Element DS is undefined in APPLICATION

[quiero mas]

I have followed all the advice from a previous thread
but now i get a new error

link: [url]www.healthhokkaido.com[/url]

Element DS is undefined in APPLICATION.


The error occurred in
C:\Sites\Accounts\bimfire\healthhokkaido.com\www\f iles\catalog_getCategories.cfm
: line 1

1 : <cfquery name="qGetCategories" datasource="#application.ds#">
2 : select id,name from categories
3 : </cfquery>



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[jdeline]

Typically, a datasource will be a simple text string, like "myDatasource". Go to ColdFusion administrator and change the name of the datasource to something simple.

[quiero mas]

HI thanks for the advice
this is part of a shopping cart kind of system

this works fine on my developer system
im having trouble on the net

any more advice most welcomed

[paross1]

Check the application.cfm template that is in the path for catalog_getCategories.cfm as it looks like you aren't setting the application.ds variable there.

Phil

[quiero mas]

these are what i have - im a bit of a newbee what should i change - worried im
going to stuff something up?
thanks again
Mark
<!--- Application Settings --->
<cfapplication name="shoppingCart" sessionmanagement="yes">

<!--- Application Variables --->
<cfparam name="application.ds" default="cart">

<!--- Monetary Variables --->
<cfparam name="application.taxrate" default="0.08">

[paross1]

You say it works OK on your development system but not in "production", so
where is the application.cfm that contains this variable declaration located in
relation to the catalog_getCategories.cfm template on your production system,
and is there another application.cfm located between that one and this template?

Phil

[quiero mas]

Well I checked out the server and seems that i have the same file twice but in
different directories
C:\Sites\Accounts\bimfire\healthhokkaido.com\files has one and the other
C:\Sites\Accounts\bimfire\healthhokkaido.com\www\f iles
and the index page
C:\Sites\Accounts\bimfire\healthhokkaido.com

what a mess! for some reason its like this
Any ideas Phil?
Most appreciated
Mark

[jdeline]

"Well I checked out the server and seems that i have the same file twice but in
different directories"

By {I}same file{/I}, do you mean Application.cfm? Which directory path is
your page in that errors out?

[paross1]

You should check the contents of the application.cfm in
C:\Sites\Accounts\bimfire\healthhokkaido.com\www\f iles against what you have in
development, specifically where you are setting the application.ds variable. I
suspect that this is missing on your production system. Why is it like this?
Good question, since I am assuming that you are the one that should be
controlling what ColdFusion files are on both sites.

Phil