Datasources question
Is it possible for Cold Fusion to use an Access database across multiple servers? I can set up through ODBC a datasource across mapped drives but when Cold Fusion goes to use it, they fail. Anyone have any solutions? Thanks, Misty ~~ 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: bannière!
Little rusty on my languages but I think your looking for a site that pays for banners to be shown on your own site? If thats the case, its not really a Cold Fusion question however you might try Linkshare.com or Befree.com for some of their affiliate programs. ~Misty -Original Message- From: dmailing [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 11:01 AM To: cf-talk Cc: dmailing Subject: bannière! salut, je cherche un site qui paye pour afficher leurs bannières, quelqu'un a une idée? :) daive ~~ 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: Alphabetic List
I just did this the other day. Select * from ContactList where lname like '#char#%' order by lname, fname #CHAR# Misty -Original Message- From: schmidt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 11:27 AM To: cf-talk Cc: schmidt Subject: Re: Alphabetic List You can do this in your SQL SELECT People Info WHERE LastName LIKE 'A%' This would be for people with last names that start with A. Kevin - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 10:13 AM Subject: Alphabetic List > Hi, > > In Yahoo address book, they have this list for finding a particular > person easily > by the first letter of their last name: > > All - A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z - Lists > > Does anyone have any insights on how the algorithm of implementing this > feature? > > For example, I have a user database, and I want to use this feature to > find > persons whose last name start with a particular letter. > > Thanks! > > Hong > ~~ 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: BEST Reccomendations for CF Hosting
Crystaltech.com is great for $19.95 per month. Get access databases as well with it and can host a few domains on one account. Misty -Original Message- From: ptbarnum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 10:24 AM To: cf-talk Cc: ptbarnum Subject: BEST Reccomendations for CF Hosting Any opinions on Hosting firms for CF 4.5 not alot of HD space just something simple. ~~ 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: (ot) Advertising
Id personally like to keep it in house if it were me. There is a great ASP program out there called AdMentor at http://www.aspcode.net/ its got some pretty cool features and best of all its free and open source. You can modify it however you want too. Good luck Misty -Original Message- From: cftalk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 10:25 AM To: cf-talk Cc: cftalk Subject: (ot) Advertising Sorry for the OT post, but I do have the right audience. I need to determine which of the following approaches is best, and am curious for some feedback from this list. 1.) Outsource Ad Serving: we sell ads, but may have a network of sales agents (site users). Double Click Dart. 2.) Build an Ad Management system, preferably in ASP (current site in ASP). Need to be able to manage a site network, all sites on the same server farm. Interested in Open Source packages, or otherwise. Thanks Eric ~~ 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: duplicating inserts
No we already have something in the place that checks for a duplicate. The problem was it was caching the results of both the search for the random number and then inserting it. I tried the CFLocation technique as described in an earlier post but it still seems to be entering in duplicate values. I have a few other ideas Im gonna try and hopefully get this fixed. Thanks for everyones help that has responded to me here and privately. Misty -Original Message- From: mrodosky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 10:12 AM To: cf-talk Cc: mrodosky Subject: RE: duplicating inserts One way is to add a hidden field which is a random number to the the form. Add this to the database table as well when doing the insert. Your action page should start with a check for the existance of the random number in the db, if it exists then you have a resubmit going on and you just override it. hth Matt -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 8:25 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: duplicating inserts Anyone know of a way to stop records from being reinserted into a database when a user hits the back button? I have a page that checks for duplications in a database, and if it finds no duplicate, then it will insert it into the database. Problem is, when a user hits the back button, it inserts the record again. Its not finding duplicates more than likey because the query is being cached so it doesnt know to look again. But how can I get it to either do nothing including not inserting the record a second time or atleast recheck again to see if its a duplicate record? I can't take caching off this machine as these are some monster queries and performance is greatly improved by caching queries. Thanks *** Misty Woodward ODS Decision Support tel: 913.315.6583 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~ 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
duplicating inserts
Anyone know of a way to stop records from being reinserted into a database when a user hits the back button? I have a page that checks for duplications in a database, and if it finds no duplicate, then it will insert it into the database. Problem is, when a user hits the back button, it inserts the record again. Its not finding duplicates more than likey because the query is being cached so it doesnt know to look again. But how can I get it to either do nothing including not inserting the record a second time or atleast recheck again to see if its a duplicate record? I can't take caching off this machine as these are some monster queries and performance is greatly improved by caching queries. Thanks *** Misty Woodward ODS Decision Support tel: 913.315.6583 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~ 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: Slightly OT: Allaire Developer Certification
Speaking of certification. Is anyone else still waiting on the packet we get with the certification besides me? I took the exam back in November and still have not recieved anything. I have even emailed Allaire 5 or 6 times over the past month and no one feels the need to respond back to me to let me know whats up. ~Misty -Original Message- From: ScottW [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 7:56 AM To: cf-talk Cc: ScottW Subject: RE: Slightly OT: Allaire Developer Certification There's an alphabetical list of Certified CF Developers at: http://www.allaire.com/Handlers/index.cfm?ID=16642 Just click on the first letter of the last name and find your person. :P Scott Wolf Goodfriend Computer Training -Original Message- From: Kevin Schmidt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 9:24 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Slightly OT: Allaire Developer Certification You could also ask for the validation number off their grade sheet and confirm that at www.vue.com - Original Message - From: "Philip Arnold - ASP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 5:03 AM Subject: RE: Slightly OT: Allaire Developer Certification > > To all Allaire Certified Developers: > > > > If you came to me and told me you were Allaire certified, how > > would I verify that you really are? I cannot find anything on > > Allaire's site related to certification. > > > > If there's something on Allaire's site for me to read, please > > give me a link. Thanks! > > Or you could ask to see the certificate - mine sits behind me on the wall > > > Philip Arnold > Director > Certified ColdFusion Developer > ASP Multimedia Limited > T: +44 (0)20 8680 1133 > > "Websites for the real world" > > ** > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they > are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify > the system manager. > ** > > > ~~ 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: CFHTTP question
no I dont think there is a need for encoding it, it is a straight URL no paramters, sapces or whatever. Its just a call to a file on another server. I used this tag on my home computer about 2 months ago and it wored just fine. I have CF 4.0 at home. But on my hosting account they have 4.5.1 and that is where it is not working. -Original Message- From: ddewey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 22, 2000 10:06 AM To: misty.d.woodward Cc: ddewey Subject: RE: CFHTTP question I've found from my experience with CFHTTP, that it is very particular. Are you GETing or POSTing. Have you tried urlencoding() the actual URL that you're trying to get? Does the URL you're trying to POST have a query string? Inquiring minds want to know! Dan --- Daniel Dewey|"According to the rule of averages, if you Unix/Internet SysAdmin | stand with one foot in a bucket of ice, MCP (NT srvr/wkstn/eprise) | and the other in a bed of hot coals, you [EMAIL PROTECTED] | should be feeling fine" -- Unknown http://www.pobox.com/~dewey | 610-868-1421, x115 The National Association of Colleges and Employers These opinions are mine, and may not be the same as my employer -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 22, 2000 10:43 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: CFHTTP question I have been searching through the allaire boards and it seems either any posts relating to using the CFHTTP questions either don't get answered or get a beat around the bush kind of answer. I have a huge project that is using the CFHTTP tag immensely only problem is i get the famous "Connection Falure" error. I am not behind a proxy, firewall or anything weird. Is there a setting somewhere that might block me from using CFHTTP? Is Allaire ever going to fix this problem? Thanks, Misty ~~ 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
CFHTTP question
I have been searching through the allaire boards and it seems either any posts relating to using the CFHTTP questions either don't get answered or get a beat around the bush kind of answer. I have a huge project that is using the CFHTTP tag immensely only problem is i get the famous "Connection Falure" error. I am not behind a proxy, firewall or anything weird. Is there a setting somewhere that might block me from using CFHTTP? Is Allaire ever going to fix this problem? Thanks, Misty ~~ 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: The +.htr bug strikes again
I was notifed by someone over a month ago about this bug as it affected my site. I figured well I'm small potatos no big deal, not a huge concern for me. But I was just curious about who this was affecting and I must say I am absolutely flabbergasted! :) I just found about 5 or 6 top name companies that I'm sure we all have heard of and was able to view the index.cfm page. Whats worse, one of the companies I was even able to see their application.cfm page which had their username and password on it for their SQL server. I emailed all of them and let them know about it but geesh! I'm curious, is anyone liable for this kind of stuff happening? I mean, lets say someone went on my site downloaded all my source code and distributed it freely. Other than the distributor being thrown in jail, is anyone liable for that for making this available? Misty -Original Message- From: dwatts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2000 11:30 AM To: cf-talk Cc: dwatts Subject: RE: The +.htr bug strikes again > yeah my life is complete now, i have the sourcecode for > hasbro, gimme a break, i think most of us on here have > better things to do that swipe code of a site, especially > seeing as all you have to do is ask on the list and people > usually will give you code if needed It's not a good idea to post information about vulnerabilities of specific sites on this list, or anywhere else for that matter. It's analogous to posting information around your neighborhood about who leaves their front door unlocked. If you want to notify the owner of the site with the vulnerability, that's fine, but it's not anyone else's business. This isn't just a matter of the intellectual property rights of reading someone else's source code. Reading the source code of an application is a pretty good way to find further vulnerabilities - database information, filesystem info, whether and how input is filtered, and so on. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ voice: (202) 797-5496 fax: (202) 797-5444 ~~ 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: The +.htr bug strikes again
Good point! Misty -Original Message- From: pra [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2000 11:12 AM To: cf-talk Cc: pra Subject: RE: The +.htr bug strikes again > Webexpose.net clients and all the resold client are all affected by this > as well. I moved my site off of them because they refused to fix the > bug. Ive emailed them for about a month now about it and trying to > contact their clients about it but they refuse to answer back or even > fix. I just checked and even after this long they still have the bug. > guess they don't care. Why do you think they're called WebExpose? hehehe Philip Arnold Director Certified ColdFusion Developer ASP Multimedia Limited T: +44 (0)20 8680 1133 "Websites for the real world" ** This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. ** ~~ 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: The +.htr bug strikes again
Webexpose.net clients and all the resold client are all affected by this as well. I moved my site off of them because they refused to fix the bug. Ive emailed them for about a month now about it and trying to contact their clients about it but they refuse to answer back or even fix. I just checked and even after this long they still have the bug. guess they don't care. Misy -Original Message- From: schmidt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2000 10:08 AM To: cf-talk Cc: schmidt Subject: The +.htr bug strikes again Check out Hasbro Interactive. They run entirely CF and haven't patched the +.htr bug yet. I alerted them to this fact. Kevin Schmidt, Web Technology Manager Allaire Certified Cold Fusion Developer pwb inc. integrated marketing communications 350 S. Main St., Suite 350 Ann Arbor, MI 48104 734.995.5000 (tel) 734.995.5002 (fax) www.pwb.com ~~ 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: Alternating TR colors
Should be current row not current record
Misty
-Original Message-
From: rps [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 11:14 AM
To: cf-talk
Cc: rps
Subject: Alternating TR colors
Lets say I wanted the background color of each row in a table to be
different colors. I found this code:
COLOR=###IIF(QueryName.currentrecord MOD 2, DE ('E9E7CF'), DE
('FFA768'))#
But I'm not looping through a query, I'm just manaully writing table
rows,
BUT, some of the rows may not always be displayed, so I can't just
hardcode
the color values, because then you'd have two rows right after each
other
that are the same color.
In perl I would just write a function that increments a counter and
returns
the new result. Like:
COLOR=###IIF(MyIncrementFunc(counter) MOD 2, DE ('E9E7CF'), DE
('FFA768'))#
How can I accomplish this in ColdFusion?
Thanks,
Ryan
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RE: owner-C of a .com-domain
try http://www.betterwhois.com Misty -Original Message- From: bernd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2000 12:13 AM To: cf-talk Cc: bernd Subject: RE: owner-C of a .com-domain http://www.networksolutions.com/cgi-bin/whois/whois Bernd VanSkiver [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ #: 916324 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 13, 2000 5:11 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: OT: owner-C of a .com-domain Hi, how can I (easily) find out the owner-C of a .com-domain ? (actual owner). It is not listed with Networksolutions, InterNIC.net or any other bigger registrars of com-Web-Sites. Thanks. Uwe Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW: www.sdsolutions.de ~~ 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: Any good ideas?
Yup, this is what we're gonna have to do. It currently is doing something similar to this, but I was hoping to get away from it and go strictly CF. Oh well thanks everyone for the help. Think Ill use the cfexecute. Misty -Original Message- From: macarthy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 12:34 PM To: cf-talk Cc: macarthy Subject: RE: Any good ideas? This is not a task for a web request, you should really fire an another process to do reporting. Use cfexecute and what ever they are currently using, if it ain't broke... Justin >Nope not these queries. This database is huge, I am talking hundreds of >GIGs to terabytes. Average queries on this site do not get returned any >where near as fast as the template could process. I thought about using ~~ 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: Any good ideas?
Alright thats it! No one is allowed to make any more phone calls, you all are making my database entirely to big. :) Misty -Original Message- From: daniel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 11:45 AM To: cf-talk Cc: daniel Subject: RE: Any good ideas? dunno - had you thought about doing your processing entirely SQL server side - using stored procedures and DTS? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 11 December 2000 17:37 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Any good ideas? Nope not these queries. This database is huge, I am talking hundreds of GIGs to terabytes. Average queries on this site do not get returned any where near as fast as the template could process. I thought about using the scheduler. Maybe instead of runing a query immediately just have it insert the filter criteria into a database and have a scheduled page go out every 10 or 15 minutes and see if any new queries need to be run. I am actually running to go talk to our DBA guys to get the average processing time for the queries. I am beginning to wonder though if these queries are going to bring down our CF server though. Does anyone know if CF has a limitation on the size of record sets it will return back? Thanks Misty -Original Message- From: dylan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 10:48 AM To: cf-talk Cc: dylan Subject: RE: Any good ideas? In a lot of situation, CF finishes processing before all the data/results/etc. are returned to the client's browser. You could use CFSCHEDULE to process the query 15 or 20 minutes (the scheduler looks for new tasks every 15 min so cover the window) after the request was generated by the user. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 8:40 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Any good ideas? Is there anyway to force a query to finish processing even if the user leaves the page before it is finished? We have an application that lets our users run a report and it generates a delimited file based on the query. We would like it so that the file will be generated and stored in a directory for them to come back at any time to download. It is not feasible for the user to sit there and wait for it since these are some big queries. If this is not possible to do, does anyone have any ideas on how we can get these generated. Oh, it is currently working like this but on a different platform, different software and doing some weird things to accomplish this. I need a CF solution to this. Thanks, Misty ~~ 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: Any good ideas?
Nope not these queries. This database is huge, I am talking hundreds of GIGs to terabytes. Average queries on this site do not get returned any where near as fast as the template could process. I thought about using the scheduler. Maybe instead of runing a query immediately just have it insert the filter criteria into a database and have a scheduled page go out every 10 or 15 minutes and see if any new queries need to be run. I am actually running to go talk to our DBA guys to get the average processing time for the queries. I am beginning to wonder though if these queries are going to bring down our CF server though. Does anyone know if CF has a limitation on the size of record sets it will return back? Thanks Misty -Original Message- From: dylan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 10:48 AM To: cf-talk Cc: dylan Subject: RE: Any good ideas? In a lot of situation, CF finishes processing before all the data/results/etc. are returned to the client's browser. You could use CFSCHEDULE to process the query 15 or 20 minutes (the scheduler looks for new tasks every 15 min so cover the window) after the request was generated by the user. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 8:40 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Any good ideas? Is there anyway to force a query to finish processing even if the user leaves the page before it is finished? We have an application that lets our users run a report and it generates a delimited file based on the query. We would like it so that the file will be generated and stored in a directory for them to come back at any time to download. It is not feasible for the user to sit there and wait for it since these are some big queries. If this is not possible to do, does anyone have any ideas on how we can get these generated. Oh, it is currently working like this but on a different platform, different software and doing some weird things to accomplish this. I need a CF solution to this. Thanks, Misty ~~ 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
Any good ideas?
Is there anyway to force a query to finish processing even if the user leaves the page before it is finished? We have an application that lets our users run a report and it generates a delimited file based on the query. We would like it so that the file will be generated and stored in a directory for them to come back at any time to download. It is not feasible for the user to sit there and wait for it since these are some big queries. If this is not possible to do, does anyone have any ideas on how we can get these generated. Oh, it is currently working like this but on a different platform, different software and doing some weird things to accomplish this. I need a CF solution to this. Thanks, Misty ~~ 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: Big companies using CF
Not to mention an increase in development time with ASP. My first choice is always CF however, having written what seems like a million lines of code in ASP, I can tell you the time it takes to write will increase. One example is using the cfquery tag. You can do it in 3 lines of code, cfquery, sql statements and ending /cfquery tag. In ASP you have to create the connection object, open the connection database, sql statements, execute and set up your recordset. Even outputting the results is a bit longer. Granted these are small examples but hey they will add up after awhile. I would of course suggest to really fight for keeping CF but it really is nice to know both. Who else will be around to convert them nasty ASP app's? Misty P.S. I recently converted an ASP page from 1248 lines of ASP code down to 890 lines of CF code. I would take CF over ASP any day. -Original Message- From: cf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 11:30 AM To: cf-talk Cc: cf Subject: Re: Big companies using CF Not to mention that if you want to run your ASP code on anything other than a Windows machine, you have to buy additional application server software that costs anywhere from $700 - $7,000. Also, the learning curve of ASP is a little higher and so it might cost more to train a new ASP developer. I figure it probably all evens out in the end. My advice would be to learn both if you can. It never hurts. Todd Ashworth - Original Message - From: "Jennifer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2000 11:16 AM Subject: Re: Big companies using CF | Well, you'd like to think ASP is free with IIS and you'd be partly right. | Unfortunately the ASP that is free with IIS doesn't include all of the | functionality available in ColdFusion and you have to purchase server | extensions for that. So it's free if you want only the included | functionality and otherwise you ending up paying for it. And it's silly | stuff too, like file uploads. I'm not sure how much the server extensions | cost (there are apparently a lot of them) but you could theoretically end | up paying more for the same functionality. Theoretically. ~~ 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: Big companies using CF
I work for Sprint, we use it extensively to watch over the nations phone systems! Misty -Original Message- From: wizaerd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 8:19 PM To: cf-talk Cc: wizaerd Subject: Big companies using CF I know this is probably one of those discussions that turn up all the time on a mailing list such as this, and I apologize for bringing it up. I have a new IT Director starting at my company in the very near future who's a big Microsoft fan, and thinks there's nothing better than ASP and/or C# (which I believe hasn't even been released yet, no?). When I told him that CF has been around for a long time, and some really big companies use it, he doubted it. I told him Amazon.com was using it (was I right about this?). So anyway, I've agreed to compile a list of some of the bigger well known internet comapnies using it, and would like some assistance. What big time comapnies are using CF for their pages? thanx... Joseph E. Sheble a.k.a. Wizaerd Wizaerd's Realm Canvas, 3D, Graphics, ColdFusion, PHP, and mySQL http://www.wizaerd.com = ~~ 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: Certification Exam
--openmail-part-354d9b53-0001 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline ;Creation-Date="Fri, 17 Nov 2000 13:38:50 -0600" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit I agree totally! However, I'm sure at some point in time most of us have been asked what degree we hold. Again, this us just a piece of paper, doesnt say you know a lick about CF programming but they still want you to have it. Personally, I do not have a degree in anything but having certifications in Brainbench, now Allaire and also my Microsoft certifications have helped me to overcome this by showing these instead. So while it is just a piece of paper, employers like those little piece of assurance. I think its all just a piece of paper but as long as they get me the job instead of someone else I will continue to obtain every certification in every possible language I can get my grubby little hands on! Misty -Original Message- From: shorwith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, November 17, 2000 11:43 AM To: cf-talk Cc: shorwith Subject: RE: Certification Exam I have been reading this thread, and just wanted to mention that neither the allaire test, nor the brainbench test, actually means you have a clue how to program in CF. The allaire test seems to do a better (more thorough) job of testing your understanding of web application architectures and implementations, and the brainbench test might do a better job testing your syntax knowledge and your ability to read code and know what it's doing but neither of these tests illustrate to me, that a person has the ability to write good code. There's a huge difference between spitting out memorized answers, and actually using this knowledge in the real world. The tests are nice things to say you've done, and they might make prospective employers and clients feel better, but like so many other tests out there, they're no substitute for experience and good practice. If you feel you're experienced enough that the test doesn't or shouldn't matter, then you're probably ready to take it, and should take it, to emphasise your talents. If you don't feel that experienced... my advice is to get experienced before taking the test... even if it's building apps on your laptop. Like I said, just my two cents. ~Simon > Simon Horwith > Certified ColdFusion Developer > Fig Leaf Software > 1400 16th St NW, # 220 > Washington DC 20036 > 202.797.6570 (direct line) > www.figleaf.com > -Original Message- From: Stewart McGowan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, November 17, 2000 12:26 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Certification Exam I wonder if the UK certified doodahs could give me an idea of the advantages of certification? Kind Regards Stewart ~~ 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 ~~ 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 --openmail-part-354d9b53-0001-- ~~ 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: Certification Exam
--openmail-part-3530c1cd-0001 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline ;Creation-Date="Thu, 16 Nov 2000 13:11:11 -0600" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit I just finished taking the test this morning. Definitely know your arrays and structures and some database knowledge is helpful as well. Also don't be in a rush, I stopped in on my way to work with only about 30 minutes to run in and take the exam. I passed which is what counts but probably could have scored higher if I would have had more time. Oh and to answer your question number 3 on if you can go back at all, yes it is computer based and they give you the option with each question to come back at the end and review it to make changes. You can also mark it to add comments to. Personally some of the questions where they ask what is the "best" way to do things I found a little irritating. Whats best for you might not be best for me. Just my 2 cents of course... Misty CFCustomtags.com -Original Message- From: webmaster [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 10:56 AM To: cf-talk Cc: webmaster Subject: RE: Certification Exam There is a free 40 question CF 4.5 Certification exam available at brainbench.com. I have been told that if you score at least a 4 (on a 5 point system), you have a good chance of passing the Allaire test. Good luck! Shane Witbeck www.digitalsanctum.com -- Original Message -- From: "Mark W. Breneman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 09:39:14 -0600 >Don't take it too lightly. I took it three times and failed. I always >thought of my self as a good (better than average) cf programmer. Only >missed it by one question the last time. > >I will not complain until after I pass it. But, I knew that the result was >not going to be pretty when I guessed on five or six CFSCRIPT questions. I >have never used cfscript before. > >Note: The 61 test questions are pulled from about 100 to 150 questions >(guessing). > >Study: >CFscript >Array (pay attention to the names of the array tags) >Anything related to Structures. (and looping over them) >Application tag >SQL insert and wildcard selects > >http://www.cfcertification.com > >Hope this helps >Mark W. Breneman >-Cold Fusion Developer >-Network Administrator > Vivid Media > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.vividmedia.com > 608.270.9770 > >-Original Message- >From: Leong Yew [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 6:14 PM >To: CF-Talk >Subject: Re: Certification Exam > > >Hi, > >I'm pretty new to this thread. Not knowing what's transpired, I'm just >wondering if anyone who's taken the certification exam could comment on the >following: > >1. What sort of familiarity are you expected to have with each CF tag and >function? Are you supposed to know every attribute that you can use with >each tag? > >2. Can anyone recommed any exam preparation material or books? I found it >really disappointing that compared to the more established exams (eg >Microsoft's or Novell's) there aren't a lot of published materials or sample >exams (not questions) you can refer to. > >3. When you're taking the exam, can you return to previous questions or must >you answer each question there and then? (I guess I'd have to admit that I'm >not sure if its computerized or paper-based). > >Leong > >- Original Message - >From: "Philip Arnold - ASP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 6:49 AM >Subject: RE: Certification Exam > > >> > The test is easy enough, especially considering you only need 60%. Many >> of >> > the questions are ambiguous so if you are not sure you can get a decent >> > amount wrong. >> >> Hopefully they'll change the questions soon. >> >> One thing to note is that they have a large bank of questions, so you >> shouldn't get the same exam if you sit it twice (some people were at the >> Conference) >> >> > If you've been coding for about a year or two and are >> > familiar with the majority of CF tags you'll be fine. >> >> As an ammendment to Andrew's comment - be familiar with the majority of >the >> CF4.5 tags, knowing CF4 will get you by, but they do ask some CF4.5 >specific >> questions >> >> > Look over the tags >> > and functions, as well as error processing and how cf handles copying >from >> > one variable to another (remember cf is pass-by-reference). >> >> Also brush up on how CFScript works - it's fairly important... oh, and >> knowing HTML, JavaScript and how a website basically works is a damn good >> idea >> >> > Brush up on your queries >> >> A decent, but not amazing, knowledge of SQL is (pseudo) required, so >knowing >> only "SELECT * FROM TABLE" won't cut it... >> >> > and last but not least... get a good night's sleep. >> >> Erm, I took it on 3 hours sleep over 40 hours... running on coffee, but >> having sleep is a DAMN good idea >> >>
RE: SQL Server error
--openmail-part-352daad2-0001 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline ;Creation-Date="Thu, 16 Nov 2000 11:41:44 -0600" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit re: [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Database 'thethin' is already open and can only | have one user at a time. | Do you have any of the tables in "Design View" I havent checked how this affects SQL server but I know with Access this can sometimes be the case. Misty -Original Message- From: musella [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 10:12 AM To: cf-talk Cc: musella Subject: SQL Server error I am getting 2 strange errors.. ODBC Error Code = 37000 (Syntax error or access violation) | [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Database 'thethin' is already open and can only | have one user at a time. | ODBC Error Code = S1T00 (Timeout expired) [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver]Timeout expired The error occurred while processing an element with a general identifier of (CFQUERY), occupying document position (69:1) to (69:89) in the template file D:\THETHIN\FAQS.CFM. = the query is simple: select id,submitted,q,score from faq where (approved = 1) and category like '%1%' or category like '%2%' or category like '%3%' or category like '%4%' or category like '%5%' or category like '%6%' order by score desc,submitted desc order by submitted desc,score desc === This is SQL server 7, Cold fusion 4.5.1 - on separate boxes.. There has been no change to the cold fusion templates on this website in about 6 months. These errors started popping up very infrequently a few weeks ago.. Maybe once every few days. When the first error happens, I have to reboot the cold fusion server and it works again. The second one clears itself quickly and works again. The only change I see is a increase in the database size, as well as an increase in the number of visitors to the site. When this happens, other databases still work. That query takes only about 200ms. How could it time out? Any ideas? I do not have any other programs opening it - the servers are co-located, and do not even have MS access installed. I do use MTS packages to copy the database to my home computer a few times a day.. would that exclusively lock the table and cause problems? Thanks Al Musella, DPM A1webs.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists or send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --openmail-part-352daad2-0001-- Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists or send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Fannie-packs? (RE: fusebox)
--openmail-part-3484539e-0001 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline ;Creation-Date="Wed, 8 Nov 2000 10:33:33 -0600" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Oh my! Just need to stop this. Before someone gets hurt. :) Misty -Original Message- From: Peter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 9:28 AM To: cf-talk Cc: Peter Subject: RE: Fannie-packs? (RE: fusebox) HAHA! I had no idea! That's fine, just turn the belt around, and it's still accurate :-) At 05:44 PM 11/8/00 +1100, Peter Alexandrou wrote: >Round these parts a "fanny" is slang for a woman's frontal privates :-) > >> -Original Message- >> From: Peter Theobald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> Sent: Wednesday, 8 November 2000 16:47 >> To: CF-Talk >> Subject: Re: Fannie-packs? (RE: fusebox) >> >> >> In the USA it's your rear-end. So a fanny-pack is a small >> "backpack" or "rucksack" that you wear on a belt that hangs >> off your "fanny". What is a "fanny" down under? >> >> At 12:51 PM 11/8/00 +1100, BORKMAN Lee wrote: >> >Hi, we in Australia might be a little puzzled by >> "fannie-packs". Perhaps >> >you are not aware that a "fanny" is something completely >> different in other >> >parts of the world. After all, this is an international list!!! >> > >> >-Original Message- >> >From: William J Wheatley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> > >> >... people who used to walk around with bright PINK fanny >> packs, now thats a >> >fad, ... >> > >> > >> >IMPORTANT NOTICE: >> >This e-mail and any attachment to it is intended only to be >> read or used by >> >the named addressee. It is confidential and may contain >> legally privileged >> >information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or >> lost by any >> >mistaken transmission to you. If you receive this e-mail in >> error, please >> >immediately delete it from your system and notify the >> sender. You must not >> >disclose, copy or use any part of this e-mail if you are not >> the intended >> >recipient. The RTA is not responsible for any unauthorised >> alterations to >> >this e-mail or attachment to it. >> >- >> --- >> >Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ >> >Unsubscribe: >> http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists or send >> a message with 'unsubscribe' in the body to >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> -- >> - >> Peter Theobald, Chief Technology Officer >> LiquidStreaming http://www.liquidstreaming.com >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Phone 1.212.545.1232 x204 Fax 1.212.545.0938 >> >> To put this contact information into your Palm device, click here: >> http://www.coola.com/cgi-bin/addinfo.cgi?pid=15803&rid=9728799 >10&type=A > > >--- - > >Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ >Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists or send a >message with 'unsubscribe' in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >--- - >Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ >Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists or send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Peter Theobald, Chief Technology Officer LiquidStreaming http://www.liquidstreaming.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone 1.212.545.1232 x204 Fax 1.212.545.0938 To put this contact information into your Palm device, click here: http://www.coola.com/cgi-bin/addinfo.cgi?pid=15803&rid=972879910&type=A Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists or send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --openmail-part-3484539e-0001-- Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists or send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Hosting Question???
--openmail-part-346af297-0001 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline ;Creation-Date="Tue, 7 Nov 2000 11:13:52 -0600" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Ive been with webexpose for my second month so far. I got their largest account which is 24.95 a month though because I wanted the SQL server and more disk space. So far am completely happy. They also just releases a new control panel which is pretty cool in itself. Their best features for CF is that you can register your own CFX tags and dlls on your own withut having to contact one of their admin guys to do it for you, and there is no extra fee for it. They also have a feature where you can start and stop your own web service, I havent used that yet so Im not sure how that works. There are about 4 of us here work who use them and so far we all like them the best. Misty -Original Message- From: ibtoad [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 9:32 AM To: cf-talk Cc: ibtoad Subject: RE: Hosting Question??? Someone just recommended www.webexpose.net Their basic account is 50mb with 4gb transfer, Cold Fusion, and MS Access support for $10.95 a month with free setup. Anyone out there have any experience with them? This sounds to good to be true. The full features are listed @: http://webexpose.net/services/compare.asp Thanks, Rich -Original Message- From: AustralianAccommodation.com Pty. Ltd. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 9:52 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Hosting Question??? CF Hub has voted www.intermedia.net as number 3 for the month of November - Original Message - From: "Auction Hard Drive" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2000 12:35 AM Subject: Hosting Question??? Where can I get the best bang for my buck in a Cold Fusion Host? Thanks, Rich Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists or send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists or send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists or send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --openmail-part-346af297-0001-- Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists or send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Old Question CF Hosting
--openmail-part-33e77526-0001 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline ;Creation-Date="Tue, 31 Oct 2000 14:47:21 -0600" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Ive been using webexpose. They are pretty cool for CF uses, lets you register your own CFX tags, Dll's, start and stop your own server, SQL Server 7.0 and a few other good features. Best part is they are way under $100, about 1/4 of that actually. http://www.webexpose.net Misty -Original Message- From: schmidt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 1:14 PM To: cf-talk Cc: schmidt Subject: Old Question CF Hosting Who's the best under $100 a month. Kevin Schmidt Internet Services Director PWB Integrated Marketing and Communications Office: 734.995.5000 Mobile: 734.649.4843 Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists or send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --openmail-part-33e77526-0001-- Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists or send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
