Re: DSN Connection issue
you must set the MS SQL security to mixed mode, use the sql enterprise manager to verify/change this. - Original Message - From: Eric Creese To: CF-Talk Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2004 10:31 PM Subject: Re: DSN Connection issue ok I did this but got the same results as a user connection.I I use SQL username/password it has an error with a trusted connection if I use WindowsNt default then it works. However in the CF Admin it wants a username/password o I try a SQL username password for that db and it fails. [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
Re: He3 community input (custom tag paths/mappings)
First, it requires the developer to actually configure information in a project. I know DWMX's project configuration annoyed me when I was used to just pointing Studio at a file system directory Matt, The key in to ensure that I can can get a feel for functionality without slogging my way through a project setup. (Perhaps bundle a series of simple Hello, World! projects that can be used to get a feel for things.) Once I'm sold, the minor investment in setup time won't be a big deal. Second, the project's settings could get out of sync with the target platform thus causing unexpected behavior. Throwing out ideas: - Let me tell the app which files contain vital settings (hopefully, there won't be more than a few per project), and optionally (by default?) remind me to check my project settings when changes are made to those files. - Let me define the settings in the project info, and then automatically insert the values into my files wherever I enter something like [$He3.CFCpath$]. If I change the value, sweep through and update my code. -- Roger Benningfield work: http://journurl.com/ blog: http://admin.mxblogspace.journurl.com/ [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
RE: Rookie Regex question
If you want to only accept uppercase: cfset variables.ThisRegex=^[A-Z]+$ If you want to only accept uppercase or empty string: cfset variables.ThisRegex=^[A-Z]*$ If you want to accept all characters except lowercase: cfset variables.ThisRegex=^[^a-z]+$ The thing is: you were matching a single character. In validation regexps you generally have to match the entire string. That is why I use ^ (matches beginning of string) and $ (matches end of string). And you don't need #variables.ThisRegex#, just do variables.ThisRegex (the quotes and hashes cancel each other). -Original Message- From: Matt Robertson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: maandag 31 mei 2004 4:18 To: CF-Talk Subject: Rookie Regex question I want to be able to plug in a dynamic regex, like you see below.Its part of a thing that lets someone specify regex-based form field validation. Thing is, the code below passes and I want it to fail.I'm sure the problem is my rudimentary regex skills.I'm doing something stoopid here, but I can't find it. If I wanted the string below to accept only uppercase chars, A to Z, what would I change here? cfset variables.ThisRegex=[A-Z] cfset form.FieldValue=HOLTSVILLEblah cfif REFind(#variables.ThisRegex#,form.FieldValue) passedcfelsefailed/cfif cfset test=REFind(#variables.ThisRegex#,form.FieldValue) cfdump var=#variables# Matt Robertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSB Designs, Inc.http://mysecretbase.com [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
RE: Application Security Confusion
Jeff, They have to die at sessiontimeout, but NOT when you close your browser (if you are using CF sessions on CFMX or a lower version). If you use J2EE sessions in CFMX, the session will end if you close all browser windows. Without seeing code, I can't imagine why the session would persist after the specified timeout. You could try and debug by doing a cfdump var=#session# right after the cfapplication tag. This way you can see if the session really exists, or if your code recreates it or something of the kind. Pascal -Original Message- From: Jeff Chastain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: maandag 31 mei 2004 2:11 To: CF-Talk Subject: Application Security Confusion Ok, I must really be missing something obvious, because this makes no sense. I have an application that has security setup and tracked via session variables.The cfapplication tag has the setClientCookies attribute set to true, and the sessionTimeout attribute has a createTimeSpan value of 0,0,15,0 which I thought was 15 minutes (I am questioning most everything I knew now).At the beginning of each secure page, there is an isDefined check to see if a session structure userAuth exists.If so, then further checks are done to check for valid permissions - if not, the user is sent to the login screen. When I first load the application, I get sent to the login screen as expected.However, if I leave my browser window open with no activity for 30 minutes, I find I can still navigate the secure pages without having to log in again.What is even weirder is that I can close all of my browser windows, load a new browser window and go directly to a secure url in the site without having to log in again. I am beginning to question everything I knew about session variables, but I thought they were supposed to time out and die automatically based upon the sessionTimeout attribute of the cfapplication tag and they always died immediately upon closing the browser. My session variables won't die! Thanks for any pointers. -- Jeff [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
RE: Again Java CFX
Andrew, It would appear that I never received the original of this mail nevermind all is well now Paul [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
RE: How do I track
You are mixing _javascript_ (client side) and CF (server side) here. This simply won't work. On your original question. This is a hard thing to do. Why do you need it? What do you mean by How long someone has viewed a coldfusion page? Start when it loads in the browser? What is defined by page? If you really need to do this, I would create a JS function to calculate this: initialize the time in onload and calculate the difference in onunload of the body. Then send a request through a popup or hidden frame (or even an img src) to the server. Pascal -Original Message- From: JT [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: zondag 30 mei 2004 20:57 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: How do I track Hum... Why does this not work? cfset session.timeFirstView = Now() cfscript pagetime = structnew() == CF pagetime.FirstView = session.firstTimeView == CF pagetime. ExitTime = onunload(now()) == CF JS pagetime.Visited = pagetime.Visited - pagetime.Firstview == CF alert(time.Visited) == JS /cfscript Any help preciated, JT [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
RE: He3 community input (custom tag paths/mappings)
For various types of features we would like to implement in He3, we need the ability to locate files that are defined by runtime information which won't be available. Examples of this include resolving cfincludes, custom tag calls, and CFC dot notation references. One way to solve this is for projects in He3 to be configured with custom tag paths and mappings that match the settings in the target platform. That leads to a few implications. First, it requires the developer to actually configure information in a project. I know DWMX's project configuration annoyed me when I was used to just pointing Studio at a file system directory. Second, the project's settings could get out of sync with the target platform thus causing unexpected behavior. Any thoughts on the proposed solution? Do you see people's settings changing often? Normally (well, for my projects anyway), the settings (DSN, mapping) are setup at the beginning and never change. The main thing that _does_ change are the files. So if your product's concept of projects would auto include all files in a folder, then I think it would be fine. I'd have no issue setting up things like the DSN and mapping since this would only need to be done once per project. [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
RE: How do I track
Thanks, I got it working yesterday using a image. JT -Original Message- From: Pascal Peters [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 2:11 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: How do I track You are mixing _javascript_ (client side) and CF (server side) here. This simply won't work. On your original question. This is a hard thing to do. Why do you need it? What do you mean by How long someone has viewed a coldfusion page? Start when it loads in the browser? What is defined by page? If you really need to do this, I would create a JS function to calculate this: initialize the time in onload and calculate the difference in onunload of the body. Then send a request through a popup or hidden frame (or even an img src) to the server. Pascal -Original Message- From: JT [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: zondag 30 mei 2004 20:57 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: How do I track Hum... Why does this not work? cfset session.timeFirstView = Now() cfscript pagetime = structnew() == CF pagetime.FirstView = session.firstTimeView == CF pagetime. ExitTime = onunload(now()) == CF JS pagetime.Visited = pagetime.Visited - pagetime.Firstview == CF alert(time.Visited) == JS /cfscript Any help preciated, JT [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
Re: How do I track
You are mixing _javascript_ (client side) and CF (server side) here. This simply won't work. I've mixed the two technologies before with no problems. - Original Message - From: JT To: CF-Talk Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 9:38 AM Subject: RE: How do I track Thanks, I got it working yesterday using a image. JT -Original Message- From: Pascal Peters [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 2:11 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: How do I track You are mixing _javascript_ (client side) and CF (server side) here. This simply won't work. On your original question. This is a hard thing to do. Why do you need it? What do you mean by How long someone has viewed a coldfusion page? Start when it loads in the browser? What is defined by page? If you really need to do this, I would create a JS function to calculate this: initialize the time in onload and calculate the difference in onunload of the body. Then send a request through a popup or hidden frame (or even an img src) to the server. Pascal -Original Message- From: JT [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: zondag 30 mei 2004 20:57 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: How do I track Hum... Why does this not work? cfset session.timeFirstView = Now() cfscript pagetime = structnew() == CF pagetime.FirstView = session.firstTimeView == CF pagetime. ExitTime = onunload(now()) == CF JS pagetime.Visited = pagetime.Visited - pagetime.Firstview == CF alert(time.Visited) == JS /cfscript Any help preciated, JT [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
RE: How do I track
NOT in the same statement (as in JT's code). You can't set a CF var to the value of a JS var without making a request. Due to the nature of the web, this is impossible! -Original Message- From: Daniel Farmer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: maandag 31 mei 2004 15:51 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: How do I track You are mixing _javascript_ (client side) and CF (server side) here. This simply won't work. I've mixed the two technologies before with no problems. [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
Re: the ever popular cflock best practice revisited
Here's a quick summary or status on the best practice of cflock use for session variable for both preCFMX and CFMX based on this thread and the two articles from MM site (correct me anyone you have new finding): *) Rule of thumb: use SCOPE attribue with value of session for the whole app(consistently) is safer than using NAME attribute in general or when in doubt. *) Still no crystall clear/no definite answer as to When to use SCOPE and When to use NAME, a quote from one of MM's article on the subject, Using the name attribute is useful when you want a high level of granularity in your locking., it needs collaboration and case scenario. And when it's determined that using NAME attribute is preferable to using SCOPE, then when to use static/same NAME for a lock content and when to use dynamic lock NAME becomes a question, quote from MM, Note that you should never ever use different names for locks on code that accesses the same data, implys that in most cases, use static/same lock name, but part of of quote, accesses the same data seem confusing, because normally, data within a lock may vary from users. It would be a great value addition if MM clarify that. Hi, I've inherited an app that does not lock session variables.The app runs under CF5.0. Have read cflock best practice for CF5.0. Here are a few questions: (A) CFLOCK 1) heard that cf5 server and cfmx server handles cflock differently, so, would cflock best pratice for cf5 applicable to cfmx if one day the app upgraded to cfmx? 2) what about this notion of the NAME attribute, that is, a different lock name would differentiate data/value inside a lock (be it read and write when applicable), the analog of gym's lock room. No? with a SAME lock NAME, cf server (5.0/prior and cfmx) would treat each request as students line up to try that SAME lock with each one having a key/request in his/her hand? 3) given the fact that SCOPE and NAME attributes are mutually exclusive, use one of them would suffice, so, the question is when to use SCOPE and when to use NAME (data integriy number one task, less memory usage second for either preCFMX or CFMX)? (B) Single Threaded Sessions (CF Admin) Could we construe that Single Threaded Sessions mechanism is a way that MM designed to overcome the lousy coding of not locking session variables? By that, I mean, so, instead of going through tons of code modification, just apply the Single Threaded Sessions to let CF server to handle the locks for data integrity.How well does Single Threaded Sessions does this job? Thank you. [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
RE: Application Security Confusion
Okay, Hal's tutorial fixed the browser close issue. However, I still cannot get the session variables to timeout when the browser is still open.I even set the seesionTimeout attribute to 15 seconds and I can still navigate the application all day long without being required to re-login. Any thoughts on what might cause this? Thanks -- Jeff _ From: Pascal Peters [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 3:52 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Application Security Confusion Jeff, They have to die at sessiontimeout, but NOT when you close your browser (if you are using CF sessions on CFMX or a lower version). If you use J2EE sessions in CFMX, the session will end if you close all browser windows. Without seeing code, I can't imagine why the session would persist after the specified timeout. You could try and debug by doing a cfdump var=#session# right after the cfapplication tag. This way you can see if the session really exists, or if your code recreates it or something of the kind. Pascal -Original Message- From: Jeff Chastain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: maandag 31 mei 2004 2:11 To: CF-Talk Subject: Application Security Confusion Ok, I must really be missing something obvious, because this makes no sense. I have an application that has security setup and tracked via session variables.The cfapplication tag has the setClientCookies attribute set to true, and the sessionTimeout attribute has a createTimeSpan value of 0,0,15,0 which I thought was 15 minutes (I am questioning most everything I knew now).At the beginning of each secure page, there is an isDefined check to see if a session structure userAuth exists.If so, then further checks are done to check for valid permissions - if not, the user is sent to the login screen. When I first load the application, I get sent to the login screen as expected.However, if I leave my browser window open with no activity for 30 minutes, I find I can still navigate the secure pages without having to log in again.What is even weirder is that I can close all of my browser windows, load a new browser window and go directly to a secure url in the site without having to log in again. I am beginning to question everything I knew about session variables, but I thought they were supposed to time out and die automatically based upon the sessionTimeout attribute of the cfapplication tag and they always died immediately upon closing the browser. My session variables won't die! Thanks for any pointers. -- Jeff _ [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
Re: How do I track
True Enough... - Original Message - From: Pascal Peters To: CF-Talk Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 9:59 AM Subject: RE: How do I track NOT in the same statement (as in JT's code). You can't set a CF var to the value of a JS var without making a request. Due to the nature of the web, this is impossible! -Original Message- From: Daniel Farmer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: maandag 31 mei 2004 15:51 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: How do I track You are mixing _javascript_ (client side) and CF (server side) here. This simply won't work. I've mixed the two technologies before with no problems. [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
RE: Application Security Confusion
Your code? Did you try my suggestion and dump the session scope right after the cfapplication tag? Do you have any other cfapplication tags with the same name? (change the name maybe) Is there some code in there that makes requests without you seeing it? ... Pascal -Original Message- From: Jeff Chastain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: maandag 31 mei 2004 16:08 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Application Security Confusion Okay, Hal's tutorial fixed the browser close issue. However, I still cannot get the session variables to timeout when the browser is still open.I even set the seesionTimeout attribute to 15 seconds and I can still navigate the application all day long without being required to re-login. Any thoughts on what might cause this? Thanks -- Jeff _ From: Pascal Peters [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 3:52 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Application Security Confusion Jeff, They have to die at sessiontimeout, but NOT when you close your browser (if you are using CF sessions on CFMX or a lower version). If you use J2EE sessions in CFMX, the session will end if you close all browser windows. Without seeing code, I can't imagine why the session would persist after the specified timeout. You could try and debug by doing a cfdump var=#session# right after the cfapplication tag. This way you can see if the session really exists, or if your code recreates it or something of the kind. Pascal -Original Message- From: Jeff Chastain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: maandag 31 mei 2004 2:11 To: CF-Talk Subject: Application Security Confusion Ok, I must really be missing something obvious, because this makes no sense. I have an application that has security setup and tracked via session variables.The cfapplication tag has the setClientCookies attribute set to true, and the sessionTimeout attribute has a createTimeSpan value of 0,0,15,0 which I thought was 15 minutes (I am questioning most everything I knew now).At the beginning of each secure page, there is an isDefined check to see if a session structure userAuth exists.If so, then further checks are done to check for valid permissions - if not, the user is sent to the login screen. When I first load the application, I get sent to the login screen as expected.However, if I leave my browser window open with no activity for 30 minutes, I find I can still navigate the secure pages without having to log in again.What is even weirder is that I can close all of my browser windows, load a new browser window and go directly to a secure url in the site without having to log in again. I am beginning to question everything I knew about session variables, but I thought they were supposed to time out and die automatically based upon the sessionTimeout attribute of the cfapplication tag and they always died immediately upon closing the browser. My session variables won't die! Thanks for any pointers. -- Jeff _ [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
RE: Application Security Confusion
Your code? Did you try my suggestion and dump the session scope right after the cfapplication tag? Do you have any other cfapplication tags with the same name? (change the name maybe) Is there some code in there that makes requests without you seeing it? ... Pascal -Original Message- From: Jeff Chastain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: maandag 31 mei 2004 16:08 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Application Security Confusion Okay, Hal's tutorial fixed the browser close issue. However, I still cannot get the session variables to timeout when the browser is still open.I even set the seesionTimeout attribute to 15 seconds and I can still navigate the application all day long without being required to re-login. Any thoughts on what might cause this? Thanks -- Jeff [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
RE: Application Security Confusion
The code is a complete FB4 application, so I am not sure how to post it here. I stripped out the cfapplication tags etc from the application.cfm file, put them in a stand alone app and the variables timeout as expected.There is only one cfapplication tag in this application, so what could possibly cause the session to be retained? There is no code in the application that refreshes the page if that is what you are asking.All pages are just a simple request. Thanks -- Jeff _ From: Pascal Peters [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 9:17 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Application Security Confusion Your code? Did you try my suggestion and dump the session scope right after the cfapplication tag? Do you have any other cfapplication tags with the same name? (change the name maybe) Is there some code in there that makes requests without you seeing it? ... Pascal -Original Message- From: Jeff Chastain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: maandag 31 mei 2004 16:08 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Application Security Confusion Okay, Hal's tutorial fixed the browser close issue. However, I still cannot get the session variables to timeout when the browser is still open.I even set the seesionTimeout attribute to 15 seconds and I can still navigate the application all day long without being required to re-login. Any thoughts on what might cause this? Thanks -- Jeff _ [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
RE: He3 community input (custom tag paths/mappings)
Do you see people's settings changing often? Normally (well, for my projects anyway), the settings (DSN, mapping) are setup at the beginning and never change. The main thing that _does_ change are the files. So if your product's concept of projects would auto include all files in a folder, then I think it would be fine. I'd have no issue setting up things like the DSN and mapping since this would only need to be done once per project. I'd also point out, that there are times when I want to use full featured editor, but don't necessarily need/want to set up a project just to edit a couple of rogue files. So, I want both a project view and a normal o/s file view--depending on how I'm working at the moment. - Dan [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
RE: He3 community input (custom tag paths/mappings)
I'd also point out, that there are times when I want to use full featured editor, but don't necessarily need/want to set up a project just to edit a couple of rogue files. So, I want both a project view and a normal o/s file view--depending on how I'm working at the moment. A huge +1 on this. I hate editors that make me jump through hoops just to do quick edits. Projects should _not_ be required, period. If it means I lose features (like maybe right clicking on a cfinclude and loading the file it loads), thats fine. -Ray [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
Maybe OT: Recommendation of CF/sql server hosting in Europe
Hi, Does anyone knows/uses some cf server(5 or cfmx) and MS SQL Server hosting service in Europe?Client is a small company, so, moderately priced or cheap would be desirable. TIA. [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
RE: Rookie Regex question
Matthew and Pascal, You guys cleared up a lot for me.Thanks! Matt Robertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSB Designs, Inc.http://mysecretbase.com [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
Need to maintain session state after leaving and returning to site
I have a cold fusion application that has been working for the last couple of years.It's a system that gathers airline reservation information, stores them in session variables, and then populate a database with the relevant reservation and ticketing information AFTER the authorized user has been authenticated by a login form. We are now in the process of extending the system to accept credit cards and serve the general public.Our credit card validating bank gave us a form to be included in our application.That form encrypts the data, posts the information to a page on their site, and returns an authentication code to a specific page on our page.Based on a valid authentication code, we'd continue our processing or abort the process.Everything works fine up to this point.However, we have found that all our session information is lost when we receive a response from the bank. I've since confirmed this behavior by submitting a form to an offsite page and then have it return to my site. I'm thinking that Cold fusion treats this as a new session since the request is effectively coming from another client.I need all the information that was previously captured but I would rather not start storing anything in my database until I can validate the credit card information.What are my options? Is there anyway around the session information being reset? The following is the CFForm section of the posting form.The address on my machine is 192.168.26.220. cfform action=""> method=POST name=frmPayment The following is the complete TicketPaymentRedirector.cfm template.All is does is redirect back to my machine cflocation url=""> At the top of PaymentConfirm.cfm,I check the session variables I had set in previous pages and they are all gone. [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
Re: Maybe OT: Recommendation of CF/sql server hosting in Europe
Additional info: for English application/site. Hi, Does anyone knows/uses some cf server(5 or cfmx) and MS SQL Server hosting service in Europe?Client is a small company, so, moderately priced or cheap would be desirable. TIA. [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
Re: Maybe OT: Recommendation of CF/sql server hosting in Europe
Must be in Europe? == Our Anti-spam solution works!! http://www.clickdoug.com/mailfilter.cfm For hosting solutions http://www.clickdoug.com http://www.forta.com/cf/isp/isp.cfm?isp_id=1069 == - Original Message - From: Chunshen (Don) Li To: CF-Talk Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 9:48 AM Subject: Maybe OT: Recommendation of CF/sql server hosting in Europe Hi, Does anyone knows/uses some cf server(5 or cfmx) and MS SQL Server hosting service in Europe?Client is a small company, so, moderately priced or cheap would be desirable. TIA. [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
Re: Maybe OT: Recommendation of CF/sql server hosting in Europe
Must be in Europe? The client is in Europe, thought he might feel more comfortable when hosting his app in a European environment. [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
RE: calling on Flash to create a file
That's a valid reason to consider... I will be thinking about the best route to go then.Thank you - Frank From: John Dowdell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 7:30 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: calling on Flash to create a file At 3:22 PM 5/28/4, Frank Dewey wrote: I am using Flash (although I should be going home!) to talk to ColdFusion that connects to a database. All works well as far as updates and inserts, ...). However I would like for my application to also be able to create a file. Think about where the thing actually lives. If you've got in-browser SWF, then you're asking a plugin to write to (presumably) a known location on the hard drive, which is a safety risk. If you're running in a standalone then you've got to ask what your standalone shell can do... if it's in the Central shell you've got a different situation... you might even be trying to run a SWF on a server, can't be sure. Generally, for Does [some form] of SWF play write to disk? the answer would be no. You may be able to achieve your goal, though, depending on exactly what it is. jd [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
Re: calling on Flash to create a file
What about calling a custom VB application or using WSH ( running on the server ) to create your file? - Original Message - From: Frank Dewey To: CF-Talk Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 12:26 PM Subject: RE: calling on Flash to create a file That's a valid reason to consider... I will be thinking about the best route to go then.Thank you - Frank From: John Dowdell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 7:30 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: calling on Flash to create a file At 3:22 PM 5/28/4, Frank Dewey wrote: I am using Flash (although I should be going home!) to talk to ColdFusion that connects to a database. All works well as far as updates and inserts, ...). However I would like for my application to also be able to create a file. Think about where the thing actually lives. If you've got in-browser SWF, then you're asking a plugin to write to (presumably) a known location on the hard drive, which is a safety risk. If you're running in a standalone then you've got to ask what your standalone shell can do... if it's in the Central shell you've got a different situation... you might even be trying to run a SWF on a server, can't be sure. Generally, for Does [some form] of SWF play write to disk? the answer would be no. You may be able to achieve your goal, though, depending on exactly what it is. jd [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
RE: Maybe OT: Recommendation of CF/sql server hosting in Europe
We co-lo with a european ISP (UK based) and they have a couple of rooms in Telehouse europe (London UK) and some other hosting capabilities in Leicester UK. They also have a range of servers with CF 5 and MX on. I have never used their hosted services as we have always co-located our own equipment but you should be OK with them. Their site doesn't really cover hosting CF specifically so it may be worth giving them a call All the contact details should be on the site http://www.pipemedia.net Paul [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
RE: calling on Flash to create a file
Daniel, My index.cfm contains two frames.One frame contains the flash file while the other contains some text.Once you click on a particular movie clip in Flash, then the text frame on the right should display the proper text.I was going about this the hard way so that each time a new file would be created (if one didn't exist) then the file would grab the text from the database. Instead, I have the same set up (index.cfm containing two frames) but instead of creating a new file each time, I will just have one file (text.cfm) that grabs the data from the database.This way I will not have to create a lot of different files. I am having trouble getting getURL() in Flash to display the text in the sibling frame.I am using: getURL(text.cfm?id=+dragID,_top.text) Do you know what I am doing wrong? thanx - Frank From: Daniel Farmer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 11:32 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: calling on Flash to create a file What about calling a custom VB application or using WSH ( running on the server ) to create your file? - Original Message - From: Frank Dewey To: CF-Talk Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 12:26 PM Subject: RE: calling on Flash to create a file That's a valid reason to consider... I will be thinking about the best route to go then.Thank you - Frank From: John Dowdell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 7:30 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: calling on Flash to create a file At 3:22 PM 5/28/4, Frank Dewey wrote: I am using Flash (although I should be going home!) to talk to ColdFusion that connects to a database. All works well as far as updates and inserts, ...). However I would like for my application to also be able to create a file. Think about where the thing actually lives. If you've got in-browser SWF, then you're asking a plugin to write to (presumably) a known location on the hard drive, which is a safety risk. If you're running in a standalone then you've got to ask what your standalone shell can do... if it's in the Central shell you've got a different situation... you might even be trying to run a SWF on a server, can't be sure. Generally, for Does [some form] of SWF play write to disk? the answer would be no. You may be able to achieve your goal, though, depending on exactly what it is. jd [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
Re: He3 community input (custom tag paths/mappings)
I guess I don't need to point out my +1 here. Anyway, my thinking is that if you don't provide the information needed the editor will continue to function, but what offer the same functionality. -Matt On May 31, 2004, at 10:46 AM, Raymond Camden wrote: I'd also point out, that there are times when I want to use full featured editor, but don't necessarily need/want to set up a project just to edit a couple of rogue files. So, I want both a project view and a normal o/s file view--depending on how I'm working at the moment. A huge +1 on this. I hate editors that make me jump through hoops just to do quick edits. Projects should _not_ be required, period. If it means I lose features (like maybe right clicking on a cfinclude and loading the file it loads), thats fine. -Ray [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
cfcookie and hotmail
My company sends out email newsletters containing links to articles on our site. When a reader clicks on the link, the requested page writes a cookie. All is well except for clients with Hotmail accounts. It seems that Hotmail opens up our pages in a frame, and that prevents our cookie. Is this a problem with cfcookie, or a generic browser/internet restriction, and is there anything I can do about it? TIA Dave [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
Re: cfcookie and hotmail
I ran into something similar with Hotmail recently.Some users with IE6 would get our Cookies Disabled page when they used a link from within Hotmail (depending on their privacy settings) and others would not have this happen (even with the same settings).
The solution was to have ANYONE hitting ANY PAGE on our site break out of frames using this little script:
!--- break out of frames ---
script language=_javascript_
!--
if (parent.frames.length 0)
{
parent.location.href = "">
}
--
/script
Works like a charm...and Damn you Hotmail...and Ask Jeeves...and anyone else loading our site inside of frames!!
Cheers
Bryan Stevenson B.Comm.
VP Director of E-Commerce Development
Electric Edge Systems Group Inc.
t. 250.920.8830
e. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Macromedia Associate Partner
www.macromedia.com
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Vancouver Island ColdFusion Users Group
Founder Director
www.cfug-vancouverisland.com
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From: Dave Francis
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Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 10:02 AM
Subject: cfcookie and hotmail
My company sends out email newsletters containing links to articles on our
site. When a reader clicks on the link, the requested page writes a cookie.
All is well except for clients with Hotmail accounts. It seems that Hotmail
opens up our pages in a frame, and that prevents our cookie.
Is this a problem with cfcookie, or a generic browser/internet restriction,
and is there anything I can do about it?
TIA
Dave
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Re: calling on Flash to create a file
Frank, Sorry I don't know any ActionScript. :( - Original Message - From: Frank Dewey To: CF-Talk Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 12:47 PM Subject: RE: calling on Flash to create a file Daniel, My index.cfm contains two frames.One frame contains the flash file while the other contains some text.Once you click on a particular movie clip in Flash, then the text frame on the right should display the proper text.I was going about this the hard way so that each time a new file would be created (if one didn't exist) then the file would grab the text from the database. Instead, I have the same set up (index.cfm containing two frames) but instead of creating a new file each time, I will just have one file (text.cfm) that grabs the data from the database.This way I will not have to create a lot of different files. I am having trouble getting getURL() in Flash to display the text in the sibling frame.I am using: getURL(text.cfm?id=+dragID,_top.text) Do you know what I am doing wrong? thanx - Frank From: Daniel Farmer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 11:32 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: calling on Flash to create a file What about calling a custom VB application or using WSH ( running on the server ) to create your file? - Original Message - From: Frank Dewey To: CF-Talk Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 12:26 PM Subject: RE: calling on Flash to create a file That's a valid reason to consider... I will be thinking about the best route to go then.Thank you - Frank From: John Dowdell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 7:30 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: calling on Flash to create a file At 3:22 PM 5/28/4, Frank Dewey wrote: I am using Flash (although I should be going home!) to talk to ColdFusion that connects to a database. All works well as far as updates and inserts, ...). However I would like for my application to also be able to create a file. Think about where the thing actually lives. If you've got in-browser SWF, then you're asking a plugin to write to (presumably) a known location on the hard drive, which is a safety risk. If you're running in a standalone then you've got to ask what your standalone shell can do... if it's in the Central shell you've got a different situation... you might even be trying to run a SWF on a server, can't be sure. Generally, for Does [some form] of SWF play write to disk? the answer would be no. You may be able to achieve your goal, though, depending on exactly what it is. jd [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
RE: calling on Flash to create a file
Daniel, No problem.Thanx for your help - Frank From: Daniel Farmer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 12:11 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: calling on Flash to create a file Frank, Sorry I don't know any ActionScript. :( - Original Message - From: Frank Dewey To: CF-Talk Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 12:47 PM Subject: RE: calling on Flash to create a file Daniel, My index.cfm contains two frames.One frame contains the flash file while the other contains some text.Once you click on a particular movie clip in Flash, then the text frame on the right should display the proper text.I was going about this the hard way so that each time a new file would be created (if one didn't exist) then the file would grab the text from the database. Instead, I have the same set up (index.cfm containing two frames) but instead of creating a new file each time, I will just have one file (text.cfm) that grabs the data from the database.This way I will not have to create a lot of different files. I am having trouble getting getURL() in Flash to display the text in the sibling frame.I am using: getURL(text.cfm?id=+dragID,_top.text) Do you know what I am doing wrong? thanx - Frank From: Daniel Farmer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 11:32 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: calling on Flash to create a file What about calling a custom VB application or using WSH ( running on the server ) to create your file? - Original Message - From: Frank Dewey To: CF-Talk Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 12:26 PM Subject: RE: calling on Flash to create a file That's a valid reason to consider... I will be thinking about the best route to go then.Thank you - Frank From: John Dowdell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 7:30 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: calling on Flash to create a file At 3:22 PM 5/28/4, Frank Dewey wrote: I am using Flash (although I should be going home!) to talk to ColdFusion that connects to a database. All works well as far as updates and inserts, ...). However I would like for my application to also be able to create a file. Think about where the thing actually lives. If you've got in-browser SWF, then you're asking a plugin to write to (presumably) a known location on the hard drive, which is a safety risk. If you're running in a standalone then you've got to ask what your standalone shell can do... if it's in the Central shell you've got a different situation... you might even be trying to run a SWF on a server, can't be sure. Generally, for Does [some form] of SWF play write to disk? the answer would be no. You may be able to achieve your goal, though, depending on exactly what it is. jd [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
RE: Application Security Confusion
Okay, from more tests, it appears the problem is in the code somewhere.I have run a separate small test of the session variables on this server and they expire as expected.So, to take this question from a different direction. Suppose for some reason that I wanted to have session variables not ever expire.How would I go about attempting to do that with code only - no changes to the administrator or anything else? Thanks for any pointers. -- Jeff _ From: Jeff Chastain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 9:32 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Application Security Confusion The code is a complete FB4 application, so I am not sure how to post it here. I stripped out the cfapplication tags etc from the application.cfm file, put them in a stand alone app and the variables timeout as expected.There is only one cfapplication tag in this application, so what could possibly cause the session to be retained? There is no code in the application that refreshes the page if that is what you are asking.All pages are just a simple request. Thanks -- Jeff _ From: Pascal Peters [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 9:17 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Application Security Confusion Your code? Did you try my suggestion and dump the session scope right after the cfapplication tag? Do you have any other cfapplication tags with the same name? (change the name maybe) Is there some code in there that makes requests without you seeing it? ... Pascal -Original Message- From: Jeff Chastain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: maandag 31 mei 2004 16:08 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Application Security Confusion Okay, Hal's tutorial fixed the browser close issue. However, I still cannot get the session variables to timeout when the browser is still open.I even set the seesionTimeout attribute to 15 seconds and I can still navigate the application all day long without being required to re-login. Any thoughts on what might cause this? Thanks -- Jeff _ _ [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
RE: He3 community input (custom tag paths/mappings)
Matt, I guess I don't need to point out my +1 here. Anyway, my thinking is that if you don't provide the information needed the editor will continue to function, but what offer the same functionality. I figured that's the way you were doing things, but I figured I might as well re-iterate my preference. Also, one thing I'd like to see in a CF IDE is for the pounded variables to be color coded--I think not color coding variables in CF Studio was a big oversight. (i.e #variables.someVar# should be something that's color coded.) - Dan [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
RE: Need to maintain session state after leaving and returning to site
Can't you post to a page on your site and on that page use cfhttp to post to the CC validation and have them return the validation in that request. This way, you keep session info. Pascal -Original Message- From: Paul Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: maandag 31 mei 2004 17:33 To: CF-Talk Subject: Need to maintain session state after leaving and returning to site I have a cold fusion application that has been working for the last couple of years.It's a system that gathers airline reservation information, stores them in session variables, and then populate a database with the relevant reservation and ticketing information AFTER the authorized user has been authenticated by a login form. We are now in the process of extending the system to accept credit cards and serve the general public.Our credit card validating bank gave us a form to be included in our application.That form encrypts the data, posts the information to a page on their site, and returns an authentication code to a specific page on our page.Based on a valid authentication code, we'd continue our processing or abort the process.Everything works fine up to this point. However, we have found that all our session information is lost when we receive a response from the bank. I've since confirmed this behavior by submitting a form to an offsite page and then have it return to my site. I'm thinking that Cold fusion treats this as a new session since the request is effectively coming from another client. I need all the information that was previously captured but I would rather not start storing anything in my database until I can validate the credit card information.What are my options? Is there anyway around the session information being reset? The following is the CFForm section of the posting form. The address on my machine is 192.168.26.220. cfform action=""> method=POST name=frmPayment The following is the complete TicketPaymentRedirector.cfm template.All is does is redirect back to my machine cflocation url=""> 6778TN=456 At the top of PaymentConfirm.cfm,I check the session variables I had set in previous pages and they are all gone. [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
RE: Application Security Confusion
Not really possible, but you could put your app in a frameset with a hidden frame that posts regularly to the app. This way, session will not time out as long as the app is loaded in the browser. -Original Message- From: Jeff Chastain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: maandag 31 mei 2004 19:59 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Application Security Confusion Okay, from more tests, it appears the problem is in the code somewhere.I have run a separate small test of the session variables on this server and they expire as expected.So, to take this question from a different direction. Suppose for some reason that I wanted to have session variables not ever expire.How would I go about attempting to do that with code only - no changes to the administrator or anything else? Thanks for any pointers. -- Jeff _ From: Jeff Chastain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 9:32 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Application Security Confusion The code is a complete FB4 application, so I am not sure how to post it here. I stripped out the cfapplication tags etc from the application.cfm file, put them in a stand alone app and the variables timeout as expected.There is only one cfapplication tag in this application, so what could possibly cause the session to be retained? There is no code in the application that refreshes the page if that is what you are asking.All pages are just a simple request. Thanks -- Jeff _ From: Pascal Peters [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 9:17 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Application Security Confusion Your code? Did you try my suggestion and dump the session scope right after the cfapplication tag? Do you have any other cfapplication tags with the same name? (change the name maybe) Is there some code in there that makes requests without you seeing it? ... Pascal -Original Message- From: Jeff Chastain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: maandag 31 mei 2004 16:08 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Application Security Confusion Okay, Hal's tutorial fixed the browser close issue. However, I still cannot get the session variables to timeout when the browser is still open.I even set the seesionTimeout attribute to 15 seconds and I can still navigate the application all day long without being required to re-login. Any thoughts on what might cause this? Thanks -- Jeff _ _ [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
RE: Application Security Confusion
Nope, no frames at all in this app, and there are no automatic page refreshes. The not possible answer was what I was coming up with, except for the fact that it is happening. _ From: Pascal Peters [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 2:07 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Application Security Confusion Not really possible, but you could put your app in a frameset with a hidden frame that posts regularly to the app. This way, session will not time out as long as the app is loaded in the browser. -Original Message- From: Jeff Chastain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: maandag 31 mei 2004 19:59 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Application Security Confusion Okay, from more tests, it appears the problem is in the code somewhere.I have run a separate small test of the session variables on this server and they expire as expected.So, to take this question from a different direction. Suppose for some reason that I wanted to have session variables not ever expire.How would I go about attempting to do that with code only - no changes to the administrator or anything else? Thanks for any pointers. -- Jeff _ From: Jeff Chastain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 9:32 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Application Security Confusion The code is a complete FB4 application, so I am not sure how to post it here. I stripped out the cfapplication tags etc from the application.cfm file, put them in a stand alone app and the variables timeout as expected.There is only one cfapplication tag in this application, so what could possibly cause the session to be retained? There is no code in the application that refreshes the page if that is what you are asking.All pages are just a simple request. Thanks -- Jeff _ From: Pascal Peters [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 9:17 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Application Security Confusion Your code? Did you try my suggestion and dump the session scope right after the cfapplication tag? Do you have any other cfapplication tags with the same name? (change the name maybe) Is there some code in there that makes requests without you seeing it? ... Pascal -Original Message- From: Jeff Chastain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: maandag 31 mei 2004 16:08 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Application Security Confusion Okay, Hal's tutorial fixed the browser close issue. However, I still cannot get the session variables to timeout when the browser is still open.I even set the seesionTimeout attribute to 15 seconds and I can still navigate the application all day long without being required to re-login. Any thoughts on what might cause this? Thanks -- Jeff _ _ _ [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
RE: Application Security Confusion
Sorry, I'm out of ideas -Original Message- From: Jeff Chastain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: maandag 31 mei 2004 21:40 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Application Security Confusion Nope, no frames at all in this app, and there are no automatic page refreshes. The not possible answer was what I was coming up with, except for the fact that it is happening. [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
Re: Maybe OT: Recommendation of CF/sql server hosting in Europe
Their site doesn't really cover hosting CF specifically so it may be worth giving them a call All the contact details should be on the site http://www.pipemedia.net Thanks, I'll keep it in mind when talking to my client. [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
RE: Need to maintain session state after leaving and returning to site
The problem is that I don't have enough control over the form that is being sent out.The provider of the CC validation gave us an encryption program that is called upon the submission of the form and that sends out the information to their site.We receive the responses using the #form.varname# variables from them. --- Pascal Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can't you post to a page on your site and on that page use cfhttp to post to the CC validation and have them return the validation in that request. This way, you keep session info. Pascal -Original Message- From: Paul Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: maandag 31 mei 2004 17:33 To: CF-Talk Subject: Need to maintain session state after leaving and returning to site I have a cold fusion application that has been working for the last couple of years.It's a system that gathers airline reservation information, stores them in session variables, and then populate a database with the relevant reservation and ticketing information AFTER the authorized user has been authenticated by a login form. We are now in the process of extending the system to accept credit cards and serve the general public.Our credit card validating bank gave us a form to be included in our application.That form encrypts the data, posts the information to a page on their site, and returns an authentication code to a specific page on our page.Based on a valid authentication code, we'd continue our processing or abort the process.Everything works fine up to this point. However, we have found that all our session information is lost when we receive a response from the bank. I've since confirmed this behavior by submitting a form to an offsite page and then have it return to my site. I'm thinking that Cold fusion treats this as a new session since the request is effectively coming from another client. I need all the information that was previously captured but I would rather not start storing anything in my database until I can validate the credit card information.What are my options? Is there anyway around the session information being reset? The following is the CFForm section of the posting form. The address on my machine is 192.168.26.220. cfform action=""> method=POST name=frmPayment The following is the complete TicketPaymentRedirector.cfm template.All is does is redirect back to my machine cflocation url=""> 6778TN=456 At the top of PaymentConfirm.cfm,I check the session variables I had set in previous pages and they are all gone. [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
Anyone using Coral?
if anyone is or has used this technology I would be interested in hearing what you used it for, and your experience with it. Thanks. [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
Re: Anyone using Coral?
search the archives...asked and answered not too long ago ;-) Cheers Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. VP Director of E-Commerce Development Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. t. 250.920.8830 e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Macromedia Associate Partner www.macromedia.com - Vancouver Island ColdFusion Users Group Founder Director www.cfug-vancouverisland.com - Original Message - From: Daniel Farmer To: CF-Talk Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 2:37 PM Subject: Anyone using Coral? if anyone is or has used this technology I would be interested in hearing what you used it for, and your experience with it. Thanks. [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
OT: about MS SQL Server 7 and 2000
Hi, If your shop or your clients run SQL Server 7 or 2000, what additional features/functions (possibly substantial) that you think would be very helpful to your organization or your client and why? Thank you. Don [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
Re: OT: about MS SQL Server 7 and 2000
SQL Server 2000 made some improvements to the English Query, Full Text Indexing, OLAP, security, and web access functionality.It has some IDE improvements - most notable is the Object Viewer. Personally, as far as I'm concerned the XML support that was added is what I consider most significant.Before placing any weight on that, keep in mind that only a small number of people take advantage of this feature.On the other hand, if you look at the list of features slated for SQL Server 2005 (Longhorn), many of themare XML-centric... Microsoft is obviously very interested in making working with XML easier and more appealling from a performance point of view (http://www.microsoft.com/sql/yukon/productinfo/default.asp).This functionality really was introduced to SQL Server in version 2000. ~Simon Simon Horwith CTO, eTRILOGY ltd. Member of Team Macromedia Macromedia Certified Master Instructor http://www.cfstandards.org Chunshen (Don) Li wrote: Hi, If your shop or your clients run SQL Server 7 or 2000, what additional features/functions (possibly substantial) that you think would be very helpful to your organization or your client and why? Thank you. Don [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
variable as a string
Hi Gang, I have a variable as a string Tuesday, June 1, 2004 What I am Trying to figure out is how can I change it to 06-01-2004 Any one can tell me if it can be done and how? JT [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
Re: variable as a string
DateFormat(yourvar, mm-dd-) Aaron - Original Message - From: JT To: CF-Talk Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 9:32 AM Subject: variable as a string Hi Gang, I have a variable as a string Tuesday, June 1, 2004 What I am Trying to figure out is how can I change it to 06-01-2004 Any one can tell me if it can be done and how? JT [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
creating reusable primary keys
I guess this is more a DB question, but I'm thinking there is some wisdom on how to create PKs in CF that I don't have. I am being space conscious and have declared a PK for a table with a data type of TINYINT because I will never have more than 255 records. My records don't have suitable unique values so I wanted to use the IDENTITY attribute in SQL Svr to automatically create the primary keys. Trouble is that once I delete one of the records, that PK value will never be used again. Is there a clever way in CF to create the PK yourself and be able to reuse the value when it is deleted. Nick Cabell 451 Learning Systems (650) 823-1858 [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
Re: creating reusable primary keys
Yes, don't delete the records -- just flag them as deleted (have a column in the db to indicate the the record is deleted) Dick On May 31, 2004, at 4:53 PM, Nick Cabell wrote: I guess this is more a DB question, but I'm thinking there is some wisdom on how to create PKs in CF that I don't have. I am being space conscious and have declared a PK for a table with a data type of TINYINT because I will never have more than 255 records. My records don't have suitable unique values so I wanted to use the IDENTITY attribute in SQL Svr to automatically create the primary keys. Trouble is that once I delete one of the records, that PK value will never be used again. Is there a clever way in CF to create the PK yourself and be able to reuse the value when it is deleted. Nick Cabell 451 Learning Systems (650) 823-1858 [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
RE: creating reusable primary keys
I am being space conscious and have declared a PK for a table with a data type of TINYINT because I will never have more than 255 records. My records don't have suitable unique values so I wanted to use the IDENTITY attribute in SQL Svr to automatically create the primary keys. Trouble is that once I delete one of the records, that PK value will never be used again. Is there a clever way in CF to create the PK yourself and be able to reuse the value when it is deleted. I would strongly recommend that you simply use a regular INT column that will let you use IDENTITY values normally. Your desire to be space-conscious will cost you more than it's worth. In addition, I would strongly recommend that you not attempt to reuse surrogate primary key values. This may add significant complexity to the database, and won't provide any benefit. Can you explain what exactly you're concerned about, with regard to space? Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ phone: 202-797-5496 fax: 202-797-5444 [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
RE: Application Security Confusion
Suppose for some reason that I wanted to have session variables not ever expire. How would I go about attempting to do that with code only - no changes to the administrator or anything else? You would need to ensure that the browser always requests another page before the inactivity timeout kicks in. There are several ways you could do this - META tags or _javascript_ timers placed within frames, separate windows, or GIF pipes. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ phone: 202-797-5496 fax: 202-797-5444 [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
RE: creating reusable primary keys
That would defeat the original purpose of saving space in the DB. Besides, integers aren't that big and space is cheap these days. Why go through the trouble of doing all that to save less than 1kb? Anyone remembers win2k? How did it happen - some space saving issue, wasn't it? [Tom Kitta] My philosophy is to make things as simple as possible (but not simpler) if at the same time I can get some free goodies like performance or extra free space than I go for it. But KISS rules most of the time, if not all of the time. Just my .02c. TK http://www.tomkitta.com -Original Message- From: Dick Applebaum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 8:01 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: creating reusable primary keys Yes, don't delete the records -- just flag them as deleted (have a column in the db to indicate the the record is deleted) Dick On May 31, 2004, at 4:53 PM, Nick Cabell wrote: I guess this is more a DB question, but I'm thinking there is some wisdom on how to create PKs in CF that I don't have. I am being space conscious and have declared a PK for a table with a data type of TINYINT because I will never have more than 255 records. My records don't have suitable unique values so I wanted to use the IDENTITY attribute in SQL Svr to automatically create the primary keys. Trouble is that once I delete one of the records, that PK value will never be used again. Is there a clever way in CF to create the PK yourself and be able to reuse the value when it is deleted. Nick Cabell 451 Learning Systems (650) 823-1858 [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
RE: Application Security Confusion
And if I said none of the above? This application has plain old static templates ... no frames, meta tags, or _javascript_ refreshes.Once a page is loaded, that page remains until a user manually clicks on a link to go to the next page. This is why this is so weird. Thanks -- Jeff _ From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 7:14 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Application Security Confusion Suppose for some reason that I wanted to have session variables not ever expire. How would I go about attempting to do that with code only - no changes to the administrator or anything else? You would need to ensure that the browser always requests another page before the inactivity timeout kicks in. There are several ways you could do this - META tags or _javascript_ timers placed within frames, separate windows, or GIF pipes. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ phone: 202-797-5496 fax: 202-797-5444 _ [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
Re: CF-Talk: Digest every 4 hours
I have to wonder what application you are creating that is so space conscious that you have to re-use identity values. That said, search your SQL Server documentation for SET IDENTITY_INSERT, which will allow you to insert values into an identity column. As an alternate, you may consiuder using all columns in the row to be your PK.This is usually only done in intersection / linking tables, but can be done anywhere.I may meet your need. At 09:01 PM 5/31/2004, you wrote: Subject: creating reusable primary keys From: Nick Cabell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Mon, 31 May 2004 16:53:18 -0700 Thread: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm/method=messagesthreadid=32900forumid=4#165087 I guess this is more a DB question, but I'm thinking there is some wisdom on how to create PKs in CF that I don't have. I am being space conscious and have declared a PK for a table with a data type of TINYINT because I will never have more than 255 records. My records don't have suitable unique values so I wanted to use the IDENTITY attribute in SQL Svr to automatically create the primary keys. Trouble is that once I delete one of the records, that PK value will never be used again. Is there a clever way in CF to create the PK yourself and be able to reuse the value when it is deleted. Nick Cabell 451 Learning Systems (650) 823-1858 -- Jeffry Houser, Web Developer, Writer, Songwriter, Recording Engineer mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -- AIM: Reboog711| Phone: 1-203-379-0773 -- My Books: http://www.instantcoldfusion.com Recording Music: http://www.fcfstudios.com Original Energetic Acoustic Rock: http://www.farcryfly.com [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
RE: variable as a string
When I do that I get this Error The value Tuesday, June 1, 2004 could not be converted to a date. JT -Original Message- From: Aaron DC [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 4:54 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: variable as a string DateFormat(yourvar, mm-dd-) Aaron - Original Message - From: JT To: CF-Talk Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 9:32 AM Subject: variable as a string Hi Gang, I have a variable as a string Tuesday, June 1, 2004 What I am Trying to figure out is how can I change it to 06-01-2004 Any one can tell me if it can be done and how? JT [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
RE: variable as a string
Have you tried parseDateTime() or lsParseDateTime()? (That's an L not an I) _ From: JT [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 1 June 2004 12:34 p.m. To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: variable as a string When I do that I get this Error The value Tuesday, June 1, 2004 could not be converted to a date. JT -Original Message- From: Aaron DC [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 4:54 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: variable as a string DateFormat(yourvar, mm-dd-) Aaron - Original Message - From: JT To: CF-Talk Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 9:32 AM Subject: variable as a string Hi Gang, I have a variable as a string Tuesday, June 1, 2004 What I am Trying to figure out is how can I change it to 06-01-2004 Any one can tell me if it can be done and how? JT _ [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
RE: variable as a string
Thanks Matthew, Just What I was Looking For. JT -Original Message- From: Matthew Walker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 5:43 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: variable as a string Have you tried parseDateTime() or lsParseDateTime()? (That's an L not an I) _ From: JT [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 1 June 2004 12:34 p.m. To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: variable as a string When I do that I get this Error The value Tuesday, June 1, 2004 could not be converted to a date. JT -Original Message- From: Aaron DC [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 4:54 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: variable as a string DateFormat(yourvar, mm-dd-) Aaron - Original Message - From: JT To: CF-Talk Sent: Tuesday, June 01, 2004 9:32 AM Subject: variable as a string Hi Gang, I have a variable as a string Tuesday, June 1, 2004 What I am Trying to figure out is how can I change it to 06-01-2004 Any one can tell me if it can be done and how? JT _ [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
Re: Application Security Confusion
Jeff, What happens if you set the Timeout to 0? Do they timeout then? -Frank - Original Message - From: Jeff Chastain To: CF-Talk Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 10:08 AM Subject: RE: Application Security Confusion Okay, Hal's tutorial fixed the browser close issue. However, I still cannot get the session variables to timeout when the browser is still open.I even set the seesionTimeout attribute to 15 seconds and I can still navigate the application all day long without being required to re-login. Any thoughts on what might cause this? Thanks -- Jeff _ From: Pascal Peters [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 3:52 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Application Security Confusion Jeff, They have to die at sessiontimeout, but NOT when you close your browser (if you are using CF sessions on CFMX or a lower version). If you use J2EE sessions in CFMX, the session will end if you close all browser windows. Without seeing code, I can't imagine why the session would persist after the specified timeout. You could try and debug by doing a cfdump var=#session# right after the cfapplication tag. This way you can see if the session really exists, or if your code recreates it or something of the kind. Pascal -Original Message- From: Jeff Chastain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: maandag 31 mei 2004 2:11 To: CF-Talk Subject: Application Security Confusion Ok, I must really be missing something obvious, because this makes no sense. I have an application that has security setup and tracked via session variables.The cfapplication tag has the setClientCookies attribute set to true, and the sessionTimeout attribute has a createTimeSpan value of 0,0,15,0 which I thought was 15 minutes (I am questioning most everything I knew now).At the beginning of each secure page, there is an isDefined check to see if a session structure userAuth exists.If so, then further checks are done to check for valid permissions - if not, the user is sent to the login screen. When I first load the application, I get sent to the login screen as expected.However, if I leave my browser window open with no activity for 30 minutes, I find I can still navigate the secure pages without having to log in again.What is even weirder is that I can close all of my browser windows, load a new browser window and go directly to a secure url in the site without having to log in again. I am beginning to question everything I knew about session variables, but I thought they were supposed to time out and die automatically based upon the sessionTimeout attribute of the cfapplication tag and they always died immediately upon closing the browser. My session variables won't die! Thanks for any pointers. -- Jeff _ [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
RE: Application Security Confusion
Nope no matter what I set the timeout to, I never get prompted to log in after the first time. Thanks -- Jeff _ From: Frank Mamone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 8:23 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Application Security Confusion Jeff, What happens if you set the Timeout to 0? Do they timeout then? -Frank - Original Message - From: Jeff Chastain To: CF-Talk Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 10:08 AM Subject: RE: Application Security Confusion Okay, Hal's tutorial fixed the browser close issue. However, I still cannot get the session variables to timeout when the browser is still open.I even set the seesionTimeout attribute to 15 seconds and I can still navigate the application all day long without being required to re-login. Any thoughts on what might cause this? Thanks -- Jeff _ From: Pascal Peters [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 31, 2004 3:52 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Application Security Confusion Jeff, They have to die at sessiontimeout, but NOT when you close your browser (if you are using CF sessions on CFMX or a lower version). If you use J2EE sessions in CFMX, the session will end if you close all browser windows. Without seeing code, I can't imagine why the session would persist after the specified timeout. You could try and debug by doing a cfdump var=#session# right after the cfapplication tag. This way you can see if the session really exists, or if your code recreates it or something of the kind. Pascal -Original Message- From: Jeff Chastain [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: maandag 31 mei 2004 2:11 To: CF-Talk Subject: Application Security Confusion Ok, I must really be missing something obvious, because this makes no sense. I have an application that has security setup and tracked via session variables.The cfapplication tag has the setClientCookies attribute set to true, and the sessionTimeout attribute has a createTimeSpan value of 0,0,15,0 which I thought was 15 minutes (I am questioning most everything I knew now).At the beginning of each secure page, there is an isDefined check to see if a session structure userAuth exists.If so, then further checks are done to check for valid permissions - if not, the user is sent to the login screen. When I first load the application, I get sent to the login screen as expected.However, if I leave my browser window open with no activity for 30 minutes, I find I can still navigate the secure pages without having to log in again.What is even weirder is that I can close all of my browser windows, load a new browser window and go directly to a secure url in the site without having to log in again. I am beginning to question everything I knew about session variables, but I thought they were supposed to time out and die automatically based upon the sessionTimeout attribute of the cfapplication tag and they always died immediately upon closing the browser. My session variables won't die! Thanks for any pointers. -- Jeff _ _ [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
Java and Coldfusion help (Repost)
Anyone tried to set an array to a coldfusion template using java in a cfx before. I have tried response.setVariable(StringVariable,Variable); but this will only return strings, so with this I was able to create a structure. However I would like to set an array for CF to use, but can't figure out how to do this... Regards Andrew Scott Technical Consultant NuSphere Pty Ltd Level 2/33 Bank Street South Melbourne, Victoria, 3205 Phone: 03 9686 0485-Fax: 03 9699 7976 [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
