1. Even though the subject is the same, each post was different.
2. Its been fixed.
3. Try not to 'yell' it in the future. A simple email to me will get just as
good a result.
> STOP SENDING THE SAME ISSUE #124 100 TIMES!!!!
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CF-Talk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, November 17, 2000 6:24 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: CF-Talk V1 #124
>
>
> CF-Talk Fri, 17 Nov 2000 Volume 1 : Number
> 124
>
> In this issue:
>
> RE: Automatically Terminating Sessions
> Re: weird error
> RE: [cd-rom based applications]
> Re: How To Determine Logged In Users
> Real Life Math Computations....
> RE: Real Life Math Computations....
> Re: PCodeDocumentNodeImp::validateSelf
> RE: Real Life Math Computations....
> RE: Real Life Math Computations....
> RE: Real Life Math Computations....
>
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 10:18:31 GMT
> From: "Michael Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: Automatically Terminating Sessions
> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> 1 thing comes to mind & thats the OnUnLoad event handler in javascript.
This
> usually goes into the <body> tag specified iwthin your HTML pages. You
could
> have this setup to open a new window on Unload like you've probably seen a
> thousand sites do. In this case the popup window/page would only contain
the
> cf code to kill the session.
>
> If your really slick just have the page contain one line of javascript
code
> which would access the close() method of the window object, so that once
the
> page popups it will kill the session & the window at the same time. This
> would happen so fast that most users wouldnt even see the window popup in
> the 1st place. Good luck.
>
>
>
> >From: "Paul Mone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >To: CF-Talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: RE: Automatically Terminating Sessions
> >Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 22:17:09 -0800
> >
> >If you're that concerned about ghost sessions, maybe you should lower the
> >timeout length.
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: AustralianAccommodation.com Pty. Ltd.
> >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> >Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 2:44 PM
> >To: CF-Talk
> >Subject: Automatically Terminating Sessions
> >
> >
> >I do not have a logout facility in my cf site and all sessions stay
active
> >until there has been 30 minutes in inactivity and then the session times
> >out.
> >
> >Are there any ways of terminating a session based on the user closing the
> >browser or else leaving the site and visiting another site. ??? I also
need
> >to action some script when ever the session has been terminated so this
> >script will need to be incorporated in what ever termination process
there
> >is available. I do not want to simply have a logout button as this is
> >relying on the user to log out which many will not be bothered doing
> >
> >any ideas as always would be greatly appreciated
> >
> >
> >Kind Regards
> >
> >Claude Raiola (Director)
> >AustralianAccommodation.com Pty. Ltd.
> >Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >Developers Of:
> > Website: www.AustralianAccommodation.com
> > Website: www.AccommodationNewZealand.com
> >
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> Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 10:21:57 GMT
> From: "Michael Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: weird error
> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Only thing I can say is to perhaps incorporate a default parameter within
> the page like so:
>
> <cfparam name="Month" default="blah" type="date">
>
> At least this would stop the error from happening on those rare occassions
> as you say.
>
>
> >From: "Jon Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >To: CF-Talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: weird error
> >Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 14:06:15 -0500
> >
> >I have a form field on a site with two select boxes for month and year.
For
> >some strange reason, on odd occasions the select boxes fields do not get
> >posted. I cannot for the life of me recreate this error.
> >The only odd thing I can see is the browser is listed as Cold Fusion
> >4.0...?
> >
> >jon
> >
> >Error resolving parameter MONTH
> >ColdFusion was unable to determine the value of the parameter. This
problem
> >is very likely due to the fact that either:
> >
> > 1.. You have misspelled the parameter name, or
> > 2.. You have not specified a QUERY attribute for a CFOUTPUT, CFMAIL,
or
> >CFTABLE tag.
> >The error occurred while evaluating the expression:
> >
> > expdate = "#month##year#"
> >The error occurred while processing an element with a general identifier
of
> >(CFSET), occupying document position (2:1) to (2:33).
> >
> >Date/Time: 11/15/00 09:15:37
> > >>Browser: ColdFusion 4.0<<
> >Remote Address: 216.136.29.251
> >Template: e:\www\cookbrothers.com\shoppingcart\order\completeorder.cfm
> >
> >
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> Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 10:49:51 -0000
> From: "Neil Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: RE: [cd-rom based applications]
> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Okay, yep the best way to do this is to use MM Director with Intergration
> New Media's [http://www.integration.qc.ca/] database plugin 'V12DBE' ver.
3
> I think. I did quite a complex recruitment type thing on a CD - worked
> really well. I could do all my DB stuff in access and then import it into
> V12's custom DB and then use that.. was a little unstable but that was
V12
> ver 2 so maybe they have fixed it.
>
> Neil
>
> ------------------------------
>
> Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 10:46:41 GMT
> From: "Michael Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: How To Determine Logged In Users
> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Indeed encrypting & decrypting your cookies data is the way to go if
indeed
> you use cookies for storing sensative information. Creating an algorithm
of
> your own means would be preferred.
>
>
> >From: "Justin Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >To: CF-Talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: Re: How To Determine Logged In Users
> >Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 14:16:25 -0800
> >
> > > Actually, the way I do it is set a cookie. Then at the top of all the
> >pages
> > > that are "login" protected, I check for the cookie.. if it exists I
know
> > > they are logged in since the cookie can't be set unless they are
> > > successfully login.
> >
> >What type of cookie do you set? The biggest mistake I see people make
with
> >session management is just setting a Member_ID cookie that holds their
> >record ID, or a "loggedin" cookie, or some other very insecure means.
> >
> >The problem with doing this is that using some very crafty perl script,
or
> >even something as simple as the a cookie editor, someone could crack into
> >your site and get personal/confidential information, or even cause major
> >damage.
> >
> >The way to combat this is to make the session cookie something that
nobody
> >would be able to crack, like setting it with something like this...
> >
> >
> ><!--- Create the session value of doom. --->
> ><CFSET Variables.New_Session_ID = CreateUUID() & Right(GetTickCount(),
6)>
> ><!--- Assign it to the given user in the database for
authentication. --->
> ><CFQUERY DATASOURCE="#Variables.DS#">
> > UPDATE Member_Table SET Session_ID = '#Variables.New_Session_ID#'
> > WHERE Some_Condition = Met
> ></CFQUERY>
> ><!--- Set the session cookie (or session variable, take your pick) to
> >identify them. --->
> ><CFCOOKIE NAME="session_id" VALUE="#Variables.New_Session_ID#">
> >
> >
> >Using this method ensures that nobody will "spoof" the session cookie and
> >crack into your member pages. If anyone finds a flaw in that method,
> >please
> >let me know (cause I use it on lots of sites).
> >
> >_______________________________________
> >
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> >http://www.annex.com
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> Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 10:56:08 GMT
> From: "Michael Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Real Life Math Computations....
> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> There are a couple of built-in functions within Cold Fusion as well as
other
> languages like Javascript etc. etc. that Im curious about.
>
> My question is does anyone have any real world experience with any or all
of
> the following functions and if so where would I use these:
>
> Abs()
> ACos()
> ASin()
> Atn() (or otherwise referred to as Atan)
> Cos()
> Log()
> Pi()
> Sgn()
> Sin()
> Tan()
>
> Anyone have a real world example of these within a CF App??? And please
dont
> assume I have no math background or experience with these topics before
> hand. I just dont have an idea of where I would need any of these in an
> application of any sort.
>
> Sincerely,
> Mike T. Lakes
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> Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 11:04:32 -0000
> From: "Neil Clark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: RE: Real Life Math Computations....
> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Yep, I did an app that had some h-core animation in it and needed several
of
> these functions in JS and CF to calculate gravity, cusioning etc...
>
> N
>
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>
> Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 11:01:45 GMT
> From: "Michael Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: PCodeDocumentNodeImp::validateSelf
> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> As far as PCode goes, I have ran into my own lil scraps with that. It
> happened within a custom tag that manages my links database. Restarting
the
> server (which is 4.5.1) did the trick, but on occasion that ugly error
does
> rare its head. I once had this task scheduled but for that very reason it
no
> longer is.
>
>
> >From: David Cummins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >To: CF-Talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: Re: PCodeDocumentNodeImp::validateSelf
> >Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 11:45:55 +1300
> >
> >If it causes problems with them, then how are you supposed to use
Unicode?
> >That's what nvarchars are for...
> >
> >Paul Mone wrote:
> > >
> > > Yeah, I stay away from nvarchar, etc. for the same reason. What is
the
> > > benefit of using nvarchar over varchar (if any). i.e. why does it
> >exist?
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Michael Ross [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 12:14 PM
> > > To: CF-Talk
> > > Subject: Re: PCodeDocumentNodeImp::validateSelf
> > >
> > > I got the pcode error when my variables in SQL 7.0 were nvarchar,
ntext
> >and
> > > such. Once I changed them(varchar, text) it worked.
> > >
> > > thanks
> > >
> > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 11/12/00 08:36PM >>>
> > > On 11/13/00, David Cummins penned:
> > > >I've seen it once before. Damned if I know - I think its an internal
> >error.
> > > >
> > > >BTW, does anybody know how to find anything on the Allaire site? I
hear
> > > >references to a search that works properly, but I've never seen a
> > > >description of
> > > >a PCode error yet on their site.
> > >
> > > The only thing I found in the knowledge base basically said there's
> > > no way to determine what they are. You can do some things that will
> > > help you guess, and do some registry hacks in 4.51 that will cause CF
> > > server to restart. But I'm using 4.01 since 4.51 is such crap. I just
> > > restarted CF server and it went away. I'm using the same custom tag,
> > > that the PCode message said caused the error, under multiple sites
> > > and it only happened on the one, so it seems to be a random thing.
> > > --
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> > >
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> Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 11:07:23 -0000
> From: "Jason Lees (National Express)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: RE: Real Life Math Computations....
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> I have used the ABS function, its Idea for displaying or totaling data
> without worring about the sign.
>
> EG to display the -2375 without a sign use #ABS(-2375)#.
>
>
> Jason Lees
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Thomas [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 17 November 2000 10:56
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Real Life Math Computations....
>
>
> There are a couple of built-in functions within Cold Fusion as well as
other
>
> languages like Javascript etc. etc. that Im curious about.
>
> My question is does anyone have any real world experience with any or all
of
>
> the following functions and if so where would I use these:
>
> Abs()
> ACos()
> ASin()
> Atn() (or otherwise referred to as Atan)
> Cos()
> Log()
> Pi()
> Sgn()
> Sin()
> Tan()
>
> Anyone have a real world example of these within a CF App??? And please
dont
>
> assume I have no math background or experience with these topics before
> hand. I just dont have an idea of where I would need any of these in an
> application of any sort.
>
> Sincerely,
> Mike T. Lakes
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> Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 11:07:17 -0000
> From: "DeVoil, Nick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: RE: Real Life Math Computations....
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> Well I've never used any of the other ones, but I've often used Abs()
> in straightforward business applications.
>
> One use that springs to mind is in securities trading, where if you've
> bought say 5 million, your position is "long 5 million", and if you've
> sold 5 million your position is "short 5 million". You might store these
> in the database as 5000000 and -5000000 respectively but use Abs() when
> displaying them as positive numbers in different columns.
>
> Similarly in presenting financial accounts, you want to put a negative
> number in brackets, not with a minus sign in front.
>
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> Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 11:12:31 GMT
> From: "Michael Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: Real Life Math Computations....
> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Excellent post!!! This is exactly what I wanted to know. Between this &
the
> last post I can get a good grasp on Abs(), now for the other ones. Thanks.
> ^_^
>
> >From: "DeVoil, Nick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >To: CF-Talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Subject: RE: Real Life Math Computations....
> >Date: Fri, 17 Nov 2000 11:07:17 -0000
> >
> >Well I've never used any of the other ones, but I've often used Abs()
> >in straightforward business applications.
> >
> >One use that springs to mind is in securities trading, where if you've
> >bought say 5 million, your position is "long 5 million", and if you've
> >sold 5 million your position is "short 5 million". You might store these
> >in the database as 5000000 and -5000000 respectively but use Abs() when
> >displaying them as positive numbers in different columns.
> >
> >Similarly in presenting financial accounts, you want to put a negative
> >number in brackets, not with a minus sign in front.
> >
> >Nick
> >
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