, -- John Allred / Jackson, Mississippi Mississippi Counties h