Select debugging options

Use the Debugging Options page to select debugging output preferences:

  1. In the ColdFusion Administrator navigation frame, click Server>Debug Options. The Debugging Options page appears.

  2. Select debugging settings as described in the following table:

 

Option

Description

Default

Enable Performance Monitoring

Enable this option to have the standard NT Performance Monitor application display information about a running ColdFusion Server. On platforms that do not support the NT Performance Monitor, a command line utility, cfstat, displays the same information.

 

If you disable this option, performance data will not be available in the Server Reports and the Microsoft Performance Monitor. This option also affects the amount of details that will be sent to the SNMP MIB.

 

Note: Restart the ColdFusion Application Server when you change this setting.

Enabled

Enable CFML Stack Trace

Enable this option if you want to obtain information to help you trace an error if a CFML structured exception occurs. If you enable this option, CFCATCH.TAGCONTEXT is filled with information about the tags that were executing when ColdFusion detected the exception.

 

Show Variables

Enable this option to see the names and values of all CGI, URL, form and cookie variables.

Disabled

Show Total Processing Time

Enable this option to see the time, in milliseconds, it took the ColdFusion Server to process the page request. The detail view shows the time it takes to process each page used to compose the final page.

Disabled

Show Detailed Processing Time Breakdown

Enable this option to see the time it takes to process the page broken out by all the individual pages that were used to create the final page.

 

Note: Restart the ColdFusion Application Server when you change this setting.

Disabled

Show SQL and Data Source Name

Enable this option to display the data source name and the SQL statement in database query error messages.

Disabled

Show Query Information

Enable this option to display the number of records, processing time and SQL statement for each query executed.

Disabled

Display the Template Path in Error Messages

Enable this option to display the file name of a template. The template file name is useful in debugging. However, use of this option can pose a security hazard because it displays information about a server's file structure.

Disabled

 

  1. Click Submit Changes to save debugging settings.

 

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