I agree that the XML Search is a real pain, regarding the mail support a way around this might be to use a service like postmarkapp where you use a REST api to send email.
A On 23 September 2011 16:11, Dave Shuck <[email protected]> wrote: > There are currently a few items in the current GAE specific code that is > making it essentially unusable to those of use that use frameworks. I know > that the pricing changes of GAE set everyone off, and that is probably > worthy of a separate discussion, but there are those of us (there are more > than just me right? :) who still find this to be a good solution for > putting out small sites for free. In each of these items I am listing > below, my code used to work with earlier versions of OpenBD (pre-2011) but > doesn't now. There may be other issues, but these to me are the most > critical. > > > - *No XmlSearch() method* - I was able to get around this by creating > my own Java class and hacking it into my codebase. Two days ago in a > separate email, I offered to add this to the project but no interest was > generated. > > - *No CFTHREAD tag - *This is probably something that is debatable as > to how important it is to others, but I am finding this to be a big problem > for Mach-II specifically. There is a threading adapter specific to OpenBD > ( > MachII.utils.threading.ThreadingAdapterBD.cfc) which blows up with a > compile-time error since the tag doesn't exist. > > - *No CFMAIL tag* - While the other ones can be hacked around, this > one is really a show stopper. For any site that has a contact form, user > registration, or other 2-way communication with the users via mail, OpenBD > is suddenly eliminated without implementing a custom Java solution. > > I would really like to continue using OpenBD on GAE, but as it stands now, > it just isn't possible even for my relatively simple needs. I have seen > discussions on the above on this list related to all of the items above, but > nothing recent. I am by no means a rock star Java developer, but I would be > willing to lend a hand and gain experience along the way if there is an area > that I can help with. So, what can I do? > > @dshuck > > -- > official tag/function reference: http://openbd.org/manual/ > mailing list - http://groups.google.com/group/openbd?hl=en > -- Alex Skinner Managing Director Pixl8 Interactive Tel: +448452600726 Email: [email protected] Web: pixl8.co.uk -- official tag/function reference: http://openbd.org/manual/ mailing list - http://groups.google.com/group/openbd?hl=en
