Christopher, I know you were not implying that. I said in my post that after writing the component that I realized their were design flaws. The problem lies in the init method. It should not be mandatory to initialize dbtypes and dsn if you are using getRandomColor(). Your comments were positive and any comments that are not meant as an attack are always good for everyone. I was just stating that other people have asked me about the point to the article, examples, and other ideas that I need to follow the post with.
Thank You Dan On 12/28/06, Christopher Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dan, > I'm not saying your solution is bad, I just couldn't think of what > problem it would be the solution to. As we've discussed in other posts, > I understand why some consumer sites would need this sort of thing. > That's all. I don't think it needs a better design. I haven't really > given thought to that matter to begin with. I hope I didn't give you the > impression that I thought the design was bad or in some way flawed. I > just couldn't see the need before, but I do now. :o) > > Cheers, > Chris > > Dan Vega wrote: > > Christopher, > > Thanks for the feedback. I will try to come up with a better designed > > solution and some more examples of where and why to use it. > > > > Thanks! > > > > On 12/28/06, Christopher Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Yeah, shopping sites was the example I thought of half way through my > >> post. Like when amazon shows me random products that I might like... > >> that sort of thing. I suppose it's because I don't spend time writing > >> consumer sites that I forget things like that. I'm currently working on > >> a scheduling program for what amounts to a temp agency. No randomness > >> needed... well, not as far as random table rows goes. :o) > >> > >> Cheers, > >> Chris > >> > >> Snake wrote: > >> > >>> That brings back some memories. > >>> I actually wrote a banner system once, and I believe the method I used > >>> > >> back > >> > >>> then, was to query all the primary keys, then pick a random row from > the > >>> query, extract the primary key and selectthat record. > >>> This was many years ago back in the days of CF4 though :-) > >>> > >>> Russ > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: Dan Vega [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> Sent: 28 December 2006 22:17 > >>> To: CF-Talk > >>> Subject: Re: random cfc > >>> > >>> Christopher, > >>> Please remember that I am asking these same questions so there is no > >>> > >> such > >> > >>> thing as ignorance just different perspectives. With that being said I > >>> > >> would > >> > >>> read the two posts because even if you do not need the random cfc they > >>> > >> are > >> > >>> very good articles. Here is a situation where you would need a random > >>> > >> row. > >> > >>> You could use it in a banner ad program where you just want to display > a > >>> random ad, or a shopping cart where you want to show a random product > >>> > >> from > >> > >>> the products table. Maybe you would even like to customize it for our > >>> shopping cart application. Lets say we have a featured flag in our > >>> > >> products > >> > >>> table, you could add to that > >>> > >>> and featured = 1 > >>> > >>> Now on our home page instead of writing a featuredProduct rotator > >>> > >> component > >> > >>> we can just grab a random row. These are just ideas but who knows, > maybe > >>> someone else can make use of it. I needed it for a specific reason > that > >>> > >> I am > >> > >>> not at liberty to share. Feedback is always welcome so thank you for > >>> > >> your > >> > >>> thoughts Christopher! > >>> > >>> Dan Vega > >>> > >>> On 12/28/06, Christopher Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>> Okay. I'm gonna show some ignorance here. Ready? Good. :oP > >>>> > >>>> I read your blog entry, Dan, and the entire CFC. I did not read > either > >>>> of the other two blog articles you mentioned (so maybe that's where > >>>> this ignorance is coming from). I understand how your code works. > >>>> That's not my problem. > >>>> > >>>> uh... what's the point? Why would you want to get a random row from a > >>>> table? > >>>> > >>>> Okay, to be fare, I just thought of one reason. So maybe there are > >>>> > >> more. > >> > >>>> Are there folks out there clamoring for the ability to get a random > >>>> rows, random directories and random colors? > >>>> > >>>> Random strings and numbers I see more use for, but there are already > >>>> plenty of UDFs written that can obtain a random string of characters > >>>> (numbers included). > >>>> > >>>> I guess I just don't understand. There must be a reason I'm missing. > >>>> Help me. :o) > >>>> > >>>> Cheers, > >>>> Chris > >>>> > >>>> Dan Vega wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> All, > >>>>> I just created a quick and dirty random cfc component and a quick > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> posting to > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> go with it. I could really use some feedback on how to split it up > >>>>> if > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> anyone > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>> gets a chance. > >>>>> > >>>>> http://www.danvega.org/blog/index.cfm/2006/12/28/Random-CFC > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> http://www.cjordan.info > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:265278 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
