"developer version of CF - It part of my nefarious plant to keep Bruce involved with CF. I was just thinking that to set up the dev version of CF takes what 15 minutes? You already have the web server in CF or you can use IIS. 5 minutes to set up the Access data source. Then I'd give it only a few more minutes to set up the form page, and the results/display page. I'm not thinking of a full fledged web app just something quick and dirty that gets the job done on the local machine."
All that may be true, but someone with years of access development would have the app done before you finished installing CF. What Bruce is building is what Access is designed for. Small, local applications that don't need to be scalable. Coldfusion is for full blown web-based applications. I am not knocking or promoting either product by the way. Just saying that each has it's use. You could substitute Filemaker Pro for Access and PHP for Coldfusion if you wanted and I think the argument is still valid. Also, I have installed local instances of CF dozens of times. It has never taken just 15 minutes. Of course, I refuse to use access as a datasource so I have to install a db engine. Then, I don't like IIS running on local machines or the built in server for CF so I have to install Apache. For me, it is not a quick process. J - Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms those entrusted with power have, in time, and by slow operations, perverted it into tyranny - Thomas Jefferson on government ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:325427 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
