I would never dream of abandoning ColdFusion over one bug or feature that I didn't like. It is still, by far and away, my favorite platform for creating web applications. I will continue, as I have in the past, singing it's praises to colleagues and co-workers. In fact, I have convinced my previous two employers to switch from other platforms to ColdFusion, and I will continue to do so if I have the opportunity in the future.
I was just pissed off to discover that the bulit-in client-side validation now functions in a way that I think is illogical, especially since it affects a bunch of my old code. I've cooled off a bit now and have convinced myself that I'll be better off writing my own custom validation wherever necessary. However, if anyone from Adobe is reading this, I would still say that this is something that definitely needs to be revisited for the next major release of CF. I should also add that aside from the telephone, numeric, integer, and float validation functions, I have not run into any issues. I will continue to use <cfform> elements, as they are often an extremely useful shortcut for mundane JavaScript code. - Justin >That was one hell of a rant. I started using Perl as my first web dynamic >language back in college. That being said and for everyone who feels the >pain of Perl, you will be in regex hell for your stay in Hotel Perl Mod. >What I did get from Perl was the positive side of regex, I use regex to >validate cfform controls. > >I agree with the usage of commas, but I have plenty of financial clients >that will disagree with you on the integer. Commas are just a >presentational way of showing large numbers more legibly. I do not advocate >allowing the entering of number and I provide both client side and server >side validation for any user entered information. > >Your complaint is valid, but there are plenty of ways to go around it. > >I do not expect the CF language to have a validation, function or tag that >will magically solve every issue. What I do expect and CF has always >provided is the ability to combine all of the features of CF to accomplish >them. CF has so many ways to approach a solution that people can get lost >in translation. > >I hope that you do not use a cfform validation as your reason to leave the >realm of ColdFusion. ColdFusion is still the easiest way to achieve a lot >in a short amount of time. > >Teddy > > >On 9/5/06, Justin Holzer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:252314 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
