RE: WEIRD error causing cfadmin to not work

2005-02-05 Thread dave
i didnt say it was, i just agreed :) even if i wanted to put sp2 on mine (which wouldnt happen) i cant cause i guess they banned me from updating, which is fine with me, hardly use it anymore, only to run dw and flash. and no the others arent perfect but much better! well i havent seen anyth

RE: WEIRD error causing cfadmin to not work

2005-02-05 Thread Michael T. Tangorre
> From: dave [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > i doubt it Michael > its easy to diss them because they screw everything up > so its the operators fault when they dl sp2 and it shuts off > cfmx server? > yeah thats the operators fault > its also the operators fault cause of all the holes and > br

RE: WEIRD error causing cfadmin to not work

2005-02-05 Thread dave
i doubt it Michael its easy to diss them because they screw everything up so its the operators fault when they dl sp2 and it shuts off cfmx server? yeah thats the operators fault its also the operators fault cause of all the holes and breaches, oh yeah and its the operator fault that the b

RE: WEIRD error causing cfadmin to not work

2005-02-05 Thread Michael T. Tangorre
> From: dave [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > lol totally! i swear everything is ms's fault!!! > > i seriously dont know why ppl put sp2 on, doesnt make their > puters anymore secure, sure it may help a few of the old > probs but there are so many new ones with sp2 why bother? i > thinks its prett

Re: Frycry install

2005-02-05 Thread Barney Boisvert
You meant 'FarCry', right? I installed it a few months ago (with CFMX/Apache on Linux), and seem to recall it being amazingly painless. Extract the archive, run the installer, and follow the instructions for defining the mapping it needed. Obviously as you get farther in-depth, it'll get more co

RE: Should I have heard from Macromedia?

2005-02-05 Thread Michael T. Tangorre
> From: Mike Kear [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I sat my CFMX certification exam on Decemer 23 last year and > passed with advanced status - I havent heard anything since > from anyone. > My name is now listed in the listing of Advanced certified > Developers, and that's good, but is that all tha

Re: Checking for the existence of a collection?

2005-02-05 Thread Dave Francis
creates a folder for each collection, so I suppose you could use to check to see if it existed. - Original Message - From: "Doug Hyde" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 8:07 AM Subject: Checking for the existence of a collection? > Other than knowin

Should I have heard from Macromedia?

2005-02-05 Thread Mike Kear
I sat my CFMX certification exam on Decemer 23 last year and passed with advanced status - I havent heard anything since from anyone. My name is now listed in the listing of Advanced certified Developers, and that's good, but is that all that happens? Should I have heard from Macromedia at all?

Re: WEIRD error causing cfadmin to not work

2005-02-05 Thread dave
lol totally! i swear everything is ms's fault!!! i seriously dont know why ppl put sp2 on, doesnt make their puters anymore secure, sure it may help a few of the old probs but there are so many new ones with sp2 why bother? i thinks its pretty evident u shouldnt trust a damn thing they do and

Re: WEIRD error causing cfadmin to not work

2005-02-05 Thread Will Tomlinson
Yep, everything cleared out. Still erroring. El Bizarro! Gotta be this damn XP/SP2! ~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?banne

Re: WEIRD error causing cfadmin to not work

2005-02-05 Thread dave
humm that is weird, have u cleaned your cache? check the db connection is dw or is that just a bs thingy, i cant recall From: Will Tomlinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 10:10 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: WEIRD error causing cfadmi

Re: WEIRD error causing cfadmin to not work

2005-02-05 Thread Will Tomlinson
I already tried restarting cf, rebooting, everything. No go. ~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with L

Re: WEIRD error causing cfadmin to not work

2005-02-05 Thread Will Tomlinson
No CF updater currently. It's weird man, it was all working and I added a DSN for the clothing site a month or so ago, but haven't been in there since. Now it's broken again! coldfusion.tagext.lang.SettingTag.setRequestTimeout(J)V Only on DSN admin page, and settings summary page. hmm.

re: WEIRD error causing cfadmin to not work

2005-02-05 Thread dave
which updater? cfm or sp2? From: Will Tomlinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 9:42 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: WEIRD error causing cfadmin to not work A while back I got my new computer, Godzilla, XP, SP2, installed cf and it was fin

WEIRD error causing cfadmin to not work

2005-02-05 Thread Will Tomlinson
A while back I got my new computer, Godzilla, XP, SP2, installed cf and it was fine until I installed the updater. After that I couldn't login to cfadmin, got an error. I uninstalled CF (that was fun!), reinstalled with no updater and it all worked fine again. I just now logged in to add a DS

Frycry install

2005-02-05 Thread Andrew Dixon
Hi all... Anyone got any good, clear instructions on installing FryCry on a CFMX/Apache configuration. The install instruction on the site are not very clear and seem to relate to IIS. Thanks Andrew. ~| Logware (www.logware.us)

RE: Hightlight Tag Broken, Verity Search Alternative?

2005-02-05 Thread Russ Unger
> I haven't used the cf_highlight tag so I don't know how much > different or > similar this may be but I've used this one quite a bit and it > works great. > It is a modified version of a function originally written by > Ray Camden. > > http://www.cflib.org/udf.cfm?ID=133 Beautiful! Thanks--

Re: Stopping endlessly looping query on remote server?

2005-02-05 Thread Jochem van Dieten
Les Irvin wrote: > How does one stop an endlessly looping query on a remote server in MX6.1? I > guess the function CFUSION_DBCONNECTIONS_FLUSH is not supported in MX. Using the functionality the database provides natively (check the manual). You might want to investigate the effect of the timeo

Stopping endlessly looping query on remote server?

2005-02-05 Thread Les Irvin
How does one stop an endlessly looping query on a remote server in MX6.1? I guess the function CFUSION_DBCONNECTIONS_FLUSH is not supported in MX. Ideas? ~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking

RE: Hightlight Tag Broken, Verity Search Alternative?

2005-02-05 Thread Ewok
I haven’t used the cf_highlight tag so I don't know how much different or similar this may be but I've used this one quite a bit and it works great. It is a modified version of a function originally written by Ray Camden. http://www.cflib.org/udf.cfm?ID=133 just tell it the string to search and t

Re: Concatenation in MSSQL Server

2005-02-05 Thread Claude Schneegans
>>There sure is, + Thanks a lot. -- ___ REUSE CODE! Use custom tags; See http://www.contentbox.com/claude/customtags/tagstore.cfm (Please send any spam to this address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Thanks. ~

RE: [SOT] Supporting multiple browsers and versions

2005-02-05 Thread Dawson, Michael
Same here... I've lurked around some CSS-related newsgroups and even some of the die-hard CSS fans still use tables for layout and dress it up with CSS. I NEVER put in a hack. NEVER! I have never needed anything that bad to use a hack. M!ke >So I'm very careful with CSS, not to get into having

OT: Good Microsoft Server 2003 list

2005-02-05 Thread Andy Ousterhout
I need to join a Microsoft Server 2003 list. Can anyone point me to a good one? Andy ~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?banner

Re: No white space in source code?

2005-02-05 Thread Larry Lyons
>What's the trick so there is no blank space where the coldfusion code is >when we look at the source code in the browser? > >Thanks > >Pat Pat, Aside from , there's also , as in code to whose output the setting is applied Another technique I use is a URF from cflib called HtmlCompressF

Re: Concatenation in MSSQL Server

2005-02-05 Thread Jann E. VanOver
First, if you're using MSSQL Server, install BOL, Books Online & it will answer questions like this. SQL catenation operator is '+' Give that a try Claude Schneegans wrote: >Hi, > >I have a query that works for Access, but won't in the MSSQL Server version. >INSERT INTO tableOne >(FullName

RE: Concatenation in MSSQL Server

2005-02-05 Thread Adrian Lynch
There sure is, + Ade -Original Message- From: Claude Schneegans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 05 February 2005 20:04 To: CF-Talk Subject: Concatenation in MSSQL Server Hi, I have a query that works for Access, but won't in the MSSQL Server version. INSERT INTO tableOne (FullName,

Concatenation in MSSQL Server

2005-02-05 Thread Claude Schneegans
Hi, I have a query that works for Access, but won't in the MSSQL Server version. INSERT INTO tableOne (FullName, etc) SELECT customers.firstName & ' ' & customers.lastName, etc. FROM tableTwo Apparently, it is the concatenation operation that causes the trouble. I suppose ther is

Re: Checking for the existence of a collection?

2005-02-05 Thread Mike Alberts
How about (MX only AFAIK): SELECT * FROM GetCollections where GetCollections.name = 'YourCollectionName' HTH Mike ~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start trackin

Re: Checking for the existence of a collection?

2005-02-05 Thread Mike Alberts
How about (MX only AFAIK): SELECT * FROM GetCollections where GetCollections.name = 'YourCollectionName' HTH Mike ~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start trackin

RE: Checking for the existence of a collection?

2005-02-05 Thread Adrian Lynch
I guess it does, try this... Not sure if you're hosting provider will appreciate you using this though. Ade -Original Message- From: Michael T. Tangorre [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 05 February 2005 18:04 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Checking for the existence of a collection? > Fro

RE: Checking for the existence of a collection?

2005-02-05 Thread Michael T. Tangorre
> From: Martin Parry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > I believe Doug means a Verity collection - There isn't a way to check > for its existence in any variables scopes unless you try to > run a search > against it and it throws an error. That stinks. ~~~

RE: [SOT] Supporting multiple browsers and versions

2005-02-05 Thread Jim Davis
> -Original Message- > From: Dave Merrill [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 7:42 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: [SOT] Supporting multiple browsers and versions > > Specifically... > > - Do you serve different style sheets or pages depending on the browser > and >

RE: [SOT] Supporting multiple browsers and versions

2005-02-05 Thread Dave Merrill
Thanks for the breakdown Jochem. It seems like folks aren't paying a lot of attention to macs. Here around Boston, some biotech companies need mixed platform support, including macs. Not a lot of linux/unix, at least on the desktop where the browsers live. Ironically, I used to be a mac-only guy,

Re: [SOT] Supporting multiple browsers and versions

2005-02-05 Thread Jochem van Dieten
Dave Merrill wrote: > > - Do you serve different style sheets or pages depending on the browser and > version? How many? No. But I might serve additional ones for certain browsers (IE). > - Are you coding to W3C standards? Which one(s)? How much does that actually > help your pages be more univ

RE: Checking for the existence of a collection?

2005-02-05 Thread Martin Parry
I believe Doug means a Verity collection - There isn't a way to check for its existence in any variables scopes unless you try to run a search against it and it throws an error. Martin Parry Macromedia Certified Developer http://www.BeetrootStreet.co.uk -Original Message- From: Michael T

RE: Checking for the existence of a collection?

2005-02-05 Thread Michael T. Tangorre
> From: Doug Hyde [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Other than knowing beforehand by having created manually, > does anyone know > of a way to check for the existence of a collection. Like no > point running > cfindex if the collection doesn't exist, so let's check, and > if no, let's > create wit

RE: Recovery from a session time-out?

2005-02-05 Thread Martin Parry
Nice call Steve.. Alternatively, to get around the JavaScript bit, create an invisible IFRAME which has it SRC set to the alive.cfm.. On Alive.cfm, add a HTTP redirect to redirect back to itself after 1200 seconds. Martin Parry Macromedia Certified Developer http://www.BeetrootStreet.co.uk --

Re: [SOT] Supporting multiple browsers and versions

2005-02-05 Thread Will Tomlinson
My two cents... I develop with Firefox and its validator extension, then fiddle with this and that for IE. Everyone should use Firefox for their browsing and I recommend it to most of my clients. Side note: I also like Thunderbird for email. It's proven to be preety nifty so far for me. Wi

Re: Recovery from a session time-out?

2005-02-05 Thread Steve Bryant
In addition to that approach, I would suggest the following bit of JavaScript: function keepAlive() { var imgAlive = new Image(); var d = new Date(); imgAlive.src = '/alive.cfm?d=' + d; } setInterval("keepAlive()", 20*60*1000); Before the script is added to your site, add a small aliv

Re: [SOT] Supporting multiple browsers and versions

2005-02-05 Thread Claude Schneegans
>>- Do you serve different style sheets or pages depending on the browser and >>version? How many? Sometimes, you have to. Mozilla sticks closer to the standard and IE has some oddities for which you must find workarounds. >>- Are you coding to W3C standards? If you need some nice functiona

RE: [SOT] Supporting multiple browsers and versions

2005-02-05 Thread Dave Merrill
Current windows versions only? Dave Merrill > I do all development for FireFox, then fix the little things from IE and > NetScape. > Thats the only ones I deal with honestly. > > > Dave Merrill wrote: > > >I've been doing intranet work for a while now, where the only > browser we had > >to

RE: [SOT] Supporting multiple browsers and versions

2005-02-05 Thread Martin Parry
I'm shocked and aghast !! I'm nearly always entirely right ;) I agree with your comments about skills - I have been fiddling with the software development thing for .. ahem.. about 18 years or more :( and there's always something new to learn. It just takes time, even for a seasoned pro in one fie

RE: [SOT] Supporting multiple browsers and versions

2005-02-05 Thread Tim Laureska
Russ.. I agree with much of what you say... when I first started playing with CSS and even now, I spent and could spend incredible amounts of time trying to get a CSS layout to look right when maybe not as in vogue, I end up doing the project using tables in about an hour ... So I'm very care

RE: Checking for the existence of a collection?

2005-02-05 Thread Doug Hyde
Thanks. D -Original Message- From: Martin Parry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 05, 2005 7:57 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Checking for the existence of a collection? Why not CFTRY a simple verity search based on the collection you want to check and create it in the CF

RE: [SOT] Supporting multiple browsers and versions

2005-02-05 Thread Russ Unger
It should be noted that Martin's actually talking about getting strong enough with CSS to understand when you'll need certain workarounds, what styles will work when and port across to other browsers, etc. He's also bringing up understanding of Standards (ref: http://print.google.com/print?id=RBtl

RE: CF5 to CFMX - CFUSION_DISABLE_DBCONNECTIONS and MS Excel data sources

2005-02-05 Thread Earl, George
I asked: > > Pardon my ignorance, but can we speculate why MM removed the > > CFUSION_DISABLE_DBCONNECTIONS function (and other related > > functions) from CFMX? Does it have to do with Java? Or does > > it have to do with security? Dave said: > Presumably because the entire product was rewritt

RE: Checking for the existence of a collection?

2005-02-05 Thread Martin Parry
Why not CFTRY a simple verity search based on the collection you want to check and create it in the CFCATCH section if it does indeed fail. Martin Parry Macromedia Certified Developer http://www.BeetrootStreet.co.uk -Original Message- From: Doug Hyde [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 05 F

Checking for the existence of a collection?

2005-02-05 Thread Doug Hyde
Other than knowing beforehand by having created manually, does anyone know of a way to check for the existance of a collection. Like no point running cfindex if the collection doesn't exist, so let's check, and if no, let's create with cfcollection. I need to create and index collections dynamicall

RE: [SOT] Supporting multiple browsers and versions

2005-02-05 Thread Martin Parry
Using CSS for site layout is one sure fire way of making sure your sites look consistent across most browsers.. If you use DreamWeaver and have a bit of time to get your head around CSS layouts then create a new page using the CSS template and see how it hangs together - basically all done with DIV

RE: [SOT] Supporting multiple browsers and versions

2005-02-05 Thread Tim Laureska
Same here, since that covers probably over 97% of the market unless you develop in an area that you know has a very high % of say opera users or some other lesser used browser I found if you can get it to look decent in firefox, generally (with some exceptions) it'll be good in IE .. can't co

Re: [SOT] Supporting multiple browsers and versions

2005-02-05 Thread ColdFusion Developer
I do all development for FireFox, then fix the little things from IE and NetScape. Thats the only ones I deal with honestly. Dave Merrill wrote: >I've been doing intranet work for a while now, where the only browser we had >to support was the one that came installed on company PCs. Have recent

[SOT] Supporting multiple browsers and versions

2005-02-05 Thread Dave Merrill
I've been doing intranet work for a while now, where the only browser we had to support was the one that came installed on company PCs. Have recent IE's oddities pretty well dealt with, but looking at the wider world, I'm wondering how folks manage development for multiple browsers. I'm thinking ab

Re: Slightly OT: XHTML (was Re: cfset ?)

2005-02-05 Thread Massimo, Tiziana e Federica
> you need to create a DTD to encompass all these.. > W3C has a good example.. [XHTMLMOD] Well, we were talking about mime-types not DTD/Schema. BTW you don't need to create a DTD for mixing different XML languages inside the same document, just use different namespaces (I guess we are really OT n

RE: Hightlight Tag Broken, Verity Search Alternative?

2005-02-05 Thread Doug Hyde
On an alternate search solution, Macromedia included an alternate in devkit 3 called lindex, built on lucene (see Apache.org, under Jakarta). I think New Atlanta's BD may use this engine. Only pitfall is that its not multi-language. However, to quote the MM site: "Lindex, short for 'Lucene index,'