must be used whenever shared scopes are used, as well as whenever code should not be accessed by more than one request at a time. throws errors if timeouts occur (waiting for a lock), and you need to know about these situations. The best way to do this is using / , specifying a block with...
ColdFusion is very good about providing descriptive error messages. Unfortunately, SQL and ODBC are not. But here's a useful tip - if you ever receive really odd database errors (missing attributes, too many parameters, column does not exist, things like that) the first thing you should do is check...
ColdFusion comes with a syntax checker - give it the name of a directory, and it will scan all of your CFML code syntax problems. The syntax checker is installed with the ColdFusion documentation, so if you opted not to install the docs it will not be installed. To access it go to...
is used, among other things, to name an application. All applications should have unique names, and application names may not be longer than 64 characters. (Applies to: ColdFusion All)
Mail generated using is spooled for later delivery. By default ColdFusion checks for spooled files once a minute, but this value can be changed using the ColdFusion Administrator. If you generate small amounts of e-mail then this value can safely be lowered for more immediate mail delivery....
To test if a structure member exists, the IsDefined() function may be used to check for structure.member. However, if the member name contains special or invalid characters (for example, spaces) then IsDefined() cannot be used, and you should use the StructKeyExists() function instead. (Applies to:...
RDS is the mechanism by which ColdFusion Studio users remotely access files, directories, datasources, and more. To troubleshoot RDS specific problems you should check for errors in the rdsservice.log file. (Applies to: ColdFusion 4 or later)
ColdFusion 5 gives you the option of logging errors in CF4.5 format (the format changed in v5). This option is primarily available for backwards compatibility, so unless you need to use the log files with older utilities it should not be used as older log files cannot be browsed using the...
Custom Tags are such an important part of ColdFusion, that a special log file is generated specifically to help troubleshoot Custom Tag related problems - log file customtag.log logs any errors generated during Custom tag processing. (Applies to: ColdFusion 3 or later)
If you are using ColdFusion in distributed mode (ColdFusion and the Web server running on separate machines) then a special log file is created to help diagnose problems. Log file remote.log logs any messages reported by the Network Listener Module (cfdist). (Applies to: ColdFusion 4 or later)