Called upon startup of the server. Typically defined in server.cfc and placed at the webroot. In the ColdFusion Administrator > Setting check 'Component with onServerStart() method' and specify the file. The function is useful for application-independent tasks, and specifying the server specific environment variables and other general tasks.
function onServerStart() { }
→ returns void
Setting server specific variables
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