RE: Handling Requests And Statuses (Was "Re: Fw: Thanks")

I strongly second Sean's suggestion. 

We make almost EVERYTHING a variable, not just DSN's but application
and session variable names and sometimes even query names. It's amazing
how dynamic you can make CF --- you can even make it dynamic on itself.
And that's when you really start to leverage some of the power of
CF...and vastly simplify your maintenance.

---Judd


--- Sean Tierney <sean@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> another thought- set your DSN as an application variable in the
> application.cfm file (or app_globals in fusebox) and just reference
> that
> variable thereafter in your code. I do this for the DSN as well as
> some
> other stuff like visual preferences in my sites so if I do need to
> make
> changes later I can do so in one spot and have them reflected across
> the
> entire site.
> 
> > Just tell him/her you understand that spaces in datasource names
> can
> > cause problems (maybe not now but later), and it would be a good
> idea
> > to change it now before it gets too far down the road. Unless the
> > webmaster has good reasons for keeping it the way it is (e.g., too
> much
> > legacy code expects it to be "Survey Status" or somesuch) --- in
> which
> > case you should work it out together --- it should be a non-issue.
> If
> > everything works now and you don't expect to ever change your
> > configuration or add any advanced functionality, you may just want
> to
> > keep the name the way it is. Up to you. :-)
> >
> > (Anyone else out there think differently? This is just my 2
> cents...and
> > I'm not counting inflation. ;-)
> >
> > Judd Miller
> > Senior Programmer
> > Vertical Alliance, Inc.
> >
> > --- dwiese@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > >
> > > The data base file is called surveystat.mdb, but for some reason
> the
> > > IT
> > > webmaster in COLD FUSION administrator used Survey Status as the
> > > name. How
> > > can I tactfully tell him that it should be changed?
> > >
> > >
> >
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