RE: Spammer fills out my order form - how to stop

2004-12-13 Thread Ben Rogers
te, so to speak. They appear to be spidering sites, building a list of form fields, and sending an HTTP post to the action page. Ben Rogers http://www.c4.net v.508.240.0051 f.508.240.0057 > -Original Message- > From: Mike Kear [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, December 1

RE: SOT moving to FireFox

2004-12-13 Thread Ben Rogers
I agree that using quirks mode is the way to go for the time being. I use the following doctype, and I run into surprisingly few cross-browser, cross-platform or backwards compatibility issues: Ben Rogers http://www.c4.net v.508.240.0051 f.508.240.0057 ~

RE: SOT moving to FireFox

2004-12-13 Thread Ben Rogers
is that trying to use standards mode (as opposed to quirks mode), brings out the bugs and odd behavior in older browsers. This leads to more development time and ugly hacks like the ones you mentioned. Of course, I may have misunderstood Micha. :) Ben Rogers http://www.c4.net v.508.240.

RE: SOT moving to FireFox

2004-12-13 Thread Ben Rogers
27;s also true if you're using quirks mode (see doctype switching). For more information: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnie60/html /cssenhancements.asp Ben Rogers http://www.c4.net v.508.240.0051 f.508.240.0057 ~

RE: REPOST: CFHEADER/CFCONTENT over SSL on IIS with IE

2004-12-13 Thread Ben Rogers
statement(s) to match. Thanks a > bunch. Try Fiddler. http://www.fiddlertool.com Ben Rogers http://www.c4.net v.508.240.0051 f.508.240.0057 ~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfh

RE: Which browsers do you support for -public- web sites?

2004-12-09 Thread Ben Rogers
e XHTML. If you don't specifically test in older browsers, do you have a general feel for it? If so, which doctype are you using? Ben Rogers http://www.c4.net v.508.240.0051 f.508.240.0057 ~| Special thanks to the CF Commun

RE: Which browsers do you support for -public- web sites?

2004-12-09 Thread Ben Rogers
and Internet Explorer. We don't check functionality, just general layout. Ben Rogers http://www.c4.net v.508.240.0051 f.508.240.0057 > -Original Message- > From: Jim McAtee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 9:59 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: W

RE: SOT: Browser Stats (stirring the pot)

2004-12-08 Thread Ben Rogers
e Mac installer. Fortunately, for Macromedia's sake, she chose not to write a review. Ben Rogers http://www.c4.net v.508.240.0051 f.508.240.0057 > -Original Message- > From: Mike Chambers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2004 7:20 PM > To: CF-T

RE: SOT: Browser Stats (stirring the pot)

2004-12-08 Thread Ben Rogers
al sense. Insulting someone because he's more concerned about meeting tangible requirements than adhering to some pure aesthetic does not further your argument. Ben Rogers http://www.c4.net v.508.240.0051 f.508.240.0057 ~| Special

RE: SOT: Browser Stats (stirring the pot)

2004-12-06 Thread Ben Rogers
dware, I'd be interested in seeing them. Artificial test cases just tell us possible sources. Ben Rogers http://www.c4.net v.508.240.0051 f.508.240.0057 ~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net

RE: SOT: Browser Stats (stirring the pot)

2004-12-06 Thread Ben Rogers
apps, gambling software and online games. I *believe* these are far more common sources, but I've never seen any statistics. As an ISP and computer sales/repair shop, we've been recommending Firefox as an alternative and installing it on customers computers. However, it doesn't see

RE: path variables, like expandpath ..

2004-12-03 Thread Ben Rogers
se a combination of CGI variables () to build the URL. You can treat the CGI.SCRIPT_NAME as a list delimited by "/". If your files are in various sub-directories, then it's probably just as easy to hard code a global variable that stores the relative portion of the path. Ben Rogers h

RE: HTM vs CFM Pages

2004-12-02 Thread Ben Rogers
probably reduce the performance hit by using the cfcache tag. I haven't specifically tested this, however: it wouldn't surprise me if ColdFusion had been optimized to handle pages with no dynamic content different than those with. Ben Rogers http://www.c4.net v.508.240.0051 f.508.240

RE: CFMODULE vs. CFINCLUDE

2004-12-01 Thread Ben Rogers
ldFusion provide much more appropriate methods for code reuse. There are other benefits to using custom tags, many of which I've noted. I started out trying to convey that. :) Ben Rogers http://www.c4.net v.508.240.0051 f.508.240.0057

RE: CFMODULE vs. CFINCLUDE

2004-12-01 Thread Ben Rogers
re not building large scale sites. Our sites tend to host under 1 million user sessions a month. Most of our sites see much less than this. No single site requires more than one Web server. When we load test, we're looking for bottlenecks, stability, and performance under a moderate load. T

RE: CFMODULE vs. CFINCLUDE

2004-12-01 Thread Ben Rogers
x27;t see any overwhelming performance issues. That's not to say they don't exist, just that I seemed have gotten lucky...or my load testing was not very accurate. :) Ben Rogers http://www.c4.net v.508.240.0051 f.508.240.0057 ~~~

RE: CFMODULE vs. CFINCLUDE

2004-12-01 Thread Ben Rogers
ncludes. > Michael has posed a personal opinion question - there is no right or > wrong way - just different points of view. Next time respond to the > question and do not rag on someones personal opinion because you don't > agree. Michael or Micha? Michael posed a

RE: CFMODULE vs. CFINCLUDE

2004-12-01 Thread Ben Rogers
> ASP = Application Server Provider not Active Server Pages in this instance Heh, I think we're all aware of that. But thanks for lookin' out -- or did you just figure it out yourself? Ben Rogers http://www.c4.net v.508.240.0051 f

RE: CFMODULE vs. CFINCLUDE

2004-12-01 Thread Ben Rogers
ll be hosted in an ASP environment. Ben Rogers http://www.c4.net v.508.240.0051 f.508.240.0057 > -Original Message- > From: Micha Schopman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2004 10:40 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: CFMODULE vs. CFINCLUDE > > Ben, &

RE: CFMODULE vs. CFINCLUDE

2004-12-01 Thread Ben Rogers
has any direct relevance? We have developed and/or currently host several ASP style applications, some of which use the cfimport tag. The static nature of the cfimport tag definitely affects the overall site structure a bit, but I don't see how it precludes an entire class of application

RE: CFMODULE vs. CFINCLUDE

2004-12-01 Thread Ben Rogers
en specified (thisTag.hasEndTag); and 4) the ability to control the naming of your tags (cfimport prefix attribute) and, by extension, their color coding and such in your editor of choice. Ben Rogers http://www.c4.net v.508.240.0051 f.508.240.0057 ~~~

RE: CFEclipse - Database Viewer (MS Access)

2004-11-30 Thread Ben Rogers
ts_per_page=20&submit=Search dbViewer seems to work using ODBC. Did you try setting up an ODBC data source and pointing it at your Access database? Ben Rogers http://www.c4.net v.508.240.0051 f.508.240.0057 > -Original Message- > From: Dwayne Cole [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >

RE: Best way to access CFC's?

2004-11-29 Thread Ben Rogers
uments and pass them in: Ben Rogers http://www.c4.net v.508.240.0051 f.508.240.0057 ~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Silver Sponsor - CFDynamics http://www.cfdynamics.com Message

RE: Retrieving Hint from components

2004-11-28 Thread Ben Rogers
#actorMetaData.hint# Note that the "hint" key does not appear to exists if the hint attribute is not defined. So, you'll have to check for its existance before attempting to reference it. Seems like a bug to me, but that's the way it is.

RE: CF Crash : Server Config or J2EE

2004-11-24 Thread Ben Rogers
sequent times. A lot of this is really just growing pains. I understand that. However, I don't think that mitigates the need to know a good deal about J2EE to build ColdFusion apps, nor the JVM to host them. I think we're just going to have to agr

RE: CF Crash : Server Config or J2EE

2004-11-24 Thread Ben Rogers
tself as I have only a passing familiarity with the language. Regardless, thank you for the tips and links you've already provided. Ben Rogers http://www.c4.net v.508.240.0051 f.508.240.0057 ~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suit

RE: ColdFusion Crashing The Web Server

2004-11-23 Thread Ben Rogers
ns for the Windows Server 2000 box. Thanks Micheal! Ben Rogers http://www.c4.net v.508.240.0051 f.508.240.0057 > -Original Message- > From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 12:38 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: ColdFusio

RE: Database design question

2004-11-22 Thread Ben Rogers
ly care about the durability of the application database, and, in general, we're only backing up the application database. Ben Rogers http://www.c4.net v.508.240.0051 f.508.240.0057 ~| Special thanks to the CF Community Sui

RE: Database design question

2004-11-22 Thread Ben Rogers
posed to a name space). The reason this is done is because the data, which is usually many gigs in size, doesn't need to be backed up. The application database, which is relatively small, is backed up using standard database maintenance plans. Ben Rogers htt

ColdFusion Crashing The Web Server

2004-11-18 Thread Ben Rogers
ost non-ColdFusion sites. So, when a ColdFusion problem starts affecting static sites, ASP.Net and classic ASP sites, it's a pretty big issue for us. Ben Rogers http://www.c4.net v.508.240.0051 f.508.240.0057 ~| Special thanks

RE: image resizing

2004-11-16 Thread Ben Rogers
es, which can be cumbersome to work with. Ben Rogers http://www.c4.net v.508.240.0051 f.508.240.0057 > -Original Message- > From: Lawrence Ng [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 16, 2004 12:54 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: image resizing > > hello, >

Getting the Current Request Timeout

2004-11-16 Thread Ben Rogers
Hello, I'm looking for a way to determine the request timeout of the currently executing page. As a point of reference, the following code returns the request timeout configured in the ColdFusion administrator (30) rather than the request timeout set in the cfsetting tag (100):

RE: Server Monitoring

2004-11-11 Thread Ben Rogers
ServersAlive. The interface needs a bit of help, but it works and it's cheap. http://www.woodstone.nu/salive/ Ben Rogers http://www.c4.net v.508.240.0051 f.508.240.0057 > -Original Message- > From: Ricky Fritzsching [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, November 11

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