Re: (beginner) Coldfusion: variable to change language

[Ian Skinner <iskinner@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jerrzzzz wrote:
> Woah, fast answers.
>
>  Thing is, I think that this page may not be constructed in the best way (I'm 
> certainly not gonna try and redo it, as I only have a few more weeks on this 
> job and know next to zero about CF)
>
>  <cfset language = "new language">  
>
>  This was how I wrote it in application.cfm. I then tried to change that 
> parameter with a link <a href="application.cfm?language=eng">English</a> This, 
> however, doesnt work. I guess that is totally wrong. 

Not totally wrong, but missing an understanding of the various variable 
scopes involved.

<cfset language = "new language">  'language' is a local variable to 
this request and will only live until the end of the request.  This 
would be fully qualified if it was written as <cfset variables.language 
= "new langage">

<a href="application.cfm?language=eng">English</a> This 'language' 
variable will be in the URL scope.  It would be fully qualified with 
"url.language">

To get these working together you will need what I wrote in my original 
replay.  <cfset language = url.language>  Or better yet. <cfset 
variables.language = url.language>

The next part will probably be to persist this local language value from 
request to request.  That is usually done with a session variable so the 
above line would become something like this.  <cfset session.language = 
url.language>.  But there is a bit more to session variable if the 
application is not already configured to use them.