Just a wish list,no need to pick it apart, but my respones are inline :) Jeffry Houser wrote: > At 09:55 PM 4/22/2002 -0400, you wrote: > >>Trying to stay out of NeoLand...here is my wishlist: >> >>1. Integrated client-side file uploading tool, that is not an applet or >>aciveX. Probably meaning it would have to be Flash. > > > What is wrong with <input type="file" name="MyFile">? It is not an > applet nor activeX. >
No ability to use a progressbar. Multi-file uploading is a pain. Visual styling is very limited. I use XFile from SoftArtisans, and like it very much, but it's ActiveX, so it wont work in Netscape. Javascript file:// validation does not work in NS4. > > >>2. A multi-server in memory variable scope. If the site has multiple >>servers, and even if the content is being served by different servers >>between requests, I want to be able to set a variable that is tied to >>that user, and be able to read it on any server. > > > Are there any systems in existence where two separate systems can share > the same RAM? What is wrong with using Client Variables for this purpose? Putting a CF front end on Java's RMI, unless there is an RMI replacement in Javaland now, would be how I'd try to do this. I'm thinking conceptually the system would work similar to Windows networking when you dont set up a Wins server. There is a floating master computer/address list that is designated at runtime by the machines. Don't say SOAP either, I want efficiency. >>4. Make CFQuery more powerful...I wan't the ability to scroll up and >>down through recordsets. I want the ability to have recordsets be >>updated with new data from the database without having to requery. > > > I don't understand this request. cfquery is a tag that sends SQL text to > a datasource and creates a query object (I.E. an array of structures). It > doesn't have anything to do with the display of data. It is easy to make a > 'forward next' interface for scrolling through data lists if you need to, > and ColdFusion provides features to do this in the cfoutput and cfloop tag. > > I do not know how they would implement a way to update a database without > executing a query. It's like asking me to modify a text file without > accessing the file in any way. > Err see ADO, it does all that and more. Actually look at any db api, except ColdFusion's. CFQuery/CfStoredProc's simplicity is nice, but very limiting. > >>7. CF applications certified by Macromedia? I don't know if there would >>be much of a call for it, but I do know that there are times when I >>don't want to reinvent to wheel, and want to go buy a pre-built >>application. If the code isn't available for me to quickly peruse, it's >>impossible otherwise to tell if the application is worth buying. I've >>been burned a few times after buying a program and the source code is a >>pile of junk with a pretty interface. > > > Doesn't the developer's exchange provide this feature? ( Although > applications do not get certified by Macromedia ). > No, I mean a Macromedia seal of approval. The same way Microsoft certifies drivers. For example, I'd be willing to spend a few more bucks on a Macromedia certified forum software. I'd like to know that Macromedia looked at the code, and thinks it will scale, and there are no blatant security problems. jon ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
