Re: can CF do multiple DB connection?

2001-11-04 Thread Paul Hastings
> > coming from the sql server end of things, look at the OPENROWSET & OPENQUERY rowset functions though as other have indicated, you'll need just 1 dsn that has some sort of access to the other dsn you'll be talking to. ~~ Get the mailserver tha

RE: can CF do multiple DB connection?

2001-11-04 Thread Dave Watts
> ok... wat i need is to hav multiple DB connection in a query > statement.. > > for example.. i need to hav a joint query from a oracle > database and a ms sql database.. > > can i actually do this..? > > > . > . > > > ?? or must it be query within a query? > > > . > . > > . > . >

RE: Random Letters?

2001-11-04 Thread Lee Fuller
Thanks Jim! Exactly what I needed. Lee > -Original Message- > From: Jim McAtee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2001 8:52 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Random Letters? > > > Uppercase: > > Chr(Asc("A") + RandRange(0, 25)) > > Lowercase: > > Chr(As

Re: Random Letters?

2001-11-04 Thread Jim McAtee
Uppercase: Chr(Asc("A") + RandRange(0, 25)) Lowercase: Chr(Asc("a") + RandRange(0, 25)) Jim - Original Message - From: "Lee Fuller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2001 9:33 PM Subject: Random Letters? > Anyone have a quick way of

Random Letters?

2001-11-04 Thread Lee Fuller
Anyone have a quick way of generating a couple of random letters? Something basic? TTAIA Lee ~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.ma

Currency Conversion

2001-11-04 Thread Kay Smoljak
Hi all, I am building a site that will require currency conversion from $US to $AUD - prices on the site are in $USD but the cc payment gateway requires $AUD. I would rather get the current exchange rate on a daily or twice daily basis and then use the stored value rather than get a value dynamic

Re: Fw: commas in lists

2001-11-04 Thread James Sleeman
At 01:06 AM 11/3/2001, you wrote: >So, I say to him, if want to put commans in there, you have to quote the >text. >Ex: "wide","very, deep","too easy","rugby" >OR 'wide','very, deep','too easy','rugby' > >Well, this didn't work. CF ignors the quotes and treats all commas it finds >as delimiters

Re: can CF do multiple DB connection? (Access)

2001-11-04 Thread Joseph Thompson
Yes, Access will support that. http://cfhub.com/forum/index.cfm?FuseAction=Thread&TopicID=1914&Start=Last Datasource1=iether of your valid datasources t2 *the path to the second "database" *be sure to add the table name as "SecondDBTable" *SecondDbase is the fi

Re: locking within CFSCRIPT

2001-11-04 Thread James Sleeman
At 12:28 PM 11/5/2001, you wrote: > > I still disagree, why should my greater application have or want to know > > anything about how serviceAvailable() and related UDFs do the job they say > > they will ? > >When I first started CF I couldn't believe that I didn't have a way to call >a function o

RE: I owe ya! (Javascript Question)

2001-11-04 Thread Lee Fuller
Excellent! Thanks Dave... That was it. And I received basically the same thing from Stas too. Thanks to both of you. Was really simple, I know. But I'm not a JS person. ;) Take care... Lee > -Original Message- > From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday,

Re: can CF do multiple DB connection?

2001-11-04 Thread han peng
thank you ppl for yr fast reply.. :) ok... wat i need is to hav multiple DB connection in a query statement.. for example.. i need to hav a joint query from a oracle database and a ms sql database.. can i actually do this..? . . ?? or must it be query within a query? . . . . .

RE: can CF do multiple DB connection?

2001-11-04 Thread Darryl Lyons
Don't think so as you've generally got one datasource per access database.. I'm not really an Access-using person.. -Original Message- From: W Luke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, 5 November 2001 10:05 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: can CF do multiple DB connection? Can Access su

Re: can CF do multiple DB connection?

2001-11-04 Thread W Luke
Can Access support cross-database joins? Will - Original Message - From: "Darryl Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Newsgroups: gradwell.lists.cftalk Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2001 8:23 PM Subject: RE: can CF do multiple DB connection? > If your using db like SQL Server you can do cross data

Re: locking within CFSCRIPT

2001-11-04 Thread tom muck
> I still disagree, why should my greater application have or want to know > anything about how serviceAvailable() and related UDFs do the job they say > they will ? Because that's the way it is. You have two choices -- adapt your thinking and implement it the way that it works currently, or do

RE: I owe ya! (Javascript Question)

2001-11-04 Thread Dave Watts
> I need to simply take the value of one field (string), and > then prepend (and possible append) some info to it, and set > a field on the same for to the concatenated value. > > So basically.. > > function autoFills() { > if( document.myForm.thisfield.value != '' ) { > **set the va

RE: Error processing CFFILE

2001-11-04 Thread Dave Watts
> > Anyone ever seen this before while trying to upload with > > CFFile? The server admin seems to be having a hell of a > > time giving me a straight answer. Supposedly he is trying > > to set the proper permissions for the directory, but is > > frumping it up. > > > > //

SOT: I owe ya! (Javascript Question)

2001-11-04 Thread Lee Fuller
Sorry for asking for free code.. But I've tried about 20 different ways of doing this, and I can't seem to get it right. 8/ I need to simply take the value of one field (string), and then prepend (and possible append) some info to it, and set a field on the same for to the concatenated value. So

Re: locking within CFSCRIPT

2001-11-04 Thread James Sleeman
At 10:30 PM 11/2/2001, you wrote: > >If serviceAvailable() requires the use of the external variable >application.services I would say that it is a Bad Thing (TM) if you can >invoke it like serviceAvailable('borkyService'). The UDF should be >modified so it has to be invoked by sending all externa

RE: can CF do multiple DB connection?

2001-11-04 Thread Darryl Lyons
If your using db like SQL Server you can do cross database joins by doing this: SELECT n.name FROMDbname.dbo.tablename r, dbname2.dbo.tablename2 n WHERE r.id = n.r_id AND n.id = @id Etc etc Is that what you mean? Darryl -Original Message- From:

Inserting comma delimeted list into structure

2001-11-04 Thread Douglas L. Brown
Is their a way to insert a comma delimeted list of values into a structure for an update of an existing structure, or will it always create a new one? Example appreciated. http://www.carnivorepc.com";> ~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fuse

Re: can CF do multiple DB connection?

2001-11-04 Thread tom muck
It sounds like you are confused by why the application.cfm has the DSN connection defined -- the main reason is so that you don't have to define it on every page and can change it in one place if you need to change it for any reason. If you want to use more than one, simply define more than one v

can CF do multiple DB connection?

2001-11-04 Thread han peng
hi... ppl... i will like to check with u..ppl can cold fusion link to multiple database at the same time..?? i noticed under application.cfm .. we normally put only 1 DSN connection. juz wonder.. is it possible to create multiple DSN connection..? and is it possible to do multiple database

Re: Random Records

2001-11-04 Thread Nelson Winters
If you're using SQL Server, you can try: SELECT*, NewID() FROM tblWhatever ORDER BYNewID() -Nelson - Original Message - From: "Keen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2001 8:28 PM Subject: Random Records > I need to run a

Re: Random Records

2001-11-04 Thread Jochem van Dieten
Keen wrote: > I need to run a query and return 10 random records. I used the following to > get the records but can have the same random number returned more than once. > I would like to insure that the 10 records returned are distinct. Any > suggestions? TIA Why not just return 10 random re