User Guide

290 Chapter 2: ColdFusion Tags
cfregistry
Description
This tag is deprecated for the UNIX platform.
Reads, writes, and deletes keys and values in the system registry. Provides persistent storage of
client variables.
Note: For this tag execute, it must be enabled in the ColdFusion Administrator. For more information,
see Configuring and Administering ColdFusion MX.
Category
Other tags, Variable manipulation tags
Syntax
The tag syntax depends on the action attribute value. See the following sections.
• cfregistry action = "getAll" on page 291
• cfregistry action = "get" on page 292
• cfregistry action = "set" on page 293
• cfregistry action = "delete" on page 294
See also
cfcookie, cfparam, cfsavecontent, cfschedule, cfset
History
ColdFusion MX:
• Deprecated this tag on the UNIX platform. It might not work, and might cause an error, in
later releases.
• Changed how persistent data is stored: ColdFusion now stores most persistent data outside the
system registry, in XML files.