Case Sensitive SQL

2009-06-13 Thread Arsalan Tariq Keen
Dear Experts, I am an amateur with CF and have restarted using CF after quite a long break. I am having trouble with a query in which I am comparing password entered in a form field to that stored in my MS Access DB. The problem is that the comparison is case-insensitive. How can I make it

Re: CF8 and Facebook Connect - Any guidance?

2009-06-13 Thread Shane Larrabee
Yep I have seen all those, but the API documentation is different from Facebook Connect (http://developers.facebook.com/connect.php). We are building a community app where the client wants the user to be able to sign in using their Facebook account and then find other users in our system who

Re: Case Sensitive SQL

2009-06-13 Thread Peter Boughton
Microsoft Access is terrible. I recommend switching to *any* other database engine. You should then be able to use the COLLATE SQL command to enforce case-sensitivity on a column. ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community

Re: Case Sensitive SQL

2009-06-13 Thread Shane Larrabee
the COMPARE function should do the trick for you. http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/6/CFML_Reference/functions-pt138.htm http://www.scandicweb.com/coldfusion/tutorials/tutorial90.cfm ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion

RE: User Authentication without Session Expiration

2009-06-13 Thread Dawson, Michael
No one has any suggestions for this issue? _ From: Dawson, Michael [mailto:m...@evansville.edu] Sent: Fri 6/12/2009 10:24 AM To: cf-talk Subject: User Authentication without Session Expiration For the last seven years, I have used IIS and basic authentication to log in to our

Re: User Authentication without Session Expiration

2009-06-13 Thread Arsalan Tariq Keen
I suggest, you keep the credentials encrypted or decrypted as you wish, but keep them on the Application server in the session scope and for the browser thingeee use a simple cookie to maintain the heartbeat. You can use a cookie by the name 'logedin' and set its value true. Every time a

RE: User Authentication without Session Expiration

2009-06-13 Thread Marius Milosav
Some pointers here: http://www.bennadel.com/blog/1131-Ask-Ben-Ending-ColdFusion-Session-When-Use r-Closes-Browser.htm The idea is to set up the session expiration in CF admin to a few hours (which should give the users enough time to complete the form), authenticate the user using whatever

Re: Case Sensitive SQL

2009-06-13 Thread Claude Schneegans
Microsoft Access is terrible. Well, yet another legendary Access database bashing :-( Access database are GREAT for any small/medium web application. Most databases implement the string comparison to be case insensitive by default. They also have provisions to change it either globally or

Re: Case Sensitive SQL

2009-06-13 Thread Claude Schneegans
the COMPARE function should do the trick for you. The COMPARE function is a CF function. What is needed here is an SQL function. ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House

Re: Case Sensitive SQL

2009-06-13 Thread Roger Austin
Claude Schneegans wrote: Microsoft Access is terrible. Well, yet another legendary Access database bashing :-( Access database are GREAT for any small/medium web application. Most databases implement the string comparison to be case insensitive by default. They also have provisions to