Great answers. Thanks very much !
----- Original Message ----- From: "Justin Scott" <[email protected]> To: "cf-talk" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 4:58 AM Subject: RE: ColdFusion - facts > >> Are there any disadvantages in using Coldfusion for a >> web-based shopping catalogue ? > > That depends on the skill of the programmer using it. This is about like > asking if there are any disadvantages in using a particular brand of > hammer > to sink a nail. How big is the nail? What's it being sunk into? Who's > using it? ColdFusion can make an excellent platform on which to build an > e-commerce system, but like any other tool, it can be used poorly as well. > You can say that about nearly any programming language though. > >> Does CF replace ASP, Javascript/VBscript and flatfiles ? > > ColdFusion can be used in place of ASP and other web-specific languages. > JavaScript and VBScript are primarily client-side technology, so no, > ColdFusion doesn't replace them (ColdFusion is server-side). "Flatfiles" > implies data storage. You *can* use flatfiles in conjunction with > ColdFusion, but it's much more powerful when connected to a relational > database that supports SQL. > >> Is there a dependancy between Coldfusion and MySQL ? > > No. ColdFusion can be used with a wide variety of database platforms > including MySQL, SQL Server, Access, Oracle, etc. ColdFusion doesn't > *require* a database, but it is designed with database interaction in > mind. > > > -- > Justin Scott | GravityFree > Member of the Technical Staff > > 1960 Stickney Point Road, Suite 210 > Sarasota | FL | 34231 | 800.207.4431 > 941.927.7674 x115 | f 941.923.5429 > www.GravityFree.com > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:321164 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
