Other Functions

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applicationStopStops or resets the current application. The application is restarted on the next request to the application.
createUUIDCreates a Universally Unique Identifier (UUID). A UUID is a 35-character string representation of a unique 128-bit integer.
deleteClientVariableDeletes a client variable. (To test for the existence of a variable, use IsDefined.)
getBaseTagDataUsed within a custom tag. Finds calling (ancestor) tag by name and accesses its data.
getBaseTagListGets ancestor tag names, starting with the parent tag.
getBaseTemplatePathGets the absolute path of an application’s base page.
getClientVariablesListFinds the client variables to which a page has write access.
objectEqualsIdentifies any conflict between CFC instances on the client and the server.
objectLoadLoads a serialized ColdFusion array, CFC, DateTime object, Java object, query, or structure into memory as the corresponding object.
objectSaveConverts a ColdFusion array, CFC, DateTime object, Java object, query, or structure into a serializable binary object and optionally saves the object in a file.
preserveSingleQuotesPrevents ColdFusion from automatically escaping single-quotation mark characters that are contained in a variable. ColdFusion does not evaluate the argument.
uRLDecodeDecodes a URL-encoded string.
uRLEncodedFormatGenerates a URL-encoded string. For example, it replaces spaces with %20, and non-alphanumeric characters with equivalent hexadecimal escape sequences. Passes arbitrary strings within a URL (ColdFusion automatically decodes URL parameters that are passed to a page).
uRLSessionFormatDepending on whether a client computer accepts cookies, this function does the following:
writedumpA function equivalent to the <cfdump> tag which can be used in <cfscript>.
writeOutputAppends text to the page-output stream.