Re: Spell Checking a Textarea Field
http://www.spellchecker.net/ is quite good. Rgds -- Will new media discussion for Berkshire -=- http://bnm.lukrative.com local classifieds -=- http://www.localbounty.com e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] icq: 31099745 - Original Message - From: Steve Reich [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newsgroups: cf-talk Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 2:21 AM Subject: Spell Checking a Textarea Field How can I have my users spellcheck a textarea? Thanks, Steve ~~ 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/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
Closing Connections to a locked Access Database
Picking up a previously existing site that used some weird connection scripts with an Access database. Site is on a shared server, so I only have FTP access. Here's the problem...the database has been locked for what seems like forever now on the server with that darned .lbd file, and thusly I can't FTP a new version of the database to the site! Is there a short script of some sort I could place in a file and ftp out to the site that would FORCE all data connections to close - assuming nobody is browsing at the moment?? Thanks! -- Les Mizzell Who Needs Intel? ATHLON INSIDE! ~~ 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/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
Re: Closing Connections to a locked Access Database
Hi Les, I get this problem too. I got my hosting people to uncheck the maintain connection box in CF Admin which has helped. hth -- Will new media discussion for Berkshire -=- http://bnm.lukrative.com local classifieds -=- http://www.localbounty.com e: [EMAIL PROTECTED] icq: 31099745 - Original Message - From: Les Mizzell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Newsgroups: cf-talk Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 12:32 PM Subject: Closing Connections to a locked Access Database Picking up a previously existing site that used some weird connection scripts with an Access database. Site is on a shared server, so I only have FTP access. Here's the problem...the database has been locked for what seems like forever now on the server with that darned .lbd file, and thusly I can't FTP a new version of the database to the site! Is there a short script of some sort I could place in a file and ftp out to the site that would FORCE all data connections to close - assuming nobody is browsing at the moment?? Thanks! -- Les Mizzell Who Needs Intel? ATHLON INSIDE! ~~ 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/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
Re: Closing Connections to a locked Access Database
Simply ftp up and run a script that queries the database, but requests a table that does not exist. This will throw an error and break the conneciton. Dave - Original Message - From: Les Mizzell [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CF-Talk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 7:32 AM Subject: Closing Connections to a locked Access Database Picking up a previously existing site that used some weird connection scripts with an Access database. Site is on a shared server, so I only have FTP access. Here's the problem...the database has been locked for what seems like forever now on the server with that darned .lbd file, and thusly I can't FTP a new version of the database to the site! Is there a short script of some sort I could place in a file and ftp out to the site that would FORCE all data connections to close - assuming nobody is browsing at the moment?? Thanks! -- Les Mizzell Who Needs Intel? ATHLON INSIDE! ~~ 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/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
cffile, cfregistry, and clusters, oh my
I need some suggestions on several different topics here. 1. We have a web app that will be used by many, many people. We would like to host this app on a cluster of servers. The catch is, we want everyone to use the same copy of code for the app, but each person/company needs their own database. If we get 1000 companies using this thing, I don't want to have to replicate 1000 different DSNs for the different databases accross all of the clustered servers. What I would like to do is find a way to connect to the various databases without having to use a DSN. We tried using OLEDB and specifying the database file, but we couldn't get that to work. Maybe someone could explain to me how to get OLEDB to work with Sybase 7, or maybe tell me another way to do what I'm trying to do. 2. We want people who want to use the app to be able to sign up for it on the web site and begin using it almost immediately, without any intervention on our part. Signing up for the app requires that the sign up program creates some folders and registry entries on each server in the cluster. Is there an example, or tutorial where the best way to handle this is explained? Thanks Todd ~~ 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/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
Re: SOT BrainBench CF 4.51 Test
At 05:57 PM 06/28/2001 -0700, you wrote: I just took the BrainBench test for CF 4.51 programming. It consisted of 40 multiple-choice questions. I thought it was reasonable... mostly! I think that 7 or 8 of the questions did *not* belong in the test. They were related to the CF Administrator, Java and C++ programming of CFX custom tags, managing a Verity collection, etc. I think that it is good for a CF Programmer to know some stuff about custom tags, verity collections (I.E. it is built into ColdFusion), and the CF Administrator. All our CF-related topics. I do not remember specifics of when I took the test. Several of the questions involved lists and they were defined in error: cfset myList = 1, 2, 3, 4 instead of cfset myList = 1,2,3,4 Unless I'm mistaken, either one of the statements above is a valid CF statement, and also a valid list. The invalid-ness of this would depend on the question and the answers. Anyone have any comments or experience with this? I have nothing else to share. -- Jeffry Houser | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] AIM: Reboog711 | ICQ: 5246969 | Phone: 860-229-2781 -- Instant ColdFusion 5.0 | ISBN: 0-07-213238-8 Due out June 2001 -- DotComIt, LLC database driven web data using ColdFusion, Lotus Notes/Domino -- Far Cry Fly, Alternative Folk Rock http://www.farcryfly.com | http://www.mp3.com/FarCryFly -- It's okay to be mean to the evil people who make life unbelievable But try to be nice to me ~~ 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/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
RE: Closing Connections to a locked Access Database
Run a bogus call on the DB and that will free up it up. Or make sure you are not running a keep alive of DB connections. ~~ 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/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
CF Mall with no per store charge.
Hey, Does anybody know about any Over The Counter application which will allow me to create a Mall system without having to purchase a new license everytime a store is added? I.E. an Unlimited Store License? -Gel ~~ 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/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
RE: cffile, cfregistry, and clusters, oh my
1. We have a web app that will be used by many, many people. We would like to host this app on a cluster of servers. The catch is, we want everyone to Is it one company per box? Or multiple? If it's one company per box, then just use the same DNS name and point to the a different db on your db server for each company. If it's multiple companies, then use DNS connections. This is possible in CF5. 2. We want people who want to use the app to be able to sign up for it on the web site and begin using it almost immediately, without any intervention on our part. Signing up for the app requires that the sign up program creates some folders and registry entries on each server in the cluster. Is First, I'd _strongly_ consider rethinking your strategy. Why do you want to use the registry? Why do you want to make physical paths? It's certainly possible to do what you want w/o doing either. If you want to store data, use a database instead of the registry. If you want each client to be able to do, www.myapp.com/companyname, then use something like www.myapp.com/a.cfm/companyname, to create 'fake' folders. Ray Camden ~~ 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/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
virtual memory error
I keep getting an occasional virtual memory error on my CF 4.5.1 sp 2 with Win 2K. Today it happened during the workday for the first time. We have 512 mg ram (Monday it will be 1 gig). I use a few CFX tags, cfx_ping, cfx_domainuser, cfx_filereadlines,cfx_zip (I just made sure that all were locked, some weren't, but not any that are in heavy use). I assume the swap is on C: with the Bins; scripts and .cfm files are on E:, DBs are on other boxes. The box is used as a secondary DNS. We currently have very low usage on this box. Does anyone have any general or specific ideals on what the problem could be. Paul Sizemore Finish Line 3308 N Mitthoeffer Rd Indianapolis, IN 46235 W: 317-899-1022 ext 3516 ~~ 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/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
Re: SOT BrainBench CF 4.51 Test
At 9:43 AM -0700 6/29/01, Jeffry Houser wrote: At 05:57 PM 06/28/2001 -0700, you wrote: I just took the BrainBench test for CF 4.51 programming. It consisted of 40 multiple-choice questions. I thought it was reasonable... mostly! I think that 7 or 8 of the questions did *not* belong in the test. They were related to the CF Administrator, Java and C++ programming of CFX custom tags, managing a Verity collection, etc. I think that it is good for a CF Programmer to know some stuff about custom tags, verity collections (I.E. it is built into ColdFusion), and the CF Administrator. All our CF-related topics. I do not remember specifics of when I took the test. I agree... I also think it is *good* for a CF Programmer to know JavaScript, COM, DHTML, regexp, DBA, etc. The question is should they comprise 20% of a test on CF programming? Manipulation (not design and administration) of SQL databases is a valid subject as it is so widely used and closely ingrained within CF. Several of the questions involved lists and they were defined in error: cfset myList = 1, 2, 3, 4 instead of cfset myList = 1,2,3,4 Unless I'm mistaken, either one of the statements above is a valid CF statement, and also a valid list. The invalid-ness of this would depend on the question and the answers. No, the format given in the test is not a valid list (they did not specify any delimiters in the list manipulation functions). In the context of the questions (there were 4 or 5) none of the answers were correct. Dick Anyone have any comments or experience with this? I have nothing else to share. -- Jeffry Houser | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] AIM: Reboog711 | ICQ: 5246969 | Phone: 860-229-2781 -- Instant ColdFusion 5.0 | ISBN: 0-07-213238-8 Due out June 2001 -- DotComIt, LLC database driven web data using ColdFusion, Lotus Notes/Domino -- Far Cry Fly, Alternative Folk Rock http://www.farcryfly.com | http://www.mp3.com/FarCryFly -- It's okay to be mean to the evil people who make life unbelievable But try to be nice to me ~~ 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/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
Groundhog Day?
Ummm, isn't Groundhog Day in February?? g (y'know, deja vu all over again...) Ben ~~ 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/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
RE: CF-talk Admin
Mike Thanks for the update on the list. Two questions, I like to save emails with good ideas, and thankfully there are quite a few from the list. but with the DNS problems I have been missing them. I am using the web site to browse the list. Is there a way to get copies of these old emails from the list? Is there a way to search the archives on a topic? again thanks for all the hard work. Rodney ~~ 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/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
Dupe CFID/CFTOKEN pairs being assigned
(Yes, this is related to my session hijacking issue) I've added some code in my app to, I *thought*, refresh the ID/Token pairs better - trying to put the info in memory-based cookies instead of file-based cookies, so that closing the browser will kill the cookie, and the user will get a new id/token pair. It worked great for me, from outside the client's network, coming across the net - but users inside the LAN are still being assigned the same id/token pair - by this I mean MULTIPLE users are getting this assigned pair. Moreover it's a pair that was assigned yesterday, at the very least - I can't tell how long this particular pair of values has been in use. I just know I started tracking this stuff yesterday and multiple people are getting the pair. I get to work this morning to check, and I see more folks coming in and getting this pair. What gives??? This is driving me nuts. :( --Scott ~~ 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/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
Re: SOT BrainBench CF 4.51 Test
At 08:47 AM 06/29/2001 -0700, you wrote: At 9:43 AM -0700 6/29/01, Jeffry Houser wrote: At 05:57 PM 06/28/2001 -0700, you wrote: I just took the BrainBench test for CF 4.51 programming. It consisted of 40 multiple-choice questions. I thought it was reasonable... mostly! I think that 7 or 8 of the questions did *not* belong in the test. They were related to the CF Administrator, Java and C++ programming of CFX custom tags, managing a Verity collection, etc. I think that it is good for a CF Programmer to know some stuff about custom tags, verity collections (I.E. it is built into ColdFusion), and the CF Administrator. All our CF-related topics. I do not remember specifics of when I took the test. I agree... I also think it is *good* for a CF Programmer to know JavaScript, COM, DHTML, regexp, DBA, etc. The question is should they comprise 20% of a test on CF programming? However, all of those things are separate entities from CF. Verity, CF Admin, and CFX tags are not separate. I was under the impression that BrainBench only had one CF test, not separate ones for CF Programming, one for CF Administration, etc.. -- Jeffry Houser | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] AIM: Reboog711 | ICQ: 5246969 | Phone: 860-229-2781 -- Instant ColdFusion 5.0 | ISBN: 0-07-213238-8 Due out June 2001 -- DotComIt, LLC database driven web data using ColdFusion, Lotus Notes/Domino -- Far Cry Fly, Alternative Folk Rock http://www.farcryfly.com | http://www.mp3.com/FarCryFly -- It's okay to be mean to the evil people who make life unbelievable But try to be nice to me ~~ 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/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
cf_addBusinessDays
Anyone using this tag? If so what do you use for the output variable? Looks like it would be OUTDATE, but I get a numeric result. cf_addbusinessDays indate=0628/2001 days=-5 gives me: cfoutput#outdate#/cfoutput = 37063 Im must be doing something wrong? -Adrian ~~ 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/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
Re: cffile, cfregistry, and clusters, oh my
| 1. We have a web app that will be used by many, many people. We | would like | to host this app on a cluster of servers. The catch is, we want | everyone to | | Is it one company per box? Or multiple? If it's one company per box, then | just use the same DNS name and point to the a different db on your db server | for each company. I'm not sure I understand. Let me try to explain again. We have an app. 1 machine isn't going to be able to handle 1000 companies using that app. So, we have a cluster of, say, 5 machines and 1 database server. Any company can hit any machine in the cluster depending on when they show up. Right now, we are using a different DNS for each company. Since they could hit and of the 5 machines, we would need to have all 1000 DSNs on all 5 machines. This doesn't sound like the best idea. A single DSN where we can pass the name of the database file to access would be much better, but I'm having trouble getting this to work. Is it even possible? | If it's multiple companies, then use DNS connections. This is possible in | CF5. I don't follow this statement. Also, what if we don't have 5.0 yet? | 2. We want people who want to use the app to be able to sign up for it on | the web site and begin using it almost immediately, without any | intervention | on our part. Signing up for the app requires that the sign up program | creates some folders and registry entries on each server in the | cluster. Is | | First, I'd _strongly_ consider rethinking your strategy. Why do you want to | use the registry? To create the DSN entries. | Why do you want to make physical paths? We need to create a folder on the image server for each company to store their images in. I can see a way to do this, so this isn't much of a problem. | If you want each client to be able | to do, www.myapp.com/companyname, | then use something like | www.myapp.com/a.cfm/companyname, to create 'fake' folders. I'm not sure I follow you here either. Thanks Todd ~~ 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/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
Encrypt/Decrypt Functions [NOT cfencrypt/cfdecrypt]
I am having a problem with the encrypt/decrypt functions. Here is my code:
*** This creates the user when they register...
cfset dbPassword=#Encrypt(password, application.seed)#
cfquery name=CreateUser datasource=#application.dsn#
username=#application.dsn_username# password=#application.dsn_password#
INSERT INTO users
(fname,lname,email,username,password)
VALUES('#fname#','#lname#','#email#','#username#','#dbPassword#')
/cfquery
*** This validates a registered user
cfset dbPassword = #Encrypt(password, application.seed)#
cfquery name=CheckUser datasource=#application.dsn#
username=#application.dsn_username# password=#application.dsn_password#
SELECT userid
FROM users
WHERE username='#username#'
AND password='#dbPassword#'
/cfquery
The problem is that if I output the encrypted password on my page, I get...
(6 W=SO*;E^JD
The field in the DB says...
(6 W=SO*;E^H
Obviously, they don't match, so the user can't get in. I've tried using a
variety of seed values, including various lengths. It seems that the last
one or two chars always come out differently? My questions are, what is a
good length for the seed value and should this be alphnumeric or will any
ascii character work? Also, I'm not sure why I can encrypt the same value
twice and not get the same value. I'm thinking my problem must be in the
seed string length, but I'm not sure? Are there known issues with this? Why
am I having this problem? Can someone shed some light?
Thanks,
Steve
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Re: Encrypt/Decrypt Functions [NOT cfencrypt/cfdecrypt]
Also, I'm not sure why I can encrypt the same value twice and not get the same value. I'm thinking my problem must be in the seed string length, but I'm not sure? Are there known issues with this? Why am I having this problem? Can someone shed some light? After a little more trial and error, it appears that the first 12 characters are consistant. Anything after that can change, even if encrypting the same string with the same seed value. I guess I can do something like.. if password = Left(dbpassword, 12) I would still appreciate a logical explanation of this if someone knows more about this Thanks, Steve ~~ 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/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
RE: Encrypt/Decrypt Functions [NOT cfencrypt/cfdecrypt]
Maybe it's just a wierd browser thing. What do you see if you View SOurce?
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From: Steve Reich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 1:57 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Encrypt/Decrypt Functions [NOT cfencrypt/cfdecrypt]
I am having a problem with the encrypt/decrypt functions. Here is my code:
*** This creates the user when they register...
cfset dbPassword=#Encrypt(password, application.seed)#
cfquery name=CreateUser datasource=#application.dsn#
username=#application.dsn_username#
password=#application.dsn_password#
INSERT INTO users
(fname,lname,email,username,password)
VALUES('#fname#','#lname#','#email#','#username#','#dbPassword#')
/cfquery
*** This validates a registered user
cfset dbPassword = #Encrypt(password, application.seed)#
cfquery name=CheckUser datasource=#application.dsn#
username=#application.dsn_username#
password=#application.dsn_password#
SELECT userid
FROM users
WHERE username='#username#'
AND password='#dbPassword#'
/cfquery
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Re: Encrypt/Decrypt Functions [NOT cfencrypt/cfdecrypt]
Steve
I encountered a similar problem... here is how I resolved it.
1) I defined the field in the db that holds the encrypted value as
NVarChar(255). This is a unicode field. The 255 length takes care of
encrypted passwords are larger than the original.
2) I do *not* check the password in the SQL, rather in CF after it
has been retrieved, e.g.:
cfquery NAME=Login .
SELECT UserID, Password
FROM Customer
WHERE UserID = '#form.UserID#'
/cfquery
cfif NOT Login.Recordcount eq 1
cfset Error = Invalid UserID and Password.
cfelse
cfif form.Login_Password NEQ Decrypt(LoginAction.Password, key)
cfset Error = Invalid UserID and Password.
cfelse
!--- Login OK ---
.
.
.
HTH
Dick
At 1:57 PM -0400 6/29/01, Steve Reich wrote:
I am having a problem with the encrypt/decrypt functions. Here is my code:
*** This creates the user when they register...
cfset dbPassword=#Encrypt(password, application.seed)#
cfquery name=CreateUser datasource=#application.dsn#
username=#application.dsn_username# password=#application.dsn_password#
INSERT INTO users
(fname,lname,email,username,password)
VALUES('#fname#','#lname#','#email#','#username#','#dbPassword#')
/cfquery
*** This validates a registered user
cfset dbPassword = #Encrypt(password, application.seed)#
cfquery name=CheckUser datasource=#application.dsn#
username=#application.dsn_username# password=#application.dsn_password#
SELECT userid
FROM users
WHERE username='#username#'
AND password='#dbPassword#'
/cfquery
The problem is that if I output the encrypted password on my page, I get...
(6 W=SO*;E^JD
The field in the DB says...
(6 W=SO*;E^H
Obviously, they don't match, so the user can't get in. I've tried using a
variety of seed values, including various lengths. It seems that the last
one or two chars always come out differently? My questions are, what is a
good length for the seed value and should this be alphnumeric or will any
ascii character work? Also, I'm not sure why I can encrypt the same value
twice and not get the same value. I'm thinking my problem must be in the
seed string length, but I'm not sure? Are there known issues with this? Why
am I having this problem? Can someone shed some light?
Thanks,
Steve
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Re: Encrypt/Decrypt Functions [NOT cfencrypt/cfdecrypt]
Maybe it's just a wierd browser thing. What do you see if you View SOurce? No.. I checked that. It's very strange because there is no consistency to it. Some strings encrypt the same everytime, others don't. If I run this in my browser cfset encryptedPW = #Encrypt(password, k39dkjw*kd@kfoe%kfps037)# cfoutput#encryptedPW #-#Len(encryptedPW)#/cfoutput and then hit refresh... it toggles between these two values... (78XD6IF#J5( and (78XD6IF#J5' but it returns the Len of both strings as 14. Something with ASCII, either spaces or line feeds might be one of the chars that could be messing me up. In the database field (SQL7), visually you can see some box characters that represents an ASCII character that can't be displayed. Help!! Thanks, Steve ~~ 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/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
Trim Question
For some reason, a custom tag that I am using is adding beginning and trailing spaces to the output. Does this happen when the tag takes a little while for the CF App server to process? It's causing a display issue in some versions of Netscape. Any idea how I might be able to trim the spaces? The code calling the custom tag is: cfmodule template=./customtags/flasher5.cfm flash_src=flash/spotlight_new.swf flash_width=168 flash_height=213 flash_quality=high flash_bgcolor=white flash_loop=yes image_src=images/home_page/home_page_3-3.gif image_width=168 image_height=213 image_border=0 image_alt=Spotlight Thanks! Brian Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
Re: Encrypt/Decrypt Functions [NOT cfencrypt/cfdecrypt]
cfif form.Login_Password NEQ Decrypt(LoginAction.Password, key) cfset Error = Invalid UserID and Password. cfelse Dick, That did the trick! I was trying to compare two encrypted strings and I should have been comparing their decrypted values. Thanks for the help it was driving me nuts! Steve ~~ 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/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
Re: Encrypt/Decrypt Functions [NOT cfencrypt/cfdecrypt]
AFAIK it is a feature that Encrypt() does not always return the same value, but is always decryptable to the same value. I think I read it in the comment of an Allaire employee in the Allaire forums. Anyhow, I believe one should not use the Encrypt() at all. Use Hash(), it is one way (nice for safety) and a public algorithm (MD5 is the name among cryptographers I believe), so it is even usable from other applications. Personally, I have zero faith in any cryptographic algorithm that is not open source. Jochem -- It isn't possible I lied in this message, it is probable. ~~ 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/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
Application Variables
Seems basic, but I've never really addressed this. Assuming this code is in my application.cfm file, what is the difference in these two cfset bgcolor=black and... cfset application.bgcolor=black I guess I need a quick lesson on application variables. I know they are included in the scope defined in the cfapplication tag, but what are pros and cons? I have a small dev box with only 256 RAM. I have CF 4.5 and SQL7 running on it so as you can imagine, it's quite slow. I'm wondering how much RAM is used storing application variables? Could I increase performance (albeit more theoretically) by not using application vars? If I am looking for server performance over speed, the first one seems the way to go since it's not a persistent variable. I'm only faking it by putting it in the app.cfm file. Along this line, do I even need application variables? What's the story? Thanks, Steve ~~ 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/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
Re: Trim Question
Try #Trim(OutputVariable)#. Otherwise, you will need to go into your custom tag and figure where the code is adding the spaces. It's not a problem of CF Server adding the spaces. HTH, Steve Brian Scott Barnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message 000701c100df$c9b69e20$[EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:000701c100df$c9b69e20$[EMAIL PROTECTED]... For some reason, a custom tag that I am using is adding beginning and trailing spaces to the output. Does this happen when the tag takes a little while for the CF App server to process? It's causing a display issue in some versions of Netscape. Any idea how I might be able to trim the spaces? The code calling the custom tag is: cfmodule template=./customtags/flasher5.cfm flash_src=flash/spotlight_new.swf flash_width=168 flash_height=213 flash_quality=high flash_bgcolor=white flash_loop=yes image_src=images/home_page/home_page_3-3.gif image_width=168 image_height=213 image_border=0 image_alt=Spotlight Thanks! Brian Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists ~~ 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/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
Fw: Trim Question
Please disregard my question. Immediately after I sent it, I found the offending spaces, buried away in the custom tag. I deleted them from there and it solved the problem. Sorry to bug the list over my dumb mistake! Brian - Original Message - From: Brian Scott Barnett [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 29, 2001 2:08 PM Subject: Trim Question For some reason, a custom tag that I am using is adding beginning and trailing spaces to the output. Does this happen when the tag takes a little while for the CF App server to process? It's causing a display issue in some versions of Netscape. Any idea how I might be able to trim the spaces? The code calling the custom tag is: cfmodule template=./customtags/flasher5.cfm flash_src=flash/spotlight_new.swf flash_width=168 flash_height=213 flash_quality=high flash_bgcolor=white flash_loop=yes image_src=images/home_page/home_page_3-3.gif image_width=168 image_height=213 image_border=0 image_alt=Spotlight Thanks! Brian Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
Re: Spell Checking a Textarea Field
http://www.spellchecker.net/ is quite good. Wow! That is very cool (and cheap)... thanks! Steve ~~ 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/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
RE: Application Variables
There are several benefits to Application metrics, unfortunately I don't know about any metrics. Maybe some of the gurus here can help you in that department. Application vars are shared. So as soon as you have more than one user, you shoud start reaping some performance benefits. You can set an Application variable on any page of your site if you need to access a global variable, not just in Application.cfm. You can assign a query recordset into an Application variable, it may be less expensive for you to check for an existance of an Application variable as opposed to running your query every time and again (and for each user). As far as your simple example there is probably no measurable benefit. Also, there's that little matter of convinience of NOT using Application variables all over the place, as you must cflock them. The applications we've designing were never high traffic apps, so I've never ran into a problem by not using CFLOCK, however, since 4.5 came out, we've turned on the automatic read locking, and made sure that writes are explicitely locked. One final point, RAM is very cheap now. You can pick up a 256MB DIMM for $50. -Original Message- From: Steve Reich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Seems basic, but I've never really addressed this. Assuming this code is in my application.cfm file, what is the difference in these two cfset bgcolor=black .and... cfset application.bgcolor=black I guess I need a quick lesson on application variables. I know they are included in the scope defined in the cfapplication tag, but what are pros and cons? I have a small dev box with only 256 RAM. I have CF 4.5 and SQL7 running on it so as you can imagine, it's quite slow. I'm wondering how much RAM is used storing application variables? Could I increase performance (albeit more theoretically) by not using application vars? If I am looking for server performance over speed, the first one seems the way to go since it's not a persistent variable. I'm only faking it by putting it in the app.cfm file. Along this line, do I even need application variables? What's the story? Thanks, Steve ~~ 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/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
select box formatting/validation
Hey all, I have a two-part question that I'm really hoping someone can answer. I have a multiple-select list that is populated from one table in my db. The list is constructed in such a way that there are main categories that each have their own subcategory. Some of those subcategories have their own subcategories. The main categories are all in uppercase, and the subcategories are indented, as appropriate, throughout the list. I don't want users to be able to select every item--I want them to have to select as far as they possibly can within the subcategories. So... QUESTION 1: Is there a way to disable selection ability on certain items within the select box (just don't allow it to be highlighted when clicked), and if so, how? QUESTION 2: How do I conditionally format the look of each of these menu items within this one select list? I have been successful in conditionally changing words to uppercase, or indenting, but I cannot get it to conditionally bold a word, change the font size, add a line break, etc. I've tried style sheets, but you have to actually specify the class in the TD tag, which won't work. I need to be able to optionally format the OPTION tags. I know a DHTML menu or a javascript would be better--that way I could just display the subcategories for selection as appropriate--but the customer really likes being able to see every possible category and subcategory in one box all at once. Thanks in advance for any and all insights! ***By the way, like most, I am not receiving any CF-Talk mail. Could you please cc me on all responses so I can get them immediately? Thanks!*** Terri ~~ 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/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
CFEXECUTE and locked files
I am using CFEXECUTE to run a command line utility on Windows 2000. I use the outputfile attribute, and it does create a text file with the correct output in it. ColdFusion does have full access permissions to the directory where the file resides. However, I cannot read the file with CFFILE. The error message I get says that the file is locked. I tried putting in a delay between the CFEXECUTE and the CFFILE, but nothing seems to work - not even a 20 second delay. There is a bug report (19123) that mentions this issue, but it was supposed to be fixed in the release version of CF5. I am running the most recent release. Anyone have advice on how to resolve this? Code: cfexecute name=c:\winnt\addusers.exe arguments=#domain# /c f:\temp\usermagr\adduser.txt outputfile=f:\temp\usermagr\output.txt/cfexecute cffile action=READ file=f:\temp\usermagr\output.txt variable=results -Mike -- Michael Sprague Web Developer, Hamilton College 198 College Hill Road Clinton, NY 13323 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 315-859-4087 http://www.hamilton.edu -- Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
Attachments CFPOP
Is there a way to detect an attachment without having to download it to the server? If a user has a 2 mb attachment, and 50 email messages, it's going to be a while I want my users to see that there is an attachment, but only download if they choose to. Is there a work around? Thanks, Steve ~~ 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/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
