Limits you to 1000 records per query, and is grossly inefficient. > -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Heald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 1:16 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: RE: Why is coldfusion better. > > Cfldap holmes. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Nick McClure [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 1:14 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: Why is coldfusion better. > > > > Realistically, the language you use depends on the job. I > > don't actually use CF anymore, Really, I don't code any more. > > > > When I did code, I found .NET to be more up my ally as a > > language. I can try to give you a couple of reasons why > > somebody would pick something like Java or .NET over CF. > > Mostly because of the new breed of programmers coming out of > > school are very adept at languages like Java and .NET. In > > fact many learn those languages in college. > > > > Second, marketing, .NET and MS have a major marketing > > department. Java is also fairly well hyped. > > > > Third, cost. .NET and Java don't have high costs associated > > with them. With ..NET once you have windows server, you have > > a .NET server. For Java, you can put it on almost any > > platform. CF adds to that cost, as does the IDE. MS gives > > away basic IDE functions, and there are many open source > > alternatives for Java. > > > > Fourth, CF is owned by a company who's products center around > > design, not application coding. > > > > Fifth, Security, see marketing. CF is unknown in the normal > > business world, it isn't places on as high a level as MS or Sun. > > > > Some of the questions you asked won't have empirical > > evidence, they are based on the staff you have. Many projects > > we used to work on were to be sold to third parties to run on > > their servers. CF is not a good choice for that situation. If > > they didn't run CF already, they would need to learn to > > administer the box, and maybe fork out the extra cash to run > > it. Whereas they all had windows servers and were will to run > > .NET apps. > > > > OK, so as for writing up an app. > > > > Here is your challenge. I have an Active Directory structure > > that contains 60k User accounts in two separate forests. > > Daily I need to get a full dump of all the users and > > reconcile them against a SQL Server DB. Then every 15 minutes > > I need to get updates to the Active Directory, and reconcile > > them against the server. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > What is it that you want done that I can't do with CF? > > Come up with > > > a project and you do it in the language de Jour and I'll do > > it in CF. > > > Let's see who completes the project first, which one works > > and which > > > one is easier for someone else to maintain. > > > > > > > > > >
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