Problem with <cffile action="write" file="http:// 1

[katherinep]

Hello,

I have a coldfusion page that takes in some variable from a form, I then want it to write this file to an xml file. I have got it to work on my local server but when I upload it to the web and change the file path to that web address I get this error:

Error processing CFFILE

Error attempting to write data to target file '

http://www........'

Error: All or part of the path is invalid.


My code is like this

<CFSET theFile="[URL unfurl="true"]http://www.mywebaddress/menu.xml">[/URL]

<CFOUTPUT>
<CFFILE ACTION="write" file="#theFile#" output="#thenew#">
</CFOUTPUT>

Anyone have any ideas? I can't give you the URL as it is for a client. Can I write a xml file to a web address?

Thanks in advance,

Katherine

 

[TruthInSatire]

you can't use an http location with cffile.


cffile uses a fully qualified path to a location on the hard drive of the server. example c:\webspace\mywebs\mysite\xml\menu.xml

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