I recall there being some change in the way ints are handled between the two
versions (4.0 & 4.5). I can't remember the specifics but your symptoms point
to that as being a likely suspect. Anyone who knows the details care to
elaborate?
Steve
> -----Original Message-----
> From: C. Hatton Humphrey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 12 April 2001 16:54
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: RE: FormatBaseN Blowing up
>
>
> But why would this work with CF Server 4.0 and not in 4.5? There is no
> change in the code or OS?
>
> Thanks!
> Hatton
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 11:36 AM
> > To: CF-Talk
> > Subject: Re: FormatBaseN Blowing up
> >
> >
> > FormatBaseN() will only work on an integer. Look at this
> article for more
> > info on it.
> > http://www.fusionauthority.com/alert/index.cfm?alertid=30#tech1
> > http://www.houseoffusion.com/hof/datatype.cfm
> >
> >
> > > Hi folks,
> > >
> > > Okay, off the thought ramble for a moment and on to something more
> > pressing
> > > and less theoretical.
> > >
> > > Yesterday our network admin updated one of the servers. The hardware
> > > upgrade was necessary and the server needed cleaning. The web
> > server was
> > > changed from Netscape Enterprise server to IIS4.0 and the CF
> Server went
> > > from 4.0 to 4.5.1. We thought we had all the problems ironed out, but
> > > apparently there's some interesting differences.
> > >
> > > The one I'm dealing with right now has to do with the FormatBaseN
> > funciton.
> > > Here's the code in question:
> > >
> > > <!--- get the current system time --->
> > > <cfset systime=#DateFormat(now(),"yyyymmdd")# &
> > > #TimeFormat(now(),"hhmmss")#>
> > > <cfset systime_orig=systime>
> > >
> > > <!--- now scramble it up --->
> > > <cfset length=len(systime)>
> > > <!---<cfoutput>#systime#<br></cfoutput>--->
> > > <cfloop index="i" from=1 to=#length#>
> > > <cfset ran1=RandRange(1,length)>
> > > <cfset ran2=RandRange(1,length)>
> > > <cfset token1=#mid(systime,ran1,1)#>
> > > <cfset token2=#mid(systime,ran2,1)#>
> > >
> > > <cfset systime=#removeChars(systime,ran1,1)#>
> > > <cfset systime=Replace(systime," ","","ALL")>
> > > <cfset systime=#Ljustify(systime,14)#>
> > > <cfset systime=#insert(token2,systime,ran1)#>
> > >
> > > <cfset systime=#removeChars(systime,ran2,1)#>
> > > <cfset systime=Replace(systime," ","","ALL")>
> > > <cfset systime=#Ljustify(systime,14)#>
> > > <cfset systime=#insert(token1,systime,ran2)#>
> > > </cfloop>
> > > <cfset systime=Replace(systime," ","","ALL")>
> > > <cfoutput>#systime# Len: #len(systime)#<br>
> > > #int(systime)# - #val(systime)# - #NumberFormat(systime)# -
> > > #IsNumeric(systime)#<br>
> > > #int(systime_orig)# - #val(systime_orig)# -
> > #NumberFormat(systime_orig)# -
> > > #IsNumeric(systime_orig)#
> > > <cfset base16_systime=#FormatBaseN(systime,16)#>
> > > <cfset base36_systime=#formatBaseN(systime_orig,36)#>
> > > <br>
> > > #base16_systime# - #base36_systime#
> > > </cfoutput>
> > > <cfabort> (This is here to stop further processing while I'm
> fixing it)
> > >
> > > On the Netscape server, the output is:
> > > 20150031924110 Len: 14
> > > 2.01500319241E+013 - 2.01500319241E+013 - 20,150,031,924,110 - YES
> > > 2.00104121051E+013 - 2.00104121051E+013 - 20,010,412,105,139 - YES
> > > 8b7ebb8e - 2my27n
> > >
> > > The IIS Server gets the following:
> > > 11410401429203 Len: 14
> > > 1.14104014292E+013 - 1.14104014292E+013 - 11,410,401,429,203 - YES
> > > 2.00104121049E+013 - 2.00104121049E+013 - 20,010,412,104,932 - YES
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > --
> > > ----
> > > Error Occurred While Processing Request
> > > Error Diagnostic Information
> > >
> > > An error occurred while evaluating the expression:
> > >
> > > base16_systime=#FormatBaseN(systime,16)#
> > >
> > > Error near line 56, column 7.
> > >
> >
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > --
> > > ----
> > > Parameter 1 of function FormatBaseN which is now
> > "11410401429203" must be
> > an
> > > integer
> > >
> > > Any ideas or suggestions?
> > >
> > > TIA
> > > Hatton Humphrey
> > >
> > >
> > >
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