Debug output settings page

Option

Description

Default

Enable Robust Exception Information

Lets visitors view detailed information in the exceptions page, including the template’s physical path and URI, the line number and snippet, the SQL statement used (if any), the data source name (if any), and the Java stack trace.

Disabled

Enable AJAX Debug Log Window

Allows display of the AJAX debug log window when the cfdebug flag is passed in the URL. If you diable this option, the AJAX debug log window does not display, even if the cfdebug flag is specified.

Disabled

Enable Request Debugging Output

Enables the ColdFusion debugging service.

Disabled

Select Debugging Output Format

Select one of the following formats:

• classic.cfm  The format available in ColdFusion 5 and earlier. It provides a basic view and few browser restrictions.

• dockable.cfm  A dockable tree-based debugging panel. This format is limited to Internet Explorer 4 and later and Netscape 6 and later.

classic.cfm

Report Execution Times

Highlights in red the names of templates that exceed the specified time. There are two template modes:

• summary  Reports template data sorted by time.

• tree  Reports template data in a hierarchy view.

Enabled; 250; summary

General Debug Information

Shows general information about the ColdFusion version, template, time stamp, user locale, user agent, user IP, and host name.

Enabled

Database Activity

Shows the database activity for the SQL Query events and Stored Procedure events in the debugging output.

Enabled

Exception Information

Shows all ColdFusion exceptions raised for the request in the debugging output.

Enabled

Tracing Information

Shows trace event information in the debugging output. Use the cftrace tag to track program flow and efficiency.

Enabled

Timer Information

Shows output from the cftimer tag.

Disabled

Flash Form Compile Errors and Messages

(Development use only) Causes ColdFusion to display ActionScript errors in the browser when compiling Flash forms, and affects the display time of the page.

Disabled

Variables

Shows information about application, CGI, client, cookie, form, request, server, session, and URL variables in the debugging output.

Enabled for CGI, client, cookie, form, session, and URL variables

Enable Performance Monitoring

Not enabled in J2EE versions

Shows information about a running ColdFusion Server in the standard Windows NT Performance Monitor application. On non-Windows platforms, the cfstat command-line utility shows the same information.

If you disable this option, performance data is not be available in the Server Reports and the Microsoft Performance Monitor.

Notes:

• CP/SEC is deprecated and returns a value of -1 for both Now and Hi.

• When you run the cfstat utility, the -h and -p switches are no longer necessary.

• Restart ColdFusion when you change this setting.

Disabled

Enable CFSTAT

Specifies whether to enable the cfstat command-line utility, which provides real-time performance metrics for ColdFusion.

Enabled