Calling CodeFusion Code from a Data Source

[msergel]

:confused; Right now, I'm storing HTML code in a field, calling the field into
my page with <cfoutput>. This works like a charm. I would like to do the same
with my ColdFusion code, (if user clicks Home, the stored code executes in the
content section of the page) but it doesn't seem to work.

I want to set up 1 page for most of our content. I want to call the code from
my table, and have it run. Is there a way to do this? My hosting company is
using ColdFusion 7.

[s0mus]

This is a bad idea. Why are you trying to build your website like this?

[msergel]

:confused; I can store plain HTML in my table, call it and have it display. I
would like to do the same thing with my ColdFusion coding, but it seems to get
confused. Is there something I can do to have the CF code in my table execute?
This would make my website much simpler. If the Home link is clicked, this code
runs in the content section. If links is clicked, this code runs.... A one page
website instead of over 100 pages.

[Simon Dallmair]

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> :confused; I can store plain HTML in my table, call it and have it

display. I

> would like to do the same thing with my ColdFusion coding, but it seems to

get

> confused. Is there something I can do to have the CF code in my table

execute?

> This would make my website much simpler. If the Home link is clicked, this

code

> runs in the content section. If links is clicked, this code runs.... A one

page

> website instead of over 100 pages.

Hi,

have a look at the evaluate() function. This will execute a String
containing a ColdFusion Statement. Your DB-Content is only a String - you
can execute it. But: Your App will get much slower cause the Templates you
store in the Database cannot really be cached. (Java Files, MX6 and above).

:-)

cu

[msergel]

Thank you. That was my initial plan, but that will still involve having a 100
little cfcs or cfms. Whereas if I could store the code in a datafile, I have 1
table to update/reference. I was hoping there was a funtion or tag out there
would have the code run when it's called.

[gregsohl]

See the 'evaluate' function

[jdeline]

If I understand you correctly, the following is the sequence of steps that
occur:

1. Your browser requests go.cfm from the Web server.
2. The Web server sees the .cfm file extension and invokes the ColdFusion
server.
3. The ColdFusion server processes go.cfm, retrieving a ColdFusion page from
the database.

Are you expecting ColdFusion to then execute the data it just retrieved?
Don't think so.

[OldCFer]

The reason you can do it in HTML is because your browser knows how to handle
HTML. In Coldfusion the CF server executes the CF code and sends a page that
displays
properly in your browser. What you would have to do is read the CF code from
the database,
write it to a .cfm template, then cfinclude that template is the template that
is currently
executing.