chschedule won't set application variable?

[anorakgirl]

Hi,

I have an hourly task (cfschedule) which gets some data via an cfhttp to another website. It then puts this data in an application variable. The problem is that the application variable isn't remembered. For example, in my task I currently have:

<cfset application.exchangeDate = "test">

If I run the task manually, using

<cfschedule action="RUN" TASK="#mytask#">

then in the debug output, I can see that the application variable has been set correctly.

But if I then click to another page in my site, it has gone. Has anyone had this problem? Does this mean that cfscheduled task doesm't run in the same application or something??

Thanks for any tips. Tamsin

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[TruthInSatire]

the page that is run by cfschedule,
make sure it is in a folder that has an application.cfm file which turns session management on. be sure sessions last at least 1 hour if your task is hourly. or you can put the <cfapplication> tag in the page that is run in the schedule to set the application name and session management.

Something like this would be better done storing the info into a db table and accessed when needed, not an application variable

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