what is 'global.asa' ? is it a asp file or something? sort of like coldfusions application.cfm for specifying global app settings and variables.
well i think it makes sense

but i am still a bit of a newbie especially to CF so i don't fully understand. you are correct in terms of understanding what i'm trying to do though. perhaps i'll take it one bit at a time starting with the application file settings (i'm assumung that's what you mean by 'global.asa')
/ goes off to read up on CF application / session variable syntax