Embeding Coldfusion code on a noncolfusion server

[peter11]

I have a client that has a static web site (HTML).
He is currently using a service of mine where he can make a temp home page. When he activates it I would like to activate a <META http-equiv="refresh" content="0; URL="> Tag that points to my site.


The query is below is what i use with clients that have coldfusion servers.

<cfquery name="homepage" datasource="zed">
select active
from pop
</cfquery>

<cfif active eq 1><META http-equiv="refresh" content="0; URL=http://www.mysite.com/client1"></cfif>

 

[TruthInSatire]

is there a question in here somewhere?

We've heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know that is not true.

 

[peter11]

I want to run querys from a clients home page to my server. My client does not have coldfusion server.
I thought of using includes SHTML(<!--#include virtual="

http://www.whateverurl.com/thefile.cfm"

-->) or php includes(<? include ("

http://www.whateverurl.com/thefile.cfm")

?>) or ASP includes depending on their server.

"thefile.cfm" would include the simple query and meta tag below:

<cfquery name="homepage" datasource="zed">
select active
from pop
</cfquery>

<cfif active eq 1><META http-equiv="refresh" content="0; URL=http://www.mysite.com/client1"></cfif>

It is very important that this NEVER fails.
The questions are:
Whether or not this is a good idea?
Is there a better coding practice I should follow?

 

[Wullie]

You cannot include a remote file the way you mention, you can only run includes on a local file. I would suggest using frames from what you want to do.

Hope this helps

Wullie

Fresh Look - Quality Coldfusion 7/Windows Hosting

The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails. - John Maxwell

 

[TruthInSatire]

you can use a server http request to run a page on your server, same as <cfhttp>.

You just have to create a page that would generate output that can be used by php or whatever server technology they are running. Like a mini web service.

We've heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know that is not true.

 

[peter11]

I did not want to use frames because I did not want to alter the web page and there is no visible content. I just want to place a query in the head of the document.

Are you sure you can only include local files? It has been a whire but I thought SHTML allowed you to include non local files if you used "virtual".

from the brief research I did I thought PHP also allowed it. I am not sure about ASP.

Hmmm? I guess I could use frames and put my logo on as a footer and run the query there.

 

[Wullie]

There is no way in SSI to include a remote file, not by using an include anyway.

Hope this helps

Wullie

Fresh Look - Quality Coldfusion 7/Windows Hosting

The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails. - John Maxwell

 

[peter11]

http request is an XML thing, right?

I have come upon this suggestion for other problems in the past but I have not figures out how to use it.

If you know of any tutorials for non XML people let me know.

Thanks

 

[krisbrixon]

the xmlhttprequest will not allow requests to different domains.

However, read this article. It is what I would call a hack, but it might do what you want.

Kris Brixon
www.brixon.org

 

[TruthInSatire]

so... did you get this figurd out? why not write a web service like i suggested?

We've heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know that is not true.

 

[jrottman]

you can't include from another page, but you sure can use cfhttp.

<cfhttp url="yourfoo.com" resolveurl="yes">

Then do what you will with it from your end.

 

[Wullie]

you can't include from another page, but you sure can use cfhttp.

<cfhttp url="yourfoo.com" resolveurl="yes">

Then do what you will with it from your end.

He can't use that code on a server that doesn't have CF installed.

Hope this helps

Wullie

Fresh Look - Quality Coldfusion 7/Windows Hosting

The pessimist complains about the wind. The optimist expects it to change. The leader adjusts the sails. - John Maxwell

 

[TruthInSatire]

no, he'd have to use PHP or asp (not a native ability to asp 3.0. FYI) or asp.net or pearl or whatever.

But that's what a web service is.
make an http request to a page that produces a certian output. then output the http variable

We've heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know that is not true.

 

[TruthInSatire]

for example

***CustStatus.cfm***
<cfquery name = "qGetStatus" datasource = "#ds#">
SELECT custName, custStatus
FROM customers
WERE ID = #url.id#
</cfquery>
<cfoutput>
Hello #qGetStatus.custName# your current customer status is: #qGetStatus.custStatus#
</cfoutput>
*************************

now lets say you have a page far far away on a different server in another part of the world (i'm going to write a CF example but you could do it in any language, i might look it up in php but no promises)

<html>
<body>
<cfhttp url = "[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.yourUrl.com/CustStatus.cfm?id=yourIdNumber">[/URL]
<cfoutput>
#cfhttp.fileContent#
</cfoutput>
the rest of your page here.
</body>
</html>

We've heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know that is not true.

 

[TruthInSatire]

php example (i think)
<html>
<body>
<?php
$message = fopen("

http://www.yourUrl.com/CustStatus.cfm?yourIDNumber",

"r");
print $message;
?>
the rest of your page here.
</body>
</html>


We've heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know that is not true.

 

[TruthInSatire]

oops messed up the url

php example (i think)
<html>
<body>
<?php
$message = fopen("[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.yourUrl.com/CustStatus.cfm?id=yourIDNumber",[/URL] "r");
print $message;
?>
the rest of your page here.
</body>
</html>

We've heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know that is not true.

 

[jrottman]

Ah I misunderstood his question, I thought he was trying to include a cf page from another cf server.