Re: Now() offset by 1 hour

2013-04-04 Thread Mike K
I might be wrong ( i sometimes have been known to be wrong, but not very often) but I thought GMT didnt have daylight savings. I thought GMT was the same all year round, and it was the timezone at London that changed daylight savings. Or is it just that UTC was constant and sometimes was the

Re: Now() offset by 1 hour

2013-04-04 Thread Adam Cameron
Correct. GMT is GMT, and always matches UTC. During daylight saving the TZ in the UK is BST (UTC+1). -- Adam On 4 April 2013 19:31, Mike K afpwebwo...@gmail.com wrote: I might be wrong ( i sometimes have been known to be wrong, but not very often) but I thought GMT didnt have daylight

ACF10 Upgrade

2013-04-04 Thread John M Bliss
I just upgraded to ACF10 and everything was working fine...then I had to restart the service and now when I call any page, including the administrator, browser just hangs. I've tried rebooting the server. No luck. Any suggestions? (The service says it's running.) -- John Bliss -

Re: ACF10 Upgrade

2013-04-04 Thread Adam Cameron
Anything being logged? On 4 April 2013 21:47, John M Bliss bliss.j...@gmail.com wrote: I just upgraded to ACF10 and everything was working fine...then I had to restart the service and now when I call any page, including the administrator, browser just hangs. I've tried rebooting the server.

Re: ACF10 Upgrade

2013-04-04 Thread John M Bliss
Plenty...but nothing obviously out of the ordinary. On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 3:55 AM, Adam Cameron adamcameroncoldfus...@gmail.com wrote: Anything being logged? On 4 April 2013 21:47, John M Bliss bliss.j...@gmail.com wrote: I just upgraded to ACF10 and everything was working

Re: ACF10 Upgrade

2013-04-04 Thread John M Bliss
Prior to this install on production, I installed on our private/internal/staging/shadow server using the same serial #. Should that be OK? Could this be Adobe doing a bad job of serial # validation or something? (But it worked for a while post-upgrade.) On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 4:04 AM, John M

Re: ACF10 Upgrade

2013-04-04 Thread John M Bliss
Can/should I do an uninstall/reinstall without losing all of my settings? On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 4:08 AM, John M Bliss bliss.j...@gmail.com wrote: Prior to this install on production, I installed on our private/internal/staging/shadow server using the same serial #. Should that be OK? Could

Re: ACF10 Upgrade

2013-04-04 Thread Adam Cameron
Yep, use the archive thingey in CFAdmin to save all your settings before deinstalling, then reload them afterwards. At this point, I think a quick de-/re-install might be the best / most expedient first course of action. It might just go away. Not very fulfilling from a what they hell caused it?

Re: ACF10 Upgrade

2013-04-04 Thread John M Bliss
Had you fully patched-up the thing before it face-planted? Yes. How recently did you download the installer? I used the one from the physical media shipped my Adobe. Guess I'll fetch the new one before reinstalling. Serial # is probably not the issue at this point? On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at

Re: ACF10 Upgrade

2013-04-04 Thread John M Bliss
Oh, I can't use archive thingey in CFAdmin because I cannot access CFAdmin, right? On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 4:14 AM, Adam Cameron adamcameroncoldfus...@gmail.com wrote: Yep, use the archive thingey in CFAdmin to save all your settings before deinstalling, then reload them afterwards. At

Re: ACF10 Upgrade

2013-04-04 Thread Adam Cameron
Can't say for sure but doubt it. I think you're actually *allowed* to have dev servers with same serial numbers as live ones these days anyhow? (don't quote me on that). I don't have any specialist knowledge of problems cropping up when upgrading to CF10, these are just the things I'd be doing

Re: ACF10 Upgrade

2013-04-04 Thread John M Bliss
It's significantly better than nothing. On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 4:19 AM, Adam Cameron adamcameroncoldfus...@gmail.com wrote: Can't say for sure but doubt it. I think you're actually *allowed* to have dev servers with same serial numbers as live ones these days anyhow? (don't quote me on

Re: ACF10 Upgrade

2013-04-04 Thread Adam Cameron
Oh yeah. DUH. Um... you *might* be able to get away with copying the XML files in the cfusion/lib dir... the neo-whatever files. However I've never tried this. That said though... once you've reinstalled, back up the vanilla versions of any files from the current install you put back in place,

Re: ACF10 Upgrade

2013-04-04 Thread Adam Cameron
Well let's see if we get anywhere first ;-) That said... 10:30pm, and I'm gonna stop working in a few min. But I'll probably be online for a bit and keeping an eye on me email... On 4 April 2013 22:21, John M Bliss bliss.j...@gmail.com wrote: It's significantly better than nothing. On

Re: ACF10 Upgrade

2013-04-04 Thread John M Bliss
Yes, it is. I'm hoping the reinstall copies the settings from ACF8 again. On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 4:25 AM, Adam Cameron adamcameroncoldfus...@gmail.com wrote: Oh yeah. DUH. Um... you *might* be able to get away with copying the XML files in the cfusion/lib dir... the neo-whatever files.

Re: ACF10 Upgrade

2013-04-04 Thread John M Bliss
Thanks! On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 4:26 AM, Adam Cameron adamcameroncoldfus...@gmail.com wrote: Well let's see if we get anywhere first ;-) That said... 10:30pm, and I'm gonna stop working in a few min. But I'll probably be online for a bit and keeping an eye on me email... On 4 April 2013

Re: ACF10 Upgrade

2013-04-04 Thread John M Bliss
After uninstalling and reinstalling, CF admin still does not come up. Any further suggestions? On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 4:26 AM, Adam Cameron adamcameroncoldfus...@gmail.com wrote: Well let's see if we get anywhere first ;-) That said... 10:30pm, and I'm gonna stop working in a few min. But

Re: ACF10 Upgrade

2013-04-04 Thread Adam Cameron
So you don't even get that last installation step of browsing to CFAdmin and doing the configuration step? What OS / bitness / type of install are you doing? CF creates an install log, yeah? Anything in that? I'm short of ideas. -- Adam On 4 April 2013 22:39, John M Bliss

Re: ACF10 Upgrade

2013-04-04 Thread John M Bliss
So you don't even get that last installation step of browsing to CFAdmin and doing the configuration step? No. What OS / bitness / type of install are you doing? Windows Server 2003 / 32 bit / ACF Standard. CF creates an install log, yeah? Anything in that? Nothing significant. At this

Re: ACF10 Upgrade

2013-04-04 Thread Adam Cameron
Actually... get Adobe to sort it out! http://blogs.coldfusion.com/post.cfm/free-coldfusion-installation-support-from-adobe It's worth initiating a support ticket with them, anyhow. -- Adam On 4 April 2013 23:15, John M Bliss bliss.j...@gmail.com wrote: So you don't even get that last

Re: ACF10 Upgrade

2013-04-04 Thread John M Bliss
Thanks. I managed to revert to ACF8...after 2 hours of downtime! :-( Seriously, thanks for your help, Adam. On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 5:29 AM, Adam Cameron adamcameroncoldfus...@gmail.com wrote: Actually... get Adobe to sort it out!

Re: ACF10 Upgrade

2013-04-04 Thread Adam Cameron
Oh hell... was this a live server? Well *supposed to be live* I should say? On 4 April 2013 23:30, John M Bliss bliss.j...@gmail.com wrote: Thanks. I managed to revert to ACF8...after 2 hours of downtime! :-( Seriously, thanks for your help, Adam. On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 5:29 AM, Adam

Re: ACF10 Upgrade

2013-04-04 Thread John M Bliss
Yes. That's why I was freaking out. (Could you tell I was freaking out?) Opened ticket with Adobe. Let's see how that goes... Thanks again. On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 5:35 AM, Adam Cameron adamcameroncoldfus...@gmail.com wrote: Oh hell... was this a live server? Well *supposed to be live* I

Re: ACF10 Upgrade

2013-04-04 Thread Richard Herbert
Not sure where to join this thread but here goes... I'd suggest getting the latest installer from Adobe. Make sure you get 32-bit version if that's what you're on. They have been rebuilt to update 7 so you only need, currently, to take update 8 after install. My understanding of licencing is

Re: ACF10 Upgrade

2013-04-04 Thread Cameron Childress
I see that you've already gone a few more painful routes. The very first thing I would do it reinstall the web connector (wsconfig). This advise is probably moot though since it appears you've gone back to CF8 and are (theoretically) working with someone, somewhere, maybe, at Adobe to fix this.

CFMail alternative

2013-04-04 Thread Brian Cain
I have had an ongoing problem with ColdFusion dropping some mail messages. The mail log show the messages being delivered to the mail server, but there is no record on the mail server. I found this thread on Adobe's website (http://forums.adobe.com/thread/585718), but there never seemed to

Re: CFMail alternative

2013-04-04 Thread Claude Schnéegans
but there is no record on the mail server Are you sure the mesages are not in the undelivered folder? I was having the same issue until I realized that my mail server had a limit of 1000 messages sent per hour. So after this limit was reached, messages were simply refused and stored by CF in

Re: CFMail alternative

2013-04-04 Thread Russ Michaels
if you want to bypass cfmail then take a look at sendgrid.net, they have an API for sending mail, so you get more control, more reporting, and bypass cfmail and your mailserver altogether. On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 5:15 PM, Brian Cain bcc9...@gmail.com wrote: I have had an ongoing problem with

Creating DOC file with image using CFCONTENT

2013-04-04 Thread Chad Baloga
I am trying to create a word document with images. I have all the of the HTML in a cfsavecontent, then I use that variable to write the document, then open it with cfcontent. I have done this successfully in the past but now I have a document with an image. How can I get it to use an image

Re: ACF10 Upgrade

2013-04-04 Thread Adam Cameron
On 5 April 2013 00:17, Richard Herbert rich...@infoweb.co.uk wrote: I was always taught to install CF with the in-built web server initially and then use wsconfig once everything is proven to be working. Then connect to your web server of choice (Apache/IIS/etc). Good suggestion. Esp if

Re: CFMail alternative

2013-04-04 Thread Brian Cain
Positive they are not there. On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 11:33 AM, wrote: but there is no record on the mail server Are you sure the mesages are not in the undelivered folder? I was having the same issue until I realized that my mail server had a limit of 1000 messages sent per hour. So

Re: ACF10 Upgrade

2013-04-04 Thread John M Bliss
I'd suggest getting the latest installer from Adobe. Make sure you get 32-bit version if that's what you're on. They have been rebuilt to update 7 so you only need, currently, to take update 8 after install. I would except, AFAIK, that involves going to

Re: ACF10 Upgrade

2013-04-04 Thread Adam Cameron
I have rattled Adobe's cage. Just via Twitter, but it's a start... I'm trying to track down a human who might be able to help. On 5 April 2013 08:07, John M Bliss bliss.j...@gmail.com wrote: I'd suggest getting the latest installer from Adobe. Make sure you get 32-bit version if that's what

Re: ACF10 Upgrade

2013-04-04 Thread John M Bliss
Thanks! On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 2:41 PM, Adam Cameron adamcameroncoldfus...@gmail.com wrote: I have rattled Adobe's cage. Just via Twitter, but it's a start... I'm trying to track down a human who might be able to help. On 5 April 2013 08:07, John M Bliss bliss.j...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: ACF10 Upgrade

2013-04-04 Thread Adam Cameron
Using this one: https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?product=coldfusion and logging in with one's Adobe login seems to work. On 5 April 2013 08:41, Adam Cameron adamcameroncoldfus...@gmail.com wrote: I have rattled Adobe's cage. Just via Twitter, but it's a start... I'm trying to

Re: ACF10 Upgrade

2013-04-04 Thread John M Bliss
That worked, thanks. On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 3:14 PM, Adam Cameron adamcameroncoldfus...@gmail.com wrote: Using this one: https://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?product=coldfusion and logging in with one's Adobe login seems to work. On 5 April 2013 08:41, Adam Cameron

Re: valuelist and variable column name

2013-04-04 Thread Nick E
Since this page still shows up in search results... cffunction name=queryToArrays access=public returntype=struct output=false hint= cfargument name=q default= required=TRUE type=query / cfscript var ret = {}; for (col in ARGUMENTS.q.ColumnList){ ret[col] =

Re: valuelist and variable column name

2013-04-04 Thread Nick E
Since this page still shows up in search results... cffunction name=queryToArrays access=public returntype=struct output=false hint= cfargument name=q default= required=TRUE type=query / cfscript var ret = {}; for (col in ARGUMENTS.q.ColumnList){ ret[col] =

Re: CFMail alternative

2013-04-04 Thread Steve 'Cutter' Blades
That is surprising. Thirteen years with CF, from v4 thru 10, and that has never been my experience. It has always come down to the SMTP server, or the recipient, 100% of the time. One environment I ran processed upwards of 800,000 emails a day. When you say there is no record on the mail

postParametersLimit in CHF4

2013-04-04 Thread Chris
How many is too many post parameters? We've had a few applications fail with the new postParametersLimit in CHF4 (the included Security Hotfix APSB12-06, http://helpx.adobe.com/coldfusion/kb/coldfusion-security-hotfix.html ) Even increasing postParametersLimit from 100 to 200 isn't enough --

Re: ACF10 Upgrade

2013-04-04 Thread Dave Watts
Prior to this install on production, I installed on our private/internal/staging/shadow server using the same serial #. Should that be OK? Could this be Adobe doing a bad job of serial # validation or something? (But it worked for a while post-upgrade.) I don't think that CF will stop

Re: ACF10 Upgrade

2013-04-04 Thread Dave Watts
What OS / bitness / type of install are you doing? Windows Server 2003 / 32 bit / ACF Standard. When you reinstall, I'd install using the built-in web server as others have already suggested. Then, update it to Update 8. Then, use wsconfig to run the web server configuration tool. Have you

Re: postParametersLimit in CHF4

2013-04-04 Thread Dave Watts
So given that this is a denial of service attack prevention, how risky is it letting 1100 post parameters go through with every request? I'm figuring a real DoS attack would have a lot more than 1100 parameters, but setting post parameters for 11 times the security update value sounds like

Re: postParametersLimit in CHF4

2013-04-04 Thread Pete Freitag
Just to give you an idea with 80,000 post params that caused a hash collision it took my quad core desktop 31 minutes to respond to the request, sending a larger number of post params 120,000 that did not have a collision executed in 3 seconds. So what is safe really depends on your tolerance and

Re: ACF10 Upgrade

2013-04-04 Thread John M Bliss
When you reinstall, I'd install using the built-in web server as others have already suggested. Then, update it to Update 8. Then, use wsconfig to run the web server configuration tool. OK. (If that's the solution then the problem with the way I did it is extra stupid. I've installed most

Re: postParametersLimit in CHF4

2013-04-04 Thread Russ Michaels
So what actually causes the collision? Regards Russ Michaels www.michaels.me.uk www.cfmldeveloper.com - Free CFML hosting for developers www.cfsearch.com - CF search engine On Apr 4, 2013 10:10 PM, Pete Freitag p...@foundeo.com wrote: Just to give you an idea with 80,000 post params that

Re: CFMail alternative

2013-04-04 Thread Russ Michaels
This has been reported many times on the forums. You say it has not happened to you, but how would know unless someone actually contacted you to say they had not reveived an email and you investigated it. In most cases of missing email, someone simply resends it and your none the wiser. Regards

Re: postParametersLimit in CHF4

2013-04-04 Thread Pete Freitag
The vulnerability is caused by hash collisions, so if two strings hash to the same value, for example the result of java's hashCode() function on the name of a form field, then the hash table data structure becomes very inefficient. ColdFusion uses some sort of hash table algorithm to store the