Ensuring Dynamic Components Are WorkingEnsuring that your dynamic components are working is critical at this stage. As we pointed out earlier in the book, ColdFusion MX Components (CFC files) contain reusable code that is rather easy to maintain. Still, these components are one of the first things to test upon deployment. This check can easily be done with Flash MX 2004 if you have installed the Flash Remoting components. To verify that the CFC is running:
If the connection is successful, you will see a list of the methods within your CFC (such as addBooking, removeBooking, listFacilities, and so on). Checking Database ConnectivityThis is another area that should have a high degree of importance attached to it. Most providers will either provide you with an online database management utility or a domain or IP address of the database. If you have the IP address of the database management utility, you can most likely add it as a server in your database management program. Some database management programs enable you to export the schema of your MySQL database to a file that can be imported into the new database. Check your database management utility for this, and if you do not have this feature, you will have to re-enter the table information. Finally, make sure the username and password for your database connectionslocally and remotelymatch the remote server. This is why many developers make it a habit to mirror the username and password on the testing server. Again, try to keep everything as similar as possible between the testing and remote servers. |