Sean, I wasn't denying that there was more than just those tags I'd listed. In the next paragraph I said:
> There are a handful of functions (authentication, locale-specific, and a > couple others) as well as just a few other issues that, again, we're working > on for 3.1. And support for more CFMX features is coming in 4. For more on > compatibility, see ... The few items you listed as continuing issues were among those I was referring to above. I know you're just trying to ensure that each side is represented completely. I was relying on the document to explain the issues rather than draw it out here. My focus mostly has been to communicate the issues that may not be as obviously answered in the docs (or perhaps just not sought as likely by most people) such as getting folks to appreciate the architectural and other differences. And I wasn't trying to hide what isn't in the free edition (which are a handful of connectivity tags). It just didn't seem relevant to the discussion. And even Ben has often pointed out how 80% of people use only 20% of tags, or something to that effect. Indeed, Allaire's CF Express had limitations, too. But we allow way more than it did, including: CFCACHE, CFCONTENT, CFDIRECTORY, CFERROR, CFFILE, CFFORM/CFINPUT, and CFHEADER to name just a few. Heck, Express didn't even allow CFMAIL. (For those interested in more about what CF Express didn't allow, see http://www.macromedia.com/v1/documents/cf4/acrobatdocs/40langrefe.pdf.) So really, I think most people would find the free Server edition to be more than adequate for most CFML apps. But, again, it's clearly not our raison d'etre. It's just a solution to help preserve the vitality of CFML for those who can't afford $1300 for CF 5 or MX, or $549 for our Server JX product (which besides adding those tags you mentioned also allows running JSPs alongside CFML templates and lots of other MX-like J2EE-based features.) /charlie > -----Original Message----- > From: Sean A Corfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, June 14, 2003 9:46 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: ColdFusion 5 Trial > > > On Saturday, Jun 14, 2003, at 08:09 US/Pacific, Charlie Arehart wrote: > > Right, BlueDragon currently lacks support for Verity, Crystal Reports, > > CFASSOCIATE, CFAUTHENTICATE, CFIMPERSONATE, CFAPPLET, and CFGRID tags. > > If > > you need those, BD is not currently a solution for you. > > There's also quite a few attributes on other tags that are not > supported - see the compatibility guide on New Atlanta's website. Also > note that there are several features not available in the free server > edition that are only available in the JX edition (some features) or > the full J2EE edition. > > For example, the free edition does not support: cfexecute, cfgraph, > cfschedule, cfservlet, cfservletparam or cfwddx and none of the > editions support cfobject type="COM". See: > > http://www.newatlanta.com/products/bluedragon/product_info/ > cfml_tag_support.cfm > > There's a myriad incompatibilities that may or may not be important to > developers including: > - cfapplication always requires name= > - cfquery does not auto-escape single quotes > (I suspect a lot of CF5 code relies on this) > - cfregistry does not actually access the Windows registry > - cookies cannot be created by cfset - you must use cfcookie > > Sean A Corfield -- http://www.corfield.org/blog/ > > "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." > -- Margaret Atwood > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
