On 11/28/05, Stan Winchester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Douglas, Thanks for the feedback!
np...hey, DreamWeaver users already have this functionality. Do you use DWMX? > > I just had a duh experience; I'll make the username/password optional as it > should be. > > "DataSource RootURL" is a typo, I'll change it to read "RootURL" > > Why should I pass the DSN to the CFC and use the request scope? I based this > wizard off chapters in the CFMX Bible. CFMX Bible, you say? Blasphemy! Heresy! ha! J/K It is excepted practise to never use vars outside the CFC. > > I've never seen a forum that allows anonymous posts, and it does concern me a > bit. Maybe I could setup an "anonymous user" account, and make it an option > for a future release. If i were to add just a post or two for quick feedback and not want to be involved, anonymous would be good. > > I'll make max_id an option and also provide for autonumber. What is a > sequenced primary key; is that like autonumber? Should I make that an option > too? No relation to autonumber, but in effect its the same thing, just not automagik. have to access it like so sequencename.nextval > > As my of my clients are small businesses/non-profits, so I've never had to > use Oracle. I guess I need to put it on my dev server. > > As I have worked on our forums, shopping cart and other apps we are selling I > have found designing for cross platforms can be a pain, and there are > definite trade offs. Yeah, in this case, IMHO, I'd say Oracle support is not needed. Not many non-profs can afford it, eh? Of course there is Oracle Express now. Even so, depends on who your target audience will be eventually. Either way me thinks this will be a difficult thing to cover, not all PKs are sequences, auto numbers, or even numbers. But then if this is used for maintenance/lookup tables that have such things, a wonderful wizard!!!! DK > > >ah, ok. Neat idea. Some things to consider. > >I never use a uid/password in my cfquery tags, why require these in > >this wizard? > >The above form requiring uid/pwd for a DSN is required after you have > >browsed for a particular DSN to use. > >The above form has a field 'DataSource RootURL', shouldn't this > >actually be something like 'URL to Root of Application'? I thought it > >wanted the JDBC url or something. > >Should really pass in the DSN to the CFC, not access the request scope > >from within the CFC. > >Allow anonymous posts on your forum :) > >Looks cool and very helpful, a bit of a way to go to support different > >DBs though, eh? For instance, we use Oracle. For numeric sequenced > >primary keys, we use a sequence. No need for computing max id to get > >the next one. But then this must be a tricky part to make universal > >code for, eh? > > > >DK > > > > > > > >On 11/27/05, Stan Winchester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:225446 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
