using a datasource thru mapped drive

2006-04-26 Thread Brian Coleman
I have a problem with setting up a datasource in CF Admin using a mapped drive. The files I want to use are on another server...if I copy them to the web server, use ODBC to point to them, then connect that way, it works fine. If I use a mapped drive and use ODBC to point to the mapped drive,

Re: using a datasource thru mapped drive

2006-04-26 Thread Brian Coleman
The server itself? I don't think the server itself is a user on the remote server, but I'm using a domain account on the CF services and that user has rights to the share and files on the remote server and I added that user to the local admin of the remote server. is the server set up as a

Re: using a datasource thru mapped drive

2006-04-26 Thread Brian Coleman
you need to run coldfusion under a user that has access to the network resource your conencting to. If you mean the CF services, I am running them with a user that has access. I'm actually running them with a user that probably has over kill permissions as far as the network goes, just to try

Re: using a datasource thru mapped drive

2006-04-26 Thread Brian Coleman
Brilliant, thanks. When I was looking at the ODBC setup screen, I didn't relize I could use a UNC format to point to the data. I just now tried using the create a shortcut to a web folder or ftp site link when setting up the ODBC and saw it allowed a straight UNC path. This appears to have

counting downloads

2006-03-21 Thread Brian Coleman
Does anyone know of a way to serve up files and record how many times the file's been downloaded? For example if I use some code like this... cfheader name=Content-Disposition value=attachment; filename=D:\etc cfcontent file=D:\etc type=application/octet-stream Is there some way I record info

Generate JPEG from DB data

2006-02-20 Thread Brian Coleman
Does anyone know of a way (preferably free, but anything) to convert content from a cf or html page to JPEG format? I have some people wanting jpegs generated from our database data, but don't know of a way to do it with anything CFMX 7 offers. Thanks, Brian

CF Blackbery App

2006-02-16 Thread Brian Coleman
I'm working on a custom app that will run through the blackberry browser and use CF to process data. I've figured out how to grab the headers that will let me set some security settings such as pin and email, etc. I'd like to load a custom icon on the Blackberry that will open a certain page

Re: CF Blackbery App

2006-02-16 Thread Brian Coleman
For anyone who is interested in this kind of thing, I found a solution that works, using cfhttp. I think I could push content using something like this too but I haven't got that far yet. !---use a post method to send to address of Blackberry Enterprise Server, using whatever port is setup for

phone numbers in database

2006-01-03 Thread Brian Coleman
I have a CF application I'm working on and part of the application has entry of phone numbers. I think this may be related more to the database (SQL 2k) or maybe DB design. My phone fields are broken up into 3 parts, area code, prefix and phone number. Each of those sections are a field in the