Does CFError Work For Links

[scripter73]

Hi,

Suppose I have a normal link, and if that link doesn't exist, I want to show user an "exception" message. Is this possible?

<CFTRY>
<CFINCLUDE TEMPLATE=&quot;error_handling_template.cfm&quot;>
<a href=&quot;non_existent_link.cfm&quot;>Link Doesn't Exist</a>
<CFCATCH TYPE=&quot;Any&quot;>
Do something here.
</CFCATCH>
</CFTRY>

I'm sort of new to the exception handling and have not done it in real detail. I'm trying to enter the major leagues.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks,
scripter73

 

[DarkMan]

ColdFusion can't validate a link like that, but you can set up custom 404 pages for your web server. This custom page would have to be a plain html page, but you can still set it up to be helpful to the user.

If you have links to other sites, a better solution would be to periodically run a link validation routine. There's several on the

http://www.allaire.com/developer/gallery.cfm

site. One to check out is CF_CheckLink. DarkMan