> Largely compatible does not mean compatible. I had to make a > bunch of changes just upgrading from 7 to 8.
I'm sorry to hear that. However, the vast majority of syntax is the same, and there are plenty of CF applications written for 5 and earlier that will simply run, as is, on CF 8. And, of course, there's a huge difference between "making a bunch of changes" and REWRITING YOUR ENTIRE APPLICATION. > Are you saying that you can't run classic asp sites on IIS 6/7? I'm saying that Microsoft created a CF competitor, found it wanting, and replaced it with something completely different. People who invested their time and effort learning classic ASP had to essentially throw that knowledge away to build new applications with the new tools Microsoft provided. Overnight, Microsoft turned the value of knowing ASP into something like the value of knowing COBOL - great for maintaining applications, not so great for building new applications. I guess those ASP people could ask for their money back, though. That is obviously not the case with CF. There are new things to know about CF 8, of course, but you write CFQUERY, CFOUTPUT, etc the same in CF 8 as you would in CF 3. I've been teaching the official CF curriculum since CF 3. It's amazing how much of it hasn't changed! > CFC's are largely a new language that was totally not > available in 4.5 and so are functions. I don't remember when > CFSCRIPT was added, but that's pretty much a new language. The addition of new features has nothing to do with continued support of existing features. To use any of these new features, you can integrate new code into your existing code base at your own pace. If you have a classic ASP application, and you want to add some nifty ASP.NET functionality (user controls, code-behind, etc) you have to REWRITE YOUR ENTIRE APPLICATION. If you fail to see the difference, you are either blind or you bill by the hour. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Training: Adobe/Google/Paperthin Certified Partners http://training.figleaf.com/ WebManiacs 2008: the ultimate conference for CF/Flex/AIR developers! http://www.webmaniacsconference.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:298495 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
