I do it using a unix cron job timed to retrieve, unzip and rename the files soon after they're refreshed on the remote server, then set a CF scheduled task to run about 15 minutes later that deletes the existing records and inserts the new ones from today.
The CF task takes about 10 minutes or less to install about 6,000 records and I have found it a good idea to put a link to my real estate site in the Windows startup folder so I can actually eyeball the app first thing every day... it has rarely been known to fail for various reasons. But it works great almost all the time. I even have a separate site to boost links to my hosted brokers' sites and listings at http://www.northgoodsrealestate.com. I'm sure it could be designed better but at my skill level, this seems to work ok for my folks and includes a number of different methods for visitors to search for a listing. Dave Long -----Original Message----- From: Nathan C. Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 10:00 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: insert/retrieve image into database SQL Server 2005/CF8? Hi, I'm trying to insert an Image into MS SQL Server 2005 database using CF 8. I started to work with the SQL Server 'Image' data type but I'm not sure this data type is the best/correct choice. Somebody has probably done this before, so what data-type should/could I use in SQL Server - The choices include Image, binary, varbinary, and varbinary(max). Should I be using the new image tags or resorting to older methods to achieve the path of least resistance? Here is a sample of what I am working on, here I am just trying to read a file and place it in the database.... <cffile action="READBINARY" variable="ThisPicture" file="/var/www/images/staffpics/#staffID#.jpg"> <cfset myImage=ImageNew(ThisPicture)> <cfquery name="qryinsertImage" datasource="#CMSDSN#"> Update tblStaff Set staffphoto = <cfqueryparam value="#ImageGetBlob(myImage)#" cfsqltype="cf_sql_blob"> Where StaffID = #staffID#; </cfquery> <!--- write out the image: check to make sure something works. ---> <cfimage action="WRITETOBROWSER" source="#myImage#"><br> I'm getting "The source file should contain an extension, so that ColdFusion can determine the image format. Verify your inputs. The source file should contain an extension, so that ColdFusion can determine the image format." as an error. It isn't clear, at least to me, where I can be more specific about setting the image format - is this an error from SQL server? The manual says "If you do not specify a source image, an "unknown source image format" error is generated", am I not pointing to my variable correctly? The examples in the manual show an insert statement and I am trying to do an update, is my query syntax messed up? My next question is obviously about getting the images out of the DB, so if there are any tricks to that, please feel free to elaborate. Many thanks, -Nate ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:296766 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
