changing query string delimiter?

[Donnie]

Does anyone know how(or if) you can change the query string delimiter in
Coldfusion. I want to change it from '?' to '/' for obvious reasons. Is
this possible?

Ex:
From: [url]http://www.mysite.com/products.cfm?id=1234[/url]
To: [url]http://www.mysite.com/products.cfm/1234[/url]

Is it possible to do this without URL rewriting?

Thanks,

-D

[Bob Dively]

In alt.comp.lang.coldfusion Donnie <dqmillar@remove-thisyahoo.com> wrote:

: Does anyone know how(or if) you can change the query string delimiter in
: Coldfusion. I want to change it from '?' to '/' for obvious reasons. Is
: this possible?

: From: [url]http://www.mysite.com/products.cfm?id=1234[/url]
: To: [url]http://www.mysite.com/products.cfm/1234[/url]

: Is it possible to do this without URL rewriting?

I don't quite understand what you're trying to do. Are you
talking about something like Apache's mod_rewrite?

--
Bob Dively | I used to be indecisive, but now I'm not sure...

[Adam Cameron]

> Does anyone know how(or if) you can change the query string delimiter in

> Coldfusion. I want to change it from '?' to '/' for obvious reasons. Is
> this possible?

Well it's nothing to do with CF; it's to do with the HTTP protocol.

You should have a look at how your webserver handles / can be made to
handle URL strings (mod_rewrite for Apache, for example)

--

Adam

[VoLd]

Well I'm not sure if '?' can be changed to '/' but you could write
something like the following into your application.cfm to make url varibles

<cfif FindNoCase(".cfm/",cgi.CF_TEMPLATE_PATH,1) neq 0>
<cfset rightLength = len(cgi.CF_TEMPLATE_PATH) -
findNoCase(".cfm/",cgi.CF_TEMPLATE_PATH,1) + 4>
<cfset url.id = right(cgi.CF_TEMPLATE_PATH,rightLength)>
</cfif>




Donnie wrote:

> Does anyone know how(or if) you can change the query string delimiter in
> Coldfusion. I want to change it from '?' to '/' for obvious reasons. Is
> this possible?
>
> Ex:
> From: [url]http://www.mysite.com/products.cfm?id=1234[/url]
> To: [url]http://www.mysite.com/products.cfm/1234[/url]
>
> Is it possible to do this without URL rewriting?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -D

[Donnie]

It does a little (have to do with CF). The default delimiter for most
(if not all) web languages is the '?' some languages (like php for
example) you can set this to something different. I read an article
about SEO that said this is possible in Coldfusion but didn't set fourth
exactly how.

-D


Adam Cameron wrote:

>>Does anyone know how(or if) you can change the query string delimiter in
>>Coldfusion. I want to change it from '?' to '/' for obvious reasons. Is
>>this possible?

>
>
> Well it's nothing to do with CF; it's to do with the HTTP protocol.
>
> You should have a look at how your webserver handles / can be made to
> handle URL strings (mod_rewrite for Apache, for example)
>

[Adam Cameron]

> It does a little (have to do with CF). The default delimiter for most

> (if not all) web languages is the '?'

OK. I'm just going to agree with you there. But if you want to go have a
look at RFC 1738 ([url]http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1738.html[/url]), you might find
the people who specify what a URL is might be quite happy to disagree with
you on my behalf. Search within that doc for the second match of the
string "httpurl".

>some languages (like php for
> example) you can set this to something different. I read an article

Are you talking about the delimiter on a URL string, or just a list
delimiter? I suspect the latter. Search on livedocs for "list functions".

--

Adam

[Bob Dively]

In alt.comp.lang.coldfusion Donnie <dqmillar@remove-thisyahoo.com> wrote:

: Does anyone know how(or if) you can change the query string
: delimiter in Coldfusion. I want to change it from '?' to '/' for
: obvious reasons. Is this possible?

: Ex:
: From: [url]http://www.mysite.com/products.cfm?id=1234[/url]
: To: [url]http://www.mysite.com/products.cfm/1234[/url]

BTW, your example will only work with a querystring that
contains one name/value pair.

--
Bob Dively | I used to be indecisive, but now I'm not sure...

[Paul Barber]

By 'for obvious reasons' I am assuming that you are attempting to create a
Search Engine Safe URL (SES). If this is the case try the sesConverter
Custom tag which was available on macromedia exchange, else the author is
Erik Voldengen at [url]www.fusium.com[/url]

PAB


"Donnie" <dqmillar@REMOVE-THISyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:e81a3$4228cfe9$ccf6844e$20089@VIAWEST.NET...

> Does anyone know how(or if) you can change the query string delimiter in
> Coldfusion. I want to change it from '?' to '/' for obvious reasons. Is
> this possible?
>
> Ex:
> From: [url]http://www.mysite.com/products.cfm?id=1234[/url]
> To: [url]http://www.mysite.com/products.cfm/1234[/url]
>
> Is it possible to do this without URL rewriting?
>
> Thanks,
>
> -D

[Jon Cooper]

Adam -

Check out [url]http://www.isapirewrite.com/[/url] . Sounds like what you are looking
for.

regards

Jon
Visation Ltd


"Donnie" <dqmillar@REMOVE-THISyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:39658$422de33c$ccf6844e$22392@VIAWEST.NET...

> It does a little (have to do with CF). The default delimiter for most
> (if not all) web languages is the '?' some languages (like php for
> example) you can set this to something different. I read an article
> about SEO that said this is possible in Coldfusion but didn't set fourth
> exactly how.
>
> -D
>
>
> Adam Cameron wrote:

> >>Does anyone know how(or if) you can change the query string delimiter in
> >>Coldfusion. I want to change it from '?' to '/' for obvious reasons. Is
> >>this possible?

> >
> >
> > Well it's nothing to do with CF; it's to do with the HTTP protocol.
> >
> > You should have a look at how your webserver handles / can be made to
> > handle URL strings (mod_rewrite for Apache, for example)
> >