More elegant way of passing URL variables?

Hi, I am dynamically generating a list of customers, on which a user can click to go to a detailed page. To do this, I am putting the customerID into a URL variable in the A HREF path. But the client doesn't want to see the value in the address bar, as they consider it a security risk. What woul

Advanced error handling

I usually use JavaScript that is triggered by the submit button. This way it is validated on the client side, and doesn't waste a trip to the server. You could also use CFFORM elements, which generates the JS for you, but I find them clunky, and prefer to write my own. If however you wish to high

RE: 4.5.1 memory leak? is this really a leak we are talking abou t ?

Default no, but common yes. CF Studio 4.5.1 on Win 98 would crash about twice a day for me until I added another 64MB of ram. No such problem on NT 4 or Win2000. JM -Original Message- From: Helge Hetland To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Sent: 15/08/00 11:11 AM Subject: RE: 4.5.1 memory leak? is

RE: Something that will work like onblur with CFINPUT

I don't have a lot of experience with CFFORMs because I found they were always very limiting, so I use regular FORMs at all times. As for populating the form with query results, the fact that it is a CFFORM makes no difference, and you can do just the same with a regular FORM. Remember, CF Server

RE: CF's Redheaded Stepchild

What is Amazon based on? JSP/EJB, CGI, ASP? JM -Original Message- From: Chris To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 18/08/00 3:23 PM Subject: Re: CF's Redheaded Stepchild At 01:15 PM 8/18/2000 -0400, you wrote: >Good explanation, Benjamin. > >Rey... Another problem with ToysRUs was that they

Nesting CFLOOPs...help.

Hi all, I am doing something I consider relatively simple, yet CF doesn't agree. I have one loop nested inside the other, and a value from the first loop is displayed in the second, but for some reason, the value from the first iteration of the first loop persists in the second loop for each itera

CF Exam Info

Hi All, I am writing the CF Exam soon and was wondering if anyone who wrote it can offer a little insight on the content. I have heard that there are a lot of questions on arrays and structures, but is about it. Any info appreciated. JM -

RE: Stored Procedure Problem

Did you try dropping it and recreating it? JM -Original Message- From: Paul Johnston To: Cf-Talk Cc: Andy Ewings Sent: 23/08/00 12:45 PM Subject: Stored Procedure Problem Created a stored procedure about a week ago that has been running fine up to now. Suddenly (for no apparent reason

limiting Malicious uploaded file types

Hi all, I am in the process of coding a site on which users can upload files for collaboration. I need to limit the file types that can be uploaded for obvious security reasons, and am curious if anyone has encountered this type of situation. I have found a way of determining this after the file i

RE: limiting Malicious uploaded file types

] Sent: 23/08/00 5:00 PM Subject: Re: limiting Malicious uploaded file types Jim, Do you know the types of files that are going to be uploaded: IE .doc, .gif, etc. - Original Message - From: "Milks, Jim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, A

Yet another filesize question

Hi All, I know there has been a lot of talk about this subject lately, but none of the threads directly answered my question. I know that I can determine a file's size AFTER it has been uploaded, but I would like to prevent someone from uploading a 100MB file, and then have to delete it after it h

RE: Yet another filesize question

Thanks Dave. JM -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 24/08/00 10:52 AM Subject: RE: Yet another filesize question > I know there has been a lot of talk about this subject > lately, but none of the threads directly answered my quest

RE: SkillBuilding with ColdFusion

SkillBuilding is a well put together training tool. However, if you have any amount of CF development experience, you may not benefit from it as it is quite basic. You may also choose to visit a local CFUG, which may have copies to lend to members. JM -Original Message- From: Claremont,

RE: IsDefined() Problem

Glad I'm not irish, I might have been offended... JM -Original Message- From: Paul Johnston To: Cf-Talk Sent: 24/08/00 11:01 AM Subject: RE: IsDefined() Problem Figured it out (taken me months!) I need to put quotes in, which seems a bit irish to me as all other functions (those I can

OT: Displaying a "Please Wait" page

Hi, I have a few pages that take a long time to process, and was wondering if anyone has made use of a page that would read "Please wait while the page loads" or something to that effect. Expedia does this while searching for Airfare quotes as do other sites. Thanks in advance, James --

RE:

Beaucoup de CF a Brossard? JM -Original Message- From: Yanik Lupien To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 24/08/00 11:34 AM Subject: Hi, I'm working on a project called GOgraph, it's a search engine where you can search images (over 20 000)! I have also write a custom tag to help Cold Fusion pa

RE: SkillBuilding with ColdFusion

al Message ----- From: "Milks, Jim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 11:38 AM Subject: RE: SkillBuilding with ColdFusion > SkillBuilding is a well put together training tool. However, if you have any > amount of CF development expe

RE:

is...je fait mon possible -Original Message- From: Yanik Lupien To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 25/08/00 8:59 AM Subject: Re: Et bien j'en connais 2 ! Mon collège de travail ansi que moi. à part ça je sais pas ! Vous connaissez le coin ? Yanik Lupien - Original Message --

RE: ColdFusion Server-side Source Control

Yes I have some experience, and my conclusion is STAY AWAY! Vss and CF just don't seem to integrate well. We thought we had it solved, until we lost a day's worth of development. Our final conclusion was to simply run CF and VSS seperately and use Alt + Tab a lot. I would agree that the multiple

RE: Yet another filesize question

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Sharon - RE: Structures, Arrays, and WDDX oh my

Hi Sharon, I was wondering if you could elaborate on your statement: You should also know that you can save these complex data types (arrays, structures, queries) to scoped variables like SESSION and APPLICATION (with proper locking, of course.) I too recently started using structures as sessi

RE: cfparam question

Pound signs! , -Original Message- From: Stas Newdel To: CFTalk Sent: 28/08/00 1:23 PM Subject: cfparam question Hello, I'm trying to do this: , and the variable doesn't get set a value, it is initialized as blank. qGetCorpInfo is a query and it does return a record. Basically, I ju

RE: cfparam question

Terribly sorry all! I did eroneously include pound signs in the name. Lashings complete... JM -Original Message- From: Zachary Bedell To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Sent: 28/08/00 1:49 PM Subject: RE: cfparam question -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > Pound signs! > default="

RE: ASPHTTP as COM Object

I would be interested in that also Chris... Jim -Original Message- From: Chris Michl To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 29/08/00 5:01 PM Subject: Re: ASPHTTP as COM Object John, If you do not need SSL, I DO have sample code of ASPHTTP implemented use CFOBJECT... Chris Michl - Original

RE: IsDefined help

Actually, this will not work, as the form field will be defined, it will just contain a null value. Do this > You forgot your name > -Original Message- From: Bill Killillay To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 29/08/00 10:46 PM Subject: RE: IsDefined help If the first one is in your actio

OT: JavaScript to detect use of back button

Hi All, This is for a CF app, but really a JS question. I am using JS to throw up alerts when an error occurs, which works fine. But if a user uses the browser's back button, and then forward again (and vice-versa), the error message occurs again, but should not. What I want to do is, detect the

CFLOCATION and threads

Hi again, I read somewhere that each time cflocation is used, it opens a new thread, thus adding quite a load on the server. Is this true. The poster suggested using JS to redirect. The reason I ask, is that I have a page that is "hanging" for no apparent reason, and it happens to have multiple C

HELP! - Will CF 4.5 or 4.0 run on NES 2.0!!

Hi All, Major nightmare here...I designed an App for a client who said they were using the latest Netscape Enterprise Server, but are actually using 2.0, and cannot change (long story). The CF documentation says you need version 3.5.1 or higher, but I would like to try anyway. Another problem is

RE: HELP! - Will CF 4.5 or 4.0 run on NES 2.0!!

at you find out. - Steve Steve Pierce, HDL "Co-Location starting $99 per month, no setup fee" (734) 482-9682 | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://HDL.com -Original Message- From: Milks, Jim [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 13, 2000 1:15 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTEC

Advice on a couple of issues please...

Hi all, 1- Anybody have an opinion on the 3 PDF related custom tags on the Allaire developer exchange? I have a client who would like to save reports / queries to PDF. 2- I am evaluating a site for enhancements which uses cookies for all security and authentication. Although I have never done th

Cookies for authentication/security and CF2PDF...

Hi all, 1- Anybody have an opinion on the 3 PDF related custom tags on the Allaire developer exchange? I have a client who would like to save reports / queries to PDF. 2- I am evaluating a site for enhancements which uses cookies for all security and authentication. Although I have never do

Best place to buy CF Studio?

Hi All, I need to purchase a couple of copies of CF Studio. Any online vendors you would recommend? James ~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http:/

Lost all my mail...have to ask again...where to buy CF online?

Sorry for the repeat post, but the exchange server squashed all of my CF-Talk mail. Where is the best online place to by CF Studio! Jim ~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.co

Uploading multiple files at one time

Hi All, I want to upload several files at a time, without writing the file to the server until the user submits the form. Any thoughts? Jim ~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthor

RE: Using JavaScript to validate non- fields in a

CFFORM actually just renders a plain old FORM and javascript. You can even write JS to interact with the generated JS to extend the functionality (MINIMUM length for example...), but I found it a little unreliable and generally just use regular FORMs and hand made JS. Jim -Original Message-

Preventing zero-length file uploads to CFFILE

Hi all, I stumbled on an odd situatiuon, but need to fix it. IF you try to UPLOAD a file with CFFILE that is 0 kb in size, CFFILE barfs. How can I restrict this? I can't read the file until it is on my web server to determine the file size. JavaScript can't do it either... Help... Jim ~

RE: Another debate

In my opinion, he heard that the other CTOs on the Golf Course said CF was "junior" and, heaven forbid, costs money! This is a common problem. Don't resist. You're skill set will be greatly improved, and he will be accountable for the longer development times and issues with a great, but not yet m

RE: Detecting if JavaScript is enabled

-Original Message- From: Jerry Tolentino [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 1:17 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Detecting if JavaScript is enabled Anyone know how to detect if JavaScript is enabled on the client machine??? Thanks in advance Jerry

RE: Name are Intranet !!

Intrawet -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 4:26 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Name are Intranet !! Hot intranet teens Change is the only constant Download NeoPlanet at http://www.neoplanet.com ~

RE: Error 1450

See http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q237/3/04.ASP Jim -Original Message- From: Marcus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 18, 2000 11:28 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Error 1450 Got an odd error all of a sudden on the server and I've never seen it before... **

RE: Error 1450

1450 is usually because the Server RAM spikes and there is not enough resources to do something. I have found it to be quite ambiguous. However, I did run Perfmon, and sure enough, the memory spikes when that error is thrown. Jim -Original Message- From: Marcus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: ERROR

Even better...use JavaScript and save yourself a trip to the server. Jim -Original Message- From: Simon Horwith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 18, 2000 3:40 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: ERROR You should CFPARAM all form variables that have the potential to be passed a

RE: ERROR...A little elaboration

Hi, My last post made it sound like Simon's post was wrong or mine was better. What I actually meant was that it would be good "In addition to" Simon's suggestion, as the JS alone won't necessarily correct the error. Jim -Original Message- From: Milks, Jim

RE: Cool CF site - webos.org

Not to beat this to death, but what was "So Cool" in the original post? I just see a plain old vanilla site... Jim -Original Message- From: Allan Pichler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, December 19, 2000 5:25 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Cool CF site - webos.org if you add +.h

OT: Does JavaScript have a Trim function?

Hi All, Just wondering if there is an easy way to trim leading and trailing spaces with JavaScript? Jim ~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://ww

Using MSXML DOM with CF

Hi all, I am trying to use a snippet of code from the Maryland CFUG that uses the CFOBJECT tag to interact with the Microsoft MSXML DOM. Here is the code: Get the team name league = XMLDoc.selectSingleNode("league"); nodeTeam= league.selectSin

OT: Forms, Submit and maybe JavaScript

Hi All, I have a basic login form with 3 textboxes, and the suits and design guys replaced my submit and reset buttons with images. Now, users must tab to the "Submit" image and hit enter, as opposed to hitting enter from one of the textboxes after supplying the required info. My HREF from the sub

RE: What Does OT Stand For?

Off-Topic. It's an etiquette thing so that people who only want to read about CF will know not to read this post... james -Original Message- From: Phoeun Pha [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 12, 2001 10:32 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: What Does OT Stand For? ~~

Allaire Partner program

Hi All, In know this was discussed a lot recently, but I have a specific question: - The NFR software received from Allaire can be used by several developers at the partner site, correct? They are not One user versions are they? Thanks, Jim ~~

RE: OT : disable browser back/refresh

You cannot disable the back buttonPeople often get fooled into believing that this is done because they end up in a new window with no history (This also proves that they frequent adult sites). Jim -Original Message- From: Edward Chanter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, Janua

What is the CFAdminSecurity tag for?

What does this tag do? I can't find any documentation about it. Jim ~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com

HELP! - CFMAIL, Security and mail server

Hi All, I have a client whose internal IT department is unable to provide me with a name or IP address of a mail server to point my CF Server at. So now, I am on my own and not a network/mail guy. I have a CF box that is outside of the firewall, and I am faced with installing something to generate

RE: HELP! - CFMAIL, Security and mail server

server to generate mail. Jim -Original Message- From: Jeffry Houser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 23, 2001 5:10 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: HELP! - CFMAIL, Security and mail server "Milks, Jim" wrote: > Hi All, > I have a client whose internal IT departm

Quickest way to compare 2 lists?

Hi, I once saw a very efficient way of comapring two lists here, so that I can make a third list of the items not found in both. Any examples? Jim ~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.

OT:Javascript form element type for select box

Hi all, I have some code that sets focus to a form element if it is not hidden as follows: window.focus(); if(document.forms[0] != null) { if(document.forms[0].elements[0] != null) { if(document.f

RE: bannihre! - Bonne chance

Uhh, je pense que tu devrais afficher en anglais si tu espere avoir des reponses... [Translation: posting in english may generate more responses...] Jim -Original Message- From: Daive [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 12:01 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: bannihre! sa

OT:How do I put the little image in the address bar in IE?

Hi, I have a client who is hell-bent on having his logo appear in the IE address bar and when people bookmark his site. How is this done? It is IE only, right? Thanks, James ~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at

RE: Is it possible to use clientside JS to redirect to backup web server?

Poser -Original Message- From: David Adams [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 2:46 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: OT: Is it possible to use clientside JS to redirect to backup webserver? In my enterprise all clients have a default html page that gets loaded when they ini

RE: Harpoon Beta

What is harpoon anyway? -Original Message- From: Duane Boudreau [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2001 1:10 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Harpoon Beta Has anyone here been able to get to the Harpoon beta yet? Thx, Duane Boudreau, CTO CFExperts 603.620.8797 ~~~

RE: Weird Problem - Additional Info

Sure. Your tag thinks it has reached the end of the VALUE parameter when it encounters the double quote contained in the string. Use Single quotes in your tag, and it will work just fine...until you put single quotes in your string... -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EM

PDF with CF newbie question

I can safely assume that the custom tags which generate PDFs still require the full-blown acrobat, correct? Jim ~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://ww