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Debug Settings

You use the Debug Setting and Debugging IPs pages of the Administrator to
configure ColdFusion Server to provide debugging information for every application
page requested by a browser. You specify debugging preferences using these pages:

Debug Options

The Debugging Options page provides these debug options:
Option
Enable Performance Monitoring* The standard NT Performance Monitor application
Enable CFML Stack Trace
Show Variables
Show Total Processing Time
Show Detailed Processing Time
Breakdown*
Show SQL and Data Source
Name
Show Query Information
Display the Template Path in
Error Messages
On the Debugging Options page, select debugging output options. If debugging
is enabled, the output appears in block format after normal page output.
On the Debugging IPs page, restrict access to debugging output. If a debugging
option is enabled, debugging output is visible to all users by default.
* Restart ColdFusion Server in Windows after selecting this option.
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Description
displays information about a running ColdFusion
Server. On platforms that do not support the NT
Performance Monitor, a command line utility,
, displays the same information.
cfstat
Displays the CFML tags that were executing at the
time of the exception.
Displays the names and values of CGI, URL, form
and cookie variables.
Displays the average time, in milliseconds, that it
takes to process a page request.
Displays the time, in milliseconds, that it takes to
process each page.
Displays the data source name and the SQL
statement in database query error messages.
Displays the number of records, processing time,
and SQL statement for each query executed.
Displays the file name of a template. The 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.