Webmaster Forum / ColdFusion / Advanced Techniques / September 2007

I'm not sure where to post this so I'll start here.

We have two codlfusion servers, one is running coldfusion 5 and the other is
running coldfusion MX version7.
We are sharing a sql database between the server to store client variables so
that when someone logs into one they are logged into the other.  In the process
of debugging a problem, I noticed a few weird things.  On the MX server if I
create a page to dump the client structure, there's no problem, however, on
Coldfusion 5 when I run the code <cfdump var="#client#"> I get the error:

Error resolving parameter CLIENT

If I output the member id <cfoutput>#client.cfid#</cfouput> it shows the
appropriate information, why doesn't it recognize the client structure in the
cfdump?

Moreover,  I've created my own client variables like client.memberid .  When I
run #GetClientVariablesList()# it shows client.memberid as existing, but when I
try to output its value with <cfoutput>#client.memberid #</cfouput>  I get the
error:

Error resolving parameter CLIENT.MEMBERID

Any idea why coldfusion 5 isn't reocgnizing the structure and the custom
variables?