While cfhttp
is
extremely powerful, it is worth mentioning some limitations in the
various versions of ColdFusion. If you plan to make heavy use of
cfhttp
, you should carefully consider the issues
discussed here.
Depending on the JRE
you are using with ColdFusion MX, there are several issues you need
to be aware of that have the potential to affect your use of the
cfhttp
tag:
The IBM JRE does not properly support SSL connections. If you need to make an SSL connection, consider using the SUN JRE instead.
The SUN JRE does not always return a 404 status code when an attempt is made to GET or POST a nonexistent page.
As mentioned earlier, the timeout
attribute of the
cfhttp
tag is not supported in versions of the SUN
JRE prior to version 1.4.0.