Busy Weekend ... I need CVS!!!

2001-08-25 Thread Eric Dawson
So the weekend, much to my chagrin is shaping up to be a busy one. I had a server crash :( on Friday that I need to nurse back to health (accting, PDC, Files, DHCP, LAN DNS). Not a big deal, besides the pain in the arse part, but I had already planned to complete a migration from an old IP

Re: which web server do you use for CF?

2001-08-25 Thread Alex
apache. you can goof around with it forever On Fri, 24 Aug 2001, John Quarto-vonTivadar wrote: just curious as to which web server folks are using in conjunction with CF *on their laptops/desktops*. (not a production enviroment, just for goofing around). I have Win98 on my laptop and just

RE: cfgraph

2001-08-25 Thread Kevin Miller
To be honest, I haven't used the CFGRAPH tag yet, but it seems as if what you are passing in a numeric data. If this is the case, commas would not be appropriate in this case. Is there an attribute that allows you to format the appearance of the data on the axis of your graph? Kevin

Re: Busy Weekend ... I need CVS!!!

2001-08-25 Thread Alex
I use CVS for almost everything but CVS can't control .doc or other MS specific formats. If you only deal in text take a look at viewcvs.sourceforge.net this is only a browser but you may be able to use something. On Sat, 25 Aug 2001, Eric Dawson wrote: So the weekend, much to my chagrin is

Scheduling remotely

2001-08-25 Thread W Luke
Hi, My hosting company run a scheduled page for me daily at 6am. That has been working brilliantly, but I really need to try out an hourly schedule. With cfschedule, can I `manage` (as in create, test and if necessary delete) schedules? Cheers Will

OT: setting up win2000 ftp

2001-08-25 Thread PB
I am wotking for a company now that has FrontPage set up as the only way to get to the server. This is a major pain because I can't download the site so I can work on it. I have to do a save as to get any page I want to work on to my computer. So what I want to know is, how hard is it to set

Re: setting up win2000 ftp

2001-08-25 Thread Howie Hamlin
You can get a free personal ftp server from: www.serv-u.com I've used serv-u version 2 and it it very good. The latest (v3) is supposed to be even better.. HTH, Howie Hamlin - inFusion Project Manager On-Line Data Solutions, Inc. www.CoolFusion.com 631-737-4668 x101 inFusion Mail Server

Re: setting up win2000 ftp

2001-08-25 Thread Tim Heald
FTP is built in to win2000 server. Al you have to do is turn on the service and then use your nt authentication. Well at least if you are using IIS. If not there are bunches of free, easy to use ftp servers on the cnet site. - Original Message - From: PB [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CF-Talk

Quick query question (qqq)

2001-08-25 Thread W Luke
I have a list of towns (3000 or so), and need to output them per letter in the alphabet. For instance, I might need to pull up all towns starting with the letter M. To choose the letter, there will be a drop down box with A-Z in it (form.letter) How can I do this in my query? Cheers Will

Re: Quick query question (qqq)

2001-08-25 Thread Chad Gray
With the LIKE statement. SELECT username FROM table WHERE username LIKE 'm%' The % symbol is a wildcard. You can also use WHERE username BETWEEN 'm' AND 'z' This will give you all the records that are between m and z. At 05:59 PM 8/25/2001 +0100, you wrote: I have a list of towns (3000

Re: Quick query question (qqq)

2001-08-25 Thread Howie Hamlin
Something like: select * from towns where upper(left(name,1))='#Letter#' In the above, the table is towns and the field that holds the town name is town. Letter was the form parameter (which must be upper case for the above to work). HTH, Howie Hamlin - inFusion Project Manager On-Line Data

RE: Quick query question (qqq)

2001-08-25 Thread Diana Nichols
Will- try this: SELECT town_name FROM towns WHERE town_name LIKE '#form.letter#%' The % tells it to match the letter with anything following it. If you wanted to match a word or word part which could be anywhere in the name, you would use LIKE '%#form.letter#%' HTH D

Re: which web server do you use for CF?

2001-08-25 Thread Jim McAtee
- Original Message - From: Alex [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CF-Talk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, August 24, 2001 6:06 PM Subject: Re: which web server do you use for CF? apache. you can goof around with it forever That's good? I find myself goofing around with far too many things

Re: Quick query question (qqq)

2001-08-25 Thread W Luke
Ah great - thanks Chad, Howie and Diana. I've been on holiday since early July and have forgotten the basics :p For some reason, my local IIS machine has stopped wanting to serve web pages. Calling up 192.168.0.1/test.cfm (or.htm) from another machine, it just waitsand waits, and nothing

Re: Scheduling remotely

2001-08-25 Thread Alex
yes On Sat, 25 Aug 2001, W Luke wrote: Hi, My hosting company run a scheduled page for me daily at 6am. That has been working brilliantly, but I really need to try out an hourly schedule. With cfschedule, can I `manage` (as in create, test and if necessary delete) schedules? Cheers

Re: Quick query question (qqq)

2001-08-25 Thread Howie Hamlin
There is no server listening on that IP address at port 80. Have you checked that IIS is running? Howie - Original Message - From: W Luke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CF-Talk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2001 1:29 PM Subject: Re: Quick query question (qqq) Ah great -

Re: Quick query question (qqq)

2001-08-25 Thread W Luke
IIS Admin Service is running, yes. There is no server listening on that IP address at port 80. Have you checked that IIS is running? Howie - Original Message - From: W Luke [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CF-Talk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2001 1:29 PM Subject: Re:

Re: Quick query question (qqq)

2001-08-25 Thread Dina Hess
You may need to substitute an asterisk (*) for the percent sign (%) when using the multiple character wildcard and a question mark (?) for the underscore ( _ ) when using a single character wildcard. Dina - Original Message - From: Diana Nichols To: CF-Talk Sent: Saturday,

Not Serving Pages Was RE: Quick query question (qqq)

2001-08-25 Thread Mike Brunt
Will, can you browse pages locally on the IIS machine itself form the IIS machine? Make sure the IIS and ColdFusion server are running. When you can check the document settings in IIS make sure that Index.cfm and Index.htm-html are still there and are in 1st and 2nd position, if not add them.

RE: Quick query question (qqq)

2001-08-25 Thread C. Hatton Humphrey
(*clears throat*) That's an internal IP address and is not routable, so if you are trying to access the server from the outstid world, you'll either need a different IP or try a different way. Hatton -Original Message- Ah great - thanks Chad, Howie and Diana. I've been on holiday since

Re: Not Serving Pages Was RE: Quick query question (qqq)

2001-08-25 Thread W Luke
Mike, thanks for the tips. I tried restarting IIS Admin, but got the following error, which is completely unhelpful: Could not stop the IIS Admin service on Local Computer Error 1053: the service did not respond to the start or control request in a timely fashion. As regards the Red Worm

Re: Not Serving Pages Was RE: Quick query question (qqq)

2001-08-25 Thread Chad Gray
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q278/7/12.ASP the article is not much help, but you should check the system log for clues. reboot to see if this clears the error. you may have to un-install and re-install IIS. At 07:18 PM 8/25/2001 +0100, you wrote: Error 1053: the service

RE: Not Serving Pages Was RE: Quick query question (qqq)

2001-08-25 Thread Mike Brunt
Will, one more thing, *check the IIS log for the default.ida error message. As you are using a private IP scheme, your IIS server should not be accessible from the public Internet unless you are using Nentowrk Address Translation (NAT) on your firewall. If it is not visible from the Public

Re: setting up win2000 ftp

2001-08-25 Thread PB
Thanks for the info. It will be a big help. Phillip ~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives:

Re: Not Serving Pages Was RE: Quick query question (qqq)

2001-08-25 Thread W Luke
Well the system log has 3 or more errors all from the Service Control Manager after the reboot, one of them detailing The World Wide Web Publishing Service service hung on starting. The URL below was predictably unhelpful, so I'm downloading the `code red` patch from Microsoft to see if that

Re: Not Serving Pages Was RE: Quick query question (qqq)

2001-08-25 Thread W Luke
Will, one more thing, *check the IIS log for the default.ida error message. How, though? I can't open the Internet Service Manager in Administrative Tools (nothing happens). As you are using a private IP scheme, your IIS server should not be accessible from the public Internet unless you

Re: setting up win2000 ftp

2001-08-25 Thread Cary Gordon
It is VERY risky to use NT Authentication for FTP. FTP is clear text only (unlike IIS/IE via HTTP). If at all possible, us anonymous logins and restrict access via IP. Cary Gordon t 12:16 PM 8/25/2001 -0400, you wrote: FTP is built in to win2000 server. Al you have to do is turn on the

TagFusion/$ervlet?

2001-08-25 Thread Michael Lugassy
Wasn't TagFusion/TagServlet was free (open-source) 2 months ago? http://www.tagservlet.com/purchase.cfm Are there any more alternatives for Macromedia expen$ive Coldfusion Server that I should know about? Michael. ~~ Structure your ColdFusion

RE: Not Serving Pages Was RE: Quick query question (qqq)

2001-08-25 Thread Mike Brunt
Will, are you saying that you are running the IIS Admin service only on some local machine that is then pointing to the IIS Server itself on another machine? Excuse the question if it seems curious. If not then there has to be a WorldWide Web Publishing Service in the Services area. I hope

Re: Not Serving Pages Was RE: Quick query question (qqq)

2001-08-25 Thread W Luke
be a WorldWide Web Publishing Service in the Services area. I hope this makes sense to you, I'm english and my english is sometimes perculiar. I'm English too, but you're not to blame Mike - it's me being stupid. Looking at the WWW Publishing Service, it's constantly in Starting mode (not

Re: Not Serving Pages Was RE: Quick query question (qqq)

2001-08-25 Thread Chad Gray
I did run into one IIS5 glitch once where IIS5 was not loading. I un-installed, and re-installed IIS. Once i did this i had to goto the properties of the web page and turn the Home Directory Tab/ Application Protection to High. This was the only way i could run CFM files. HTML files run

RE: Not Serving Pages Was RE: Quick query question (qqq)

2001-08-25 Thread Mike Brunt
Will, if you have a typical IIS install the log files will be in \(Whatever your WINNT-2000 directory is)\system32\logfiles. Its sounding more like you need to re install IIS unfortunately. Kind Regards - Mike Brunt -Original Message- From: W Luke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent:

Re: Not Serving Pages Was RE: Quick query question (qqq)

2001-08-25 Thread W Luke
OK Mike, we're making progress. I installed Win2k again (I meant to do a Repair installation, but choosing the Upgrade has done the trick). Web Pages on 192.168.0.1 can now be viewed/servedbut .cfm pages aren't being processed :p. I've checked that a) CF Server's running and b) index.cfm

Re: Not Serving Pages Was RE: Quick query question (qqq)

2001-08-25 Thread Marius Milosav
After the re-installation IIS lost the cfm files mapping. Open the MMC, RMC (right mouse click) on the Default Web Site, click properties, select the Home Directory tab, click on the Configuration button and add mappings for cfm files. Under executable add :C:\CFUSION\bin\iscf.dll (or whatever

Re: setting up win2000 ftp

2001-08-25 Thread Dina Hess
I haven't done this before, but you may want to try using the FrontPage File | Import feature to download an existing web onto your computer...let me know if that works... Dina - Original Message - From: PB To: CF-Talk Sent: Saturday, August 25, 2001 10:41 AM Subject: OT:

Re: Not Serving Pages Was RE: Quick query question (qqq)

2001-08-25 Thread W Luke
Superb, thanks Marius - and to Mike, and everyone elses' replies. Off now for a much needed beer. Will After the re-installation IIS lost the cfm files mapping. Open the MMC, RMC (right mouse click) on the Default Web Site, click properties, select the Home Directory tab, click on the

Random Checking

2001-08-25 Thread Chris Badouin
All- Quick question generating a random number and adding that number to a particular form field to create a username. I wish to check the users table to make sure that no matching values exist, and if they do loop back and do it again... Though my loop does not seem to work properly

How to Auto-Send email Every 10 Min?

2001-08-25 Thread Tom Forbes
Good Evening, I suspect my ISP is loosing mail, the mail server stops and I have to call and tell them to cycle the CF Server - then all is well, but most of the time I loose what was in the spool. I would like to use CF MAIL to auto send myself an e-mail every 10 min or so. Doing this, I

RE: Random Checking

2001-08-25 Thread Robert Everland
Here is a little trick I did, I come up with a random id, then I make sure that the field that is using this random id can not have duplicates in it, then I have a loop that has something about do while error neq true which is set before the loop, then I have a query that inserts the id into the

RE: How to Auto-Send email Every 10 Min?

2001-08-25 Thread Robert Everland
First off, anything that is not in the spool should go to the undeliverable folder, where all you have to do is move that mail right into the spool file. The only way I see you being able to send yourself an email every 10 mins is by using CFX_sleep to pause your script for 10 min, or getting a

RE: How to Auto-Send email Every 10 Min?

2001-08-25 Thread Vygandas Razhas
If you can keep your browser window up, you may use: ... meta http-equiv=REFRESH content=600 ... cfmail... Browser will refresh page every 10 min. Vygandas Razhas From: Robert Everland [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CF-Talk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: How to Auto-Send

Re: How to Auto-Send email Every 10 Min?

2001-08-25 Thread Jon Hall
The easiest way is to simply write a page that sends you an email and thats it. Then set up a scheduled task on your personal machine that hits the url of your email template. If your a lot of your email is ending up in cfmail's undeliverable folder and the emails are being sent to correct

Re: How to Auto-Send email Every 10 Min?

2001-08-25 Thread Jim McAtee
Which is to say you request the page every ten minutes from some other computer. This could be a browser windows left open, or a server running CF or some other scripting language capable of doing an http request and on which you have some scheduling capability. For example, using Perl and cron

Re: How to Auto-Send email Every 10 Min?

2001-08-25 Thread Tom Forbes
Thanks Everyone - I can get it now! Have a good evening and thank you for your help, Tom At 06:38 PM 8/25/01, you wrote: Good Evening, I suspect my ISP is loosing mail, the mail server stops and I have to call and tell them to cycle the CF Server - then all is well, but most of the time I