Re: other companies and developers to watch out for
Silence is the universal refuge, the sequel to all dull discourses and all foolish acts, a balm to our every chagrin, as welcome after satiety as after disappointment. ~ Henry David Thoreau On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 12:47 PM, sherri sonnier slsonn...@gmail.com wrote: but some of the reaction seemed to be just as unprofessional ABSOLUTELY. I have formed some not so positive impressions about several posters based on their responses. I never seem to see the email that starts the exchanges, but I sure do see the rest. On Wed, Feb 2, 2011 at 8:48 AM, Levi Wallach l...@dvdmon.com wrote: I find it fascinating watching these exchanges take place. I used to code with Cold Fusion way back (99-'02) but haven't touched it since, but somehow remained a member of jobs-talk, but not of the general CF-Talk, probably because this list gets generally little traffic. So I guess I am getting only half of the conversation. It's obvious to me that Michael has annoyed a lot of people and doesn't seem to care, but at the same time other members are so affected by messages that otherwise seem benign, that it seems the whole situation has devolved into one that isn't on a professional level but a personal one. I wonder, whatever your opinion of Michael is, what good does it do to vent about it in a public forum, other than to blow of some steam (while at the same time presenting an unprofessional/negative aspect of your own demeanor)? Being on the Internet for abour 20 years now (and BBS's before that) has taught me a few things, some of them certainly useless, but a couple of them hopefully more useful. One is that it's hard to guage the tone of someone and easy to misunderstand meaning online due to lack of body language, etc. Because of this I always try to assume the best of intentions. Even if it's hard to see those positive intentions, I often try to keep from responding immediately myself if my reaction is strong and negative. Waiting until that initial emotional reaction has subsided, I can often think much more clearly and respond in a way that is more constructive than reactive. This is not to say that Michael didn't act unprofessionally, but some of the reaction seemed to be just as unprofessional. I did not see most of his messages on this list (cf-jobs-talk) that I can remember, but if I was seeing them on another list and got annoyed, I'd have either - 1) written the moderator to express my concerns, or 2) sent Michael a private note to express my concerns. Many of you may have done these things to no avail, but my final approach would have had 100% success: 3) create an email rule/filter to remove his messages. It's amazing to me that despite filtering technology like this being around for 20+ years, that ppl would still rather get into long arguments than simply opt out of a certain person's messages or discussion topics. This on a forum of highly tech-savvy folks. Since none of you probably recognize my name, it should be evident that I never post on these lists, and probably won't again for a while if ever, but something moved me to post about this (and perhaps I'll regret it later), so that perhaps some perspective from a semi-objective party might be useful in some way to a few of you. I know there's some irony in the fact I'm suggesting people not speak out here about these things and then doing just that, but just know there have been incidents in the past that I've considered commenting on but haven't, so pershaps this is just my one 'gaff' that proves my general practices are better than this exception ;-) This is really the first time if not ever, than in many years (and memory) that I recall posting about an issue like this. I certainly understand annoyance at unprofessional behavior and just idiotic behavior, but I also have experienced a lot of real-life passive aggressive stuff so I sometimes wonder whether some of the vitriol I see online is due to people who feel powerless (or make themselves powerless) to do something about situations in real life that they are annoyed at/offended by/etc. and so this gets transferred to a place they feel a bit more empowered to speak out? Or maybe that's just pop psyche BS, who knows. Anyway, I'll shut up now and hope no one takes this personally (although I'm a bit pessimistic :-( ). On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 7:42 PM, Phillip Vector vec...@mostdeadlygame.com wrote: Larry, Thanks for the tip. :) I didn't know about this site. :) On Tue, Feb 1, 2011 at 4:39 PM, Larry C. Lyons larrycly...@gmail.com wrote: Use justcoldfusionjobs.com ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-jobs-talk/message.cfm/messageid:4436 Subscription:
Re: [JOB] Junior CF Developer, New York City
Gentlemen, An employer is offering a position to CF developers. Regardless of the eventual tool set or the range of tools that you can offer, it is a position that is available for an aspiring developer. Let us be satisfied with the continued job offerings for those trying to get more experience with ColdFusion. A battle over subjective opinion of someone who is enthusiastic about the benefits of one tool set over another may be a worth while discussion, but not at the expense of the job advertisement. Put the foils away and perhaps fence another day? Teddy R. Payne, ACCFD Google Talk - teddyrpa...@gmail.com On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 1:26 PM, Ray Champagne r...@raychampagne.com wrote: Personally, I think it's on-topic. I use both PHP and CF in my work life. I still prefer CF, but I'm not going to turn down a job because I have drank the CF kool-aid. Only having one tool in your toolbox and shutting out anyone who suggests that you use another tool is kinda ignorant. Sorry if that is a little harsh, but you're only limiting yourself with that attitude. Let the battle begin. :) On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 12:20 PM, Beau Gould (OSS) b...@open-source-staffing.com wrote: They are planning to migrate some of their sites to PHP Some is the key word. -Original Message- From: phillipvec...@gmail.com [mailto:phillipvec...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Phillip Vector Sent: Thursday, April 08, 2010 1:15 PM To: cf-jobs-talk@houseoffusion.com Cc: b...@open-source-staffing.com Subject: Re: [JOB] Junior CF Developer, New York City Perhaps you shouldn't look on a ColdFusion list for people to move a site AWAY from ColdFusion to a language that is less efficient and will end up costing your client more in the long run. On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 10:12 AM, Beau Gould (OSS) b...@open-source-staffing.com wrote: My New York City client is seeking is a motivated Junior CF Developer who wants to crank out code and make a name for him/herself. Salary is going to be around 45-55k What they really really want is someone who can manage ColdFusion *and* PHP, because they are planning to migrate some of their sites to PHP. Honestly, someone who only *kinda* knows ColdFusion will be fine, as long as he/she is smart and ambitious, and willing to put in the effort to learn and to solve problems. I should be able to fill this role at light speed, but I need the applicants to do it. Please submit your resume (preferably in MS-Word) and your salary requirements to beau[AT]open-source-staffing.com * US Citizens or Green Card holders only * Tri-state (NY, NJ, CT) residents only * 100% on-site job in New York City Thank you, Beau J. Gould -- Open Source Staffing http://www.open-source-staffing.com http://www.facebook.com/beau.gould beau[AT]open-source-staffing.com ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-jobs-talk/message.cfm/messageid:4305 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-jobs-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-jobs-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: CFDirectory Help
Joel, I usually create a variable to hold the value of the directory that I want to exist. ei. c:\pathtofile\directoryIwanttocreate After I create the string, I have a common method in a a file CFC like this: cffunction name=createDirectory access=private output=false returntype=void cfargument name=destinationFolder required=true type=string cfif not directoryExists(arguments.destinationFolder) cfdirectory action=create directory=#arguments.destinationFolder# /cfif /cffunction - Original Message - From: Joel Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CF-Talk cf-talk@houseoffusion.com Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 8:41 AM Subject: Re: CFDirectory Help Thanks for the tip--this UDF is pretty cool. Unfortunately, it doesn't solve my problem, for even if it returns false, the cfdirectory tag continues to be run, throwing an error when the directory exists. For whatever reason, I am having difficulty getting it to bypass this cfdirectory tag if the directory-existence check returns true. Any ideas? Thanks Joel You can use a nifty UDF for this on CFLIB. Search for MakeDirectory or Directory. It is a nifty addition. This e-mail is from Reed Exhibitions (Gateway House, 28 The Quadrant, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1DN, United Kingdom), a division of Reed Business, Registered in England, Number 678540. It contains information which is confidential and may also be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient(s) please note that any form of distribution, copying or use of this communication or the information in it is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error please return it to the sender or call our switchboard on +44 (0) 20 89107910. The opinions expressed within this communication are not necessarily those expressed by Reed Exhibitions. Visit our website at http://www.reedexpo.com -Original Message- From: Scott Stroz To: CF-Talk Sent: Wed May 23 22:45:46 2007 Subject: Re: CFDirectory Help Shot in the dark: cfif NOT DirectoryExists(root\#FORM.username#) On 5/23/07, Joel Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ~| ColdFusion MX7 by Adobe® Dyncamically transform webcontent into Adobe PDF with new ColdFusion MX7. Free Trial. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJV Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:279059 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: insert error
Get the output of one iteration of the insert statement by outputting the end result of the SQL. Take the SQL statement and execute it directly against your DB. If the insert works fine, it may be how you handle different data types. If it continues to elude you and you are comfortable with stored procedures and your database supports them, abstract the insert and see if you can create a generic insert that reduce your CF considerations for the data types by using stored proc params to format your data types. - Original Message - From: Daniel Kessler [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CF-Talk cf-talk@houseoffusion.com Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 10:40 AM Subject: insert error I've been at this for awhile and I just don't see the error. The error is: ORA-00936: missing expression which leads me to believe I have the wrong number of values, but in checking and rechecking and rechecking, I don't see the problem. I even gave up on the loop and wrote it all out. here's the code: cfset field_list = listToArray (meal_plan,written_budget,check_food,read_ads,grocery_list,unit_pricing ,use_coupons,compare_prices,buy_quantity,generic_brands,community_resour ces,food_eaten,budget_knowledge,budget_run_out,budget_money,budget_time, budget_options,budget_no_problems,budget_prob_oth,budget_prob_oth_text,i nterests_planning,interests_comparing,interests_pricing,interests_money, interests_healthyBudget,interests_budget,budg_int_other,budg_int_other_t ext) !--- tmp_line is read in else where, then in the following lines made into an array --- cfset tmp_line = 12/2/2004|20:38:25|[EMAIL PROTECTED]|annteeka| gilmore|2|2|1|2|2|2|3|1|2|1|3|2||1|1|11|1 cfset tmp_line = replace(tmp_line,||,| |,ALL) cfset tmp_line = replace(tmp_line,||,| |,ALL) cfset tmp_trn_ar = listToArray(tmp_line,|) !--- make a date --- cfset date_ar = listtoArray(tmp_trn_ar[1],/) cfset time_ar = listtoArray(tmp_trn_ar[2],:) cfset the_date_added = createDateTime(date_ar[3],date_ar[1],date_ar [2],time_ar[1],time_ar[2],time_ar[3]) CFQUERY NAME=addItem DATASOURCE=eatart INSERT INTO fsnep_ha_budgeting ( budgeting_id, login_id,stage, cfloop from=1 to=#arrayLen(field_list)# index=ii #field_list[ii]#, /cfloop date_added ) VALUES ( unique_ha_budgeting_s.NEXTVAL, cfqueryparam value=#getID.login_id[1]# cfsqltype=CF_SQL_NUMERIC,cfqueryparam value=1 cfsqltype=cf_sql_varchar, !--- skips date, time, email, first name, last name --- cfloop from=6 to=#arrayLen(tmp_trn_ar)# index=ll #trim(tmp_trn_ar[ll])#, /cfloop #the_date_added# ) /CFQUERY -- Daniel Kessler College of Health and Human Performance University of Maryland Suite 2387 Valley Drive College Park, MD 20742-2611 Phone: 301-405-2545 http://hhp.umd.edu ~| Create Web Applications With ColdFusion MX7 Flex 2. Build powerful, scalable RIAs. Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJS Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:279069 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
Re: insert error
What I was referring to was to output the string and not execute the end result SQL. Create a temporary variable that holds a string that you create, so that you capture the SQL that you would normally execute. At that point, you put the variable to see how the SQL would have executed and analyze it for validity. You can test it manually just by executing it between another cfquery tag block once you are done analyzing the string. - Original Message - From: Daniel Kessler [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CF-Talk cf-talk@houseoffusion.com Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2007 12:57 PM Subject: insert error Get the output of one iteration of the insert statement by outputting the end result of the SQL. Take the SQL statement and execute it directly against your DB. If the insert works fine, it may be how you handle different data types. I can't output the end-result. I put in debug=yes and result=debug_result, but since it gives an error, I never get to the point where that can be dumped. Turn debugging on and see what the query actually is. If you mean on the server, I don't have access to that as I'm in shared-hosting. If you mean as I describe above, that seems to have problems. We deal with these issues under the 15 minute rule.if ya can't see it in 15 minutes it's dead bloody simple and you must ask someone else to look at your code and then shame you by pointing out your silly typo ;-) That's why I sent the email. I don't have anyone here to review my code and as I've looked at it for way too long and don't seem to see the error, I was hoping someone here would shame me by pointing out the typo. I'll keep looking. -- Daniel Kessler College of Health and Human Performance University of Maryland Suite 2387 Valley Drive College Park, MD 20742-2611 Phone: 301-405-2545 http://hhp.umd.edu ~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:279117 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: QofQ to get a limited set of rows
To not repopulate another query with a sub query or to QoQ the data, I tend to: !--- Some query that has 100 record --- cfquery datasource=#Request.Datasource# name=qRead select * from tableName /cfquery cfset start = 11 cfset end= 20 cfloop from=#start# to=#end# index=i cfoutput #qRead.Addr_ID[i]#br / /cfoutput /cfloop Query objects can be referenced like arrays and thus you can loop or paginate over the data set with predefined boundaries. On 5/11/07, Michael Dinowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lets say I have a query that returned 100 items. I'd like to do a query of queries to create a query that is only items 11-20. Does anyone know a simple way of doing this or do I have to create a new query and populate it using a loop? Thanks ~| Create Web Applications With ColdFusion MX7 Flex 2. Build powerful, scalable RIAs. Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJS Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:277852 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
Re: Still having problems with encrypt
Les, What are you trying to achieve in the encryption? If you are trying to encrypt a form submission, the data is still passed in plain text prior to the action page. Unless the form submission process resides in a folder that has SSL enabled on it, then you could be doing work for nothing. On the other hand, I use encrypt to create encrypted and generic URL primary keys. foo.cfm?userID=1 would never show in any of my documents or query strings because number 1 would be encrypted before displaying or linking. The only thing necessary after that would be to make sure wherever the userID needed to be process is to decrypt before manipulation of the data. On 5/10/07, James Holmes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It seems you are getting the string to decrypt from a DB - are you originally inserting the encrypted string into the DB with cfqueryparam? On 5/10/07, Les Mizzell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Encrypting: cfif IsDefined(form.fm_test) AND #fm_test# NEQ cfset var.fm_test=#trim(FORM.fm_test)# cfset encrpt_fm_test=encrypt(#var.fm_test#,#encryptVAR#) /cfif Decrypting: cfif IsDefined(query.fm_test) AND #query.fm_test# NEQ cfset decrypt_fm_test=decrypt(#query.fm_test#,#encryptVAR#) /cfif -- mxAjax / CFAjax docs and other useful articles: http://www.bifrost.com.au/blog/ ~| Deploy Web Applications Quickly across the enterprise with ColdFusion MX7 Flex 2 Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:277609 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
Re: Separate DB for client vars?
I would recommend using client variables if you want to persist data that needs to be saved even if your session dies. If there is no consideration for persistent variables then session is a great place. On 5/9/07, Stewart Turnbull [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The application was originally build prior to the release of CF5 and therefore we couldn't rely on setting these vars using cfcookie due to the issues with the cflocation tag. You're quite right though. I should look at using session variables to store this data. ~| Deploy Web Applications Quickly across the enterprise with ColdFusion MX7 Flex 2 Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:277412 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: Getting first day of week (as date) from week() function?
Something like this may help you: cfset tDate = createDate(2007,5,13) !--- Beginning Date --- cfset dow = dayOfWeek(tDate) !--- Day of Week : 1 = Sunday, 7 = Saturday --- cfset dowStr = cfswitch expression=#dow# cfcase value=1cfset dowStr = First/cfcase cfcase value=2cfset dowStr = Second/cfcase cfcase value=3cfset dowStr = Third/cfcase cfcase value=4cfset dowStr = Fourth/cfcase cfcase value=5cfset dowStr = Fifth/cfcase cfcase value=6cfset dowStr = Sixth/cfcase cfcase value=7cfset dowStr = Seventh/cfcase /cfswitch cfset woy = week(tDate) !--- Week of Year --- cfset yr = year(tDate) !--- Year --- cfoutput #dowStr# day of week #woy# #yr# /cfoutput Your could easily make the cfswitch statement into a UDF called something like DayOfWeekOrder. On 5/9/07, Pete Ruckelshaus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm building an app where I am keeping track of sales on a weekly basis, so I am storing the number of the week (as a tinyint) and the year (as a smallint). Now there is a requirement to generate a report where the date of the first day of the week (i.e. 5/13/2007 being the date fo the first day of week 20 of 2007). While I can certainly rebuild this portion of the app, I would prefer not to. Any ideas on how to convert a week/year into the first date of week/month/year format using either MS SQL Server of CF7? Thanks Pete ~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 MX7 integration create powerful cross-platform RIAs http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJQ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:277461 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4