RE: SUSPECT: RE: slow Java call - Determining physical length of string - Pt 2
Why don't you use _javascript_ to return the width? Or is it supposed to
run serverside?
script type=text/_javascript_
function stringMetrics(str){
var tmp = document.createElement(SPAN);
tmp.appendChild(document.createTextNode(str));
tmp.style.display = 'none';
document.body.appendChild(tmp);
alert(tmp.offsetWidth);
}
/script
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RE: BLACKSTONE: Software Development Times Article
Competition is good. competition is good. ;) Micha Schopman Software Engineer Modern Media, Databankweg 12 M, 3821 ALAmersfoort Tel 033-4535377, Fax 033-4535388 KvK Amersfoort 39081679, Rabo 39.48.05.380 [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Re: Lightweight CMS
Macromedia contribute comes to mind On Wed, 18 Aug 2004 18:35:13 -0700, Matt Robertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ContentMonger Lite is free and includes a wysiwyg editor, revision control and a lot of other stuff. http://mysecretbase.com/CMLite_Home.cfm -- --Matt Robertson-- MSB Designs, Inc. mysecretbase.com [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Re: Lightweight CMS
can you do a simple admin panel for them to use, like the ones above i presume, ive been using cf for about a month and ive just done an admin panel which i found quite a challenge but i will use these a lot for work. i can edit the data in the table or editable region and del/add stuff to it aswell. we do this for companies that want to update every week, but the updates arent worth us doing cos its not enough to charge them for. hope i helped in my essay of useless info. James [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Double Negative way of making decisions? Good?
I've been taking a look at ContentMonger LiteCMS system, mentioned elsewhere today by Matt Robertson (http://mysecretbase.com/CMLite_Home.cfm), and I notice a lot of the decisions in the code are made by what seems to be a double negative for me.Quite confusing until I got used to it.Is there any performance or other advantage to doing it the way Matt does it, or is it just a matter of style? For example, ContentMonger has this: cfif not Compare(GetItem.SecureDisplay,Y) . Stuff . /cfif Where I'd be more likely to put this: cfif GetItem.SecureDisplay EQ Y . Stuff . /cfif If it's just a matter of style, that's no problem, although I think my way is more readable and more readily understood, but if there is any other reason to do it Matt's way I've got an awful lot of revision of code to do!! Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia AFP Webworks http://afpwebworks.com [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
RE: Double Negative way of making decisions? Good?
Don't think there is any real performance advantage, its just coder preference... But Matt's way IMHO is incorrect in this instance as Compare can return 3 results and Matt is checking for a Boolean. Compare can return -1,0 or 1 which is not Boolean. _ From: Michael Kear [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 August 2004 11:24 To: CF-Talk Subject: Double Negative way of making decisions? Good? I've been taking a look at ContentMonger LiteCMS system, mentioned elsewhere today by Matt Robertson (http://mysecretbase.com/CMLite_Home.cfm), and I notice a lot of the decisions in the code are made by what seems to be a double negative for me.Quite confusing until I got used to it.Is there any performance or other advantage to doing it the way Matt does it, or is it just a matter of style? For example, ContentMonger has this: cfif not Compare(GetItem.SecureDisplay,Y) . Stuff . /cfif Where I'd be more likely to put this: cfif GetItem.SecureDisplay EQ Y . Stuff . /cfif If it's just a matter of style, that's no problem, although I think my way is more readable and more readily understood, but if there is any other reason to do it Matt's way I've got an awful lot of revision of code to do!! Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia AFP Webworks http://afpwebworks.com _ [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
RE: Double Negative way of making decisions? Good?
No, he is checking for a string, not a Boolean. Boolean is either 1/0 or true/false but not y or n. Micha Schopman Software Engineer Modern Media, Databankweg 12 M, 3821 ALAmersfoort Tel 033-4535377, Fax 033-4535388 KvK Amersfoort 39081679, Rabo 39.48.05.380 [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Re: Access SQL Question
Qasim Rasheed wrote: I want to recursively delete descendants at all levels. Any thoughts? How about a self-referencing foreign key with ON DELETE CASCADE? Jochem [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
RE: Access SQL Question
Or,
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER OFF
GO
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
ALTERPROCEDURE dbo.upu_Instance_Delete
@InstanceIDint
AS
-- Variables
DECLARE@lCurrentID int
DECLARE@lError int
DECLARE@lInstanceIDint
DECLARE@lPreviousIDint
--Find Children and kill them all.
BEGIN TRAN trInstanceDelete
SET@lPreviousID = -1
SET@lCurrentID = 0
WHILE (@lCurrentID @lPreviousID) BEGIN
SET@lPreviousID = @lCurrentID
-- Volgende record ophalen
SELECT@lCurrentID= MIN
(I.InstanceID)
FROMInstance I
WHERE(I.ParentID = @InstanceID)
AND(I.InstanceID
@lPreviousID)
SET@lError = @@ERROR
IF (@lError 0) BEGIN
RAISERROR ('Fout bij ophalen
Instance! Fout: %d', 16, 1, @lError)
ROLLBACK TRAN trInstanceDelete
RETURN (-1)
END
-- Controleren of er een nieuwe gevonden is
SET@lCurrentID = ISNULL (@lCurrentID, 0)
IF ((@lCurrentID 0) AND (@lCurrentID
@lPreviousID)) BEGIN
-- Delete children
EXEC upu_Instance_Delete
@InstanceID = @lCurrentID
END
END
DELETEInstance
WHERE(InstanceID = @InstanceID)
SET@lError = @@ERROR
IF (@lError 0) BEGIN
RAISERROR ('Fout bij verwijderen instance! Fout:
%d', 16, 1, @lError)
ROLLBACK TRAN trInstanceDelete
RETURN (-1)
END
COMMIT TRAN trInstanceDelete
-- The End
RETURN (0)
GO
SET QUOTED_IDENTIFIER OFF
GO
SET ANSI_NULLS ON
GO
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Freelance
Hi All i would like to do freelance job in Coldfusion ,ASP how can i proceed,how i need to approch to get freelance job? if anybody intrest in giving freelance job i can send the prototype which i developed thanks in advance [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
RE: cfx_MyHelloColdFusion - SOLVED
Why not copy cfx.jar into your development directory e.g. c:\java ?,
your'e comamnd line would then be much shorter
in c:\java, just type javac -classpath cfx.jar MyHelloColdFusion.java
somewhat easier yes? Then just move the compiled class file to wherever
you want it.
-Original Message-
From: joe velez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: 18 August 2004 22:12
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Re: cfx_MyHelloColdFusion - SOLVED
holy crap!!! the compiling is fixed.
i tried this at the command line:
javac -classpath CFusionMX\lib\cfx.jar
c:\CFusionMX\wwwroot\WEB-INF\classes\MyHelloColdFusion.java
when it should be
javac -classpath c:\CFusionMX\lib\cfx.jar
c:\CFusionMX\wwwroot\WEB-INF\classes\MyHelloColdFusion.java
i forgot the drive letter in the classpath .. DOH!!!
i may be back :)
thanks for responding so quickly!
- joe
Joe,
It appears as though you the cfx.jar is not in your class path.This
JAR
contains all of the interface classes that the ColdFusion Server uses
to
connect to your Java CFX.
For CFMX this can be located in the lib subdirectory of your server
installation.
For CF 5 you can locate this in the Java subdirectory of your server
installation.
rish
-Original Message-
From: joe velez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2004 4:01 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: CFX_MyHelloColdFusion
Hi -
Trying the most basic cfx tag to see if i can get one working.
When I try to compile the .java file (copied from ) i get the following
errors
MyHelloColdFusion.java [11:1] package com.allaire.cfx does not exist
import com.allaire.cfx.* ;
^
MyHelloColdFusion.java [13:1] cannot resolve symbol
symbol: class CustomTag
location: class MyHelloColdFusion
public class MyHelloColdFusion implements CustomTag {
^
MyHelloColdFusion.java [14:1] cannot resolve symbol
symbol: class Request
location: class MyHelloColdFusion
public void processRequest( Request request, Response response )
^
MyHelloColdFusion.java [14:1] cannot resolve symbol
symbol: class Response
location: class MyHelloColdFusion
public void processRequest( Request request, Response response )
^
4 errors
Errors compiling MyHelloColdFusion.
JAVA FILE
import com.allaire.cfx.* ;
public class MyHelloColdFusion implements CustomTag {
public void processRequest( Request request, Response response )
throws Exception {
String strName = request.getAttribute( NAME ) ;
response.write( Hello, + strName ) ;
}
}
Ok, now i think the last 3 errors occur because of the first error, so
lets
start there.
How can i add the package or what do i need to do to get this working?
I'm runningCFMX 6,1,0,63958 on Win2K Server and the version info for
Java
is:
java version 1.4.2_04
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.4.2_04-b05)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.4.2_04-b05, mixed mode)
If anyone can help, thanks! If I can get this one working, I'm hoping
to
create my first real custom tag :)
Thanks
Joe
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RE: Double Negative way of making decisions? Good?
Ermunless I read it wrong he is using Compare and it is this which is comparing the string - The actual CFIF is checking for the value returned back from this Compare which is going to be -1,0,1 which is not Boolean.the code Matt listed is checking for a boolean value (well he is assuming its 1 or 0 / True / False). I am not sure how CF treats -1 - i.e. does it treat it as False?This is classic case of using ColdFusion's typelessness to your advantage. _ From: Micha Schopman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 August 2004 11:37 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Double Negative way of making decisions? Good? No, he is checking for a string, not a Boolean. Boolean is either 1/0 or true/false but not y or n. Micha Schopman Software Engineer Modern Media, Databankweg 12 M, 3821 ALAmersfoort Tel 033-4535377, Fax 033-4535388 KvK Amersfoort 39081679, Rabo 39.48.05.380 _ [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
RE: Double Negative way of making decisions? Good?
It treats zero as false, and the other two values as true.You can tell because the following both give the same result: cfif not Compare(Z,Y)Stuff/cfif cfif not Compare(Y,Z)Stuff/cfif while cfif not Compare(Y,Y)Other stuff/cfifgives a different result. For my money though, the fact that it's a double negative means it's sufficiently easy to get confused (for me anyway) and therefore to code round the wrong way, that I'm going to stick with CFIF variable NEQ Y. Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia AFP Webworks http://afpwebworks.com From: Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 19 August 2004 9:28 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Double Negative way of making decisions? Good? Ermunless I read it wrong he is using Compare and it is this which is comparing the string - The actual CFIF is checking for the value returned back from this Compare which is going to be -1,0,1 which is not Boolean.the code Matt listed is checking for a boolean value (well he is assuming its 1 or 0 / True / False). I am not sure how CF treats -1 - i.e. does it treat it as False? This is classic case of using ColdFusion's typelessness to your advantage. [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
escaping apostrphee in a select statement
Hi Guys, I'm passing a url variable a string/text that has a apostrphee in it. Ex: mytext = It's a test I'm escaping it like this: window.location.href = ""> I'm passing this url varialbe, url.txt to the select statement, I get an error: Incorrect syntax near apos;sapos;. Can someone show me how to get round this please. Best regards cfcoder [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
RE: Double Negative way of making decisions? Good?
The value -1 is treated as true (odd though, but yes it validates as true), you are right with the compare returnvalue, but I thought you meant the value y to be a Boolean value, If not.. erm.. oops .. need a beer? Micha Schopman Software Engineer Modern Media, Databankweg 12 M, 3821 ALAmersfoort Tel 033-4535377, Fax 033-4535388 KvK Amersfoort 39081679, Rabo 39.48.05.380 [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
RE: escaping apostrphee in a select statement
... bbzzz Crystal Ball warming up Bz... I see women... ... the show me code... in bikini's... .. do you have some example code to show us? :-) Micha Schopman Software Engineer Modern Media, Databankweg 12 M, 3821 ALAmersfoort Tel 033-4535377, Fax 033-4535388 KvK Amersfoort 39081679, Rabo 39.48.05.380 [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
RE: Double Negative way of making decisions? Good?
cf_historylesson Michael Dinowitz had written an article on this years ago. Apparently it was much faster to use Not compare() back during the CF3 and 4 days.I remember writing stuff like that then.The reasons for using it became less useful when CF5 came out since it ran considerably faster than older versions of CF and squeezing every last millisecond became far less important (at least for me) than writing more easily understood code, The original article can be found at: http://www.fusionauthority.com/alert/index.cfm?alertid=5#Tech2. (2000) Tom Nunamaker's article Nov 2002 on comparisons can be read here http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0MLU/is_11_4/ai_94550933/pg_1 /cf_historylesson Sandy _ From: Michael Kear [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 6:24 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Double Negative way of making decisions? Good? I've been taking a look at ContentMonger LiteCMS system, mentioned elsewhere today by Matt Robertson (http://mysecretbase.com/CMLite_Home.cfm), and I notice a lot of the decisions in the code are made by what seems to be a double negative for me.Quite confusing until I got used to it.Is there any performance or other advantage to doing it the way Matt does it, or is it just a matter of style? For example, ContentMonger has this: cfif not Compare(GetItem.SecureDisplay,Y) . Stuff . /cfif Where I'd be more likely to put this: cfif GetItem.SecureDisplay EQ Y . Stuff . /cfif If it's just a matter of style, that's no problem, although I think my way is more readable and more readily understood, but if there is any other reason to do it Matt's way I've got an awful lot of revision of code to do!! http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=40 [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Re: escaping apostrphee in a select statement
you what? what's your problem? are you a you clown or something? [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Re: escaping apostrphee in a select statement
you what? what's your problem? are you a clown or something? [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
RE: Double Negative way of making decisions? Good?
Yes,classic...-1 as true :-) _ From: Michael Kear [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 August 2004 12:47 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Double Negative way of making decisions? Good? It treats zero as false, and the other two values as true.You can tell because the following both give the same result: cfif not Compare(Z,Y)Stuff/cfif cfif not Compare(Y,Z)Stuff/cfif while cfif not Compare(Y,Y)Other stuff/cfifgives a different result. For my money though, the fact that it's a double negative means it's sufficiently easy to get confused (for me anyway) and therefore to code round the wrong way, that I'm going to stick with CFIF variable NEQ Y. Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia AFP Webworks http://afpwebworks.com From: Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 19 August 2004 9:28 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Double Negative way of making decisions? Good? Ermunless I read it wrong he is using Compare and it is this which is comparing the string - The actual CFIF is checking for the value returned back from this Compare which is going to be -1,0,1 which is not Boolean.the code Matt listed is checking for a boolean value (well he is assuming its 1 or 0 / True / False). I am not sure how CF treats -1 - i.e. does it treat it as False?This is classic case of using ColdFusion's typelessness to your advantage. _ [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Re: Double Negative way of making decisions? Good?
Compare can return -1,0 or 1 which is not Boolean. In almost any language, 0 is false and not 0 is true, boolean or not. Even in C which is strongly typed. -- ___ REUSE CODE! Use custom tags; See http://www.contentbox.com/claude/customtags/tagstore.cfm (Please send any spam to this address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Thanks. [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
RE: escaping apostrphee in a select statement
Can you provide is with example code so we can find out what is happening? Micha Schopman Software Engineer Modern Media, Databankweg 12 M, 3821 ALAmersfoort Tel 033-4535377, Fax 033-4535388 KvK Amersfoort 39081679, Rabo 39.48.05.380 [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
RE: escaping apostrphee in a select statement
Your original post wasn't very informative was it? It looks like you have -- page one - var myText = Show's some example code please; window.location.href = ''#URL.text#') /cfquery I'm guessing here... but you then get the error message that you have quoted cos the apostrophe is in the (escaped) _javascript_ url Here's what _javascript_ escape does ... http://www.devguru.com/Technologies/ecmascript/quickref/escape.html And you will probably find URLDecode or something or other a help If you gave us the actual code we could help further. as Micha was trying to.Well I better get back to my own work. -- dc [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Re: escaping apostrphee in a select statement
Incorrect syntax near apos;sapos;. This is weird, normally the escape function escapes characters as hexadecimals, not in HTML code. You should have get %27s%27 here. Are you sure your _javascript_ code does not redefine the escape function for something to escape characters as HTML codes? -- ___ REUSE CODE! Use custom tags; See http://www.contentbox.com/claude/customtags/tagstore.cfm (Please send any spam to this address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Thanks. [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Re: escaping apostrphee in a select statement
Try: mytext = It's a test window.location.href = ""> If you need to escape a ' inside of a string surrounded by ' marks, use \ (standard for ECMA escaping), i.e., 'This is Joe\'s example' -joe - Original Message - From: cf coder [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 07:51:19 -0400 Subject: escaping apostrphee in a select statement To: CF-Talk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Guys, I'm passing a url variable a string/text that has a apostrphee in it. Ex: mytext = It's a test I'm escaping it like this: window.location.href = ""> I'm passing this url varialbe, url.txt to the select statement, I get an error: Incorrect syntax near apos;sapos;. Can someone show me how to get round this please. Best regards cfcoder [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Re: escaping apostrphee in a select statement
ok, I'm passing the url variable to the stored procedure page two --- CFPROCPARAM TYPE=IN VALUE=#URLDecode(url.text)# DBVARNAME=@db_txt CFSQLTYPE=cf_sql_char This is when the error occurrs. When I execute the query in query analyser this is what the text looks like @db_txt = 'it''s a test' [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Re: escaping apostrphee in a select statement
VALUE=#URLDecode(url.text)# You don't have to URLDecode a string passed by URL, it is supposed to be decoded by the HTTP server when it receives the request. -- ___ REUSE CODE! Use custom tags; See http://www.contentbox.com/claude/customtags/tagstore.cfm (Please send any spam to this address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Thanks. [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Inserting into multiple tables
Dear list,
So here I am, at the last line of defence, so to speak: my first app is
due today!
Luckily, I'm nearly finished, but I have another stupid question for
you lot, my new favourite people.I'd like to insert values from an
insert form into two separate tables.I'm planning to use a SQL insert
like this:
CFQUERY datasource=myDatasource
INSERT INTO tasks(taskname,deadline,notes)
VALUES('#taskname#','#deadline#','#notes#')
/CFQUERY
In my backend Access database I have a relationship between two tables:
TASKSPROJECTS
Project -- projectsID [key]
projectname
The insert form gets all the projectnames and puts them in a list
box.But how do I go from there to inserting the corresponding
projectsID value into the tasks table?
Thank you for your continued patience with my stupid, basic questions.
Yours tiredly and confusedly,
CK
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Re: escaping apostrphee in a select statement
what's a you clown; ) - Original Message - From: cf coder To: CF-Talk Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 8:10 AM Subject: Re: escaping apostrphee in a select statement you what? what's your problem? are you a you clown or something? [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Re: Inserting into multiple tables
I'm not sure I'm following you, Chris. But, are you saying that you're
currently passing the projectname, but you need the projectid? If so, you
can display the projectname and pass the projectid. On your form, just do
this:
select...
option value=#projectid##projectname#/option
/select
- Original Message -
From: Chris Kavanagh
!
Luckily, I'm nearly finished, but I have another stupid question for
you lot, my new favourite people.I'd like to insert values from an
insert form into two separate tables.I'm planning to use a SQL insert
like this:
CFQUERY datasource=myDatasource
INSERT INTO tasks(taskname,deadline,notes)
VALUES('#taskname#','#deadline#','#notes#')
/CFQUERY
In my backend Access database I have a relationship between two tables:
TASKS PROJECTS
Project -- projectsID [key]
projectname
The insert form gets all the projectnames and puts them in a list
box.But how do I go from there to inserting the corresponding
projectsID value into the tasks table?
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Coldfusion MX on SuSe? (And ideally MySQL...)
Hi All, I've got a (fairly beefy) server sitting upstairs working as a router for the cable connection we've got. I thought to myself, why don't I set this up as a dev server for my CFMX apps? The problem is, it's a SuSe linux distro, and I know next to nothing about setting up CFMX on unix, or integrating apache and MySQL with it. Basically I'm asking if any one has got any advice, or a step-by-step idiots guide on the web would be useful. And of course, it'd be handy to know if CFMX suse mysql apache actually works! At a later stage I'd like to run PHP - can this integrate into my CFMX setup without the two crossing swords? Cheers, Rob [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Re: Inserting into multiple tables
In my backend Access database I have a relationship between two tables: TASKS PROJECTS Project -- projectsID [key] projectname That didn't survive reformatting very well.Let me try again: TASKS project (linked to projectsID) PROJECTS projectsID (the key) projectname [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Re: Web Form Data Security
On Aug 18, 2004, at 5:58 PM, CF Coder2 wrote: What other best practices are there to ensure nothing can happen? One idea would be to add a unique variable in a hidden field to each form.You would store the variable in a database and clear it when the form was submitted.If a form was submitted and there was not a matching variable the input would not be accepted.This would be one way to avoid hacker/cracker/script-kiddies. Then again, all they'd have to do is load the form, which would have a valid variable in it, then do their funny stuff based off the variable. I never said it was fool proof ;) -- Damien McKenna - Web Developer - [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Limu Company - http://www.thelimucompany.com/ - 407-804-1014 Nothing endures but change. - Heraclitus [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
CFC troulbe
Hello everyone. I'm having trouble with a CFC and I'm at my wits end. I'm running MX6.1 on a Windows 2003 server with IIS 6. When I go to domain.com/cfc/clients.cfc I get the error: Error Occurred While Processing Request File not found: /CFIDE/componentutils/cfcexplorer.cfc I'm not sure why this is looking for the CFIDE directory. I have verified that cfcexplorer.cfcdoes exist on the server and that my mapping for the CFC folder is setup correctly in the CF admin. This works on my Windows 2000 box. Any ideas? Much thanks! Dan Phillips CFXhosting.com [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
SOLVED: Inserting into multiple tables
Dear list,
I think I'm falling in love with you, all of you.Deanna, thank you so
much, that worked perfectly.
Kind regards,
CK.
On 19 Aug 2004, at 2:05 pm, Deanna Schneider wrote:
I'm not sure I'm following you, Chris. But, are you saying that you're
currently passing the projectname, but you need the projectid? If so,
you
can display the projectname and pass the projectid. On your form,
just do
this:
select...
option value=#projectid##projectname#/option
/select
- Original Message -
From: Chris Kavanagh
!
Luckily, I'm nearly finished, but I have another stupid question for
you lot, my new favourite people. I'd like to insert values from an
insert form into two separate tables. I'm planning to use a SQL
insert
like this:
CFQUERY datasource=myDatasource
INSERT INTO tasks(taskname,deadline,notes)
VALUES('#taskname#','#deadline#','#notes#')
/CFQUERY
In my backend Access database I have a relationship between two
tables:
TASKS PROJECTS
Project -- projectsID [key]
projectname
The insert form gets all the projectnames and puts them in a list
box. But how do I go from there to inserting the corresponding
projectsID value into the tasks table?
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RE: Double Negative way of making decisions? Good?
IIRC, there was a time (thru CF5, I believe) where the use of Compare() was said to be faster because it was a numeric function rather than a string comparison (like IS or EQ).So this was an optimization method.I found it difficult to read too so I stuck with IS and suffered the few millisecond penalty.That penalty may not exist any more in CFMX, though. As for the value of Compare(), CF treats numbers as boolean like this:0 is false, anything else is true.I'm pretty sure that is true across all programming languages. Chris -Original Message- From: Michael Kear [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 6:24 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Double Negative way of making decisions? Good? I've been taking a look at ContentMonger LiteCMS system, mentioned elsewhere today by Matt Robertson (http://mysecretbase.com/CMLite_Home.cfm), and I notice a lot of the decisions in the code are made by what seems to be a double negative for me.Quite confusing until I got used to it.Is there any performance or other advantage to doing it the way Matt does it, or is it just a matter of style? For example, ContentMonger has this: cfif not Compare(GetItem.SecureDisplay,Y) . Stuff . /cfif Where I'd be more likely to put this: cfif GetItem.SecureDisplay EQ Y . Stuff . /cfif If it's just a matter of style, that's no problem, although I think my way is more readable and more readily understood, but if there is any other reason to do it Matt's way I've got an awful lot of revision of code to do!! Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia AFP Webworks http://afpwebworks.com _ [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Re: escaping apostrphee in a select statement
I use JSStringFormat a lot when playing with JS in my ColdFusion, try that.. On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 09:04:33 -0400, Ewok [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: what's a you clown; ) - Original Message - From: cf coder To: CF-Talk Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 8:10 AM Subject: Re: escaping apostrphee in a select statement you what? what's your problem? are you a you clown or something? [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
RE: CFC troulbe
Error Occurred While Processing Request File not found: /CFIDE/componentutils/cfcexplorer.cfc I'm a noob to CFC's but I got the exact same when I called a controller CFC via HTTP post and I didn't relocate anywhere after it... it seemed to redirect to the cfc explorer without the redirect to the view layer dunno if that helps(doesn't explain the error of not finding the cfcexplorer but heh :) -- dc [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Re: Inserting into multiple tables
yeah, you really cant do it easily with a list box, use a select box as Deanna said.. if not you'd have to pass the string, and first query the string off the projects table to get the projectid for that project and then insert it into the tasks table. On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 14:06:53 +0100, Chris Kavanagh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In my backend Access database I have a relationship between two tables: TASKS PROJECTS Project -- projectsID [key] projectname That didn't survive reformatting very well.Let me try again: TASKS project(linked to projectsID) PROJECTS projectsID(the key) projectname [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Re: CFC troulbe
it's looking for the component explorer since you've typed the .cfc extension - it should present you with the components introspection resuls. is this what you're expecting? have you got a /cfide mapping on your virtual server? jb. On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 09:18:05 -0400, Dan Phillips [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello everyone. I'm having trouble with a CFC and I'm at my wits end. I'm running MX6.1 on a Windows 2003 server with IIS 6. When I go to domain.com/cfc/clients.cfc I get the error: Error Occurred While Processing Request File not found: /CFIDE/componentutils/cfcexplorer.cfc I'm not sure why this is looking for the CFIDE directory. I have verified that cfcexplorer.cfcdoes exist on the server and that my mapping for the CFC folder is setup correctly in the CF admin. This works on my Windows 2000 box. Any ideas? Much thanks! Dan Phillips CFXhosting.com [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Re: form validation problems
Why dont you use JS and let the client do all the validation? On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 15:58:00 +1200, Mark Henderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi Qasim, I was doing something similar to this when your answer arrived, only I wasn't using urlencoding (though it was still working). After I broke it down to a simple test case and compared to my login form I realised I needed to pass the values back via the url.I must admit I'm still not sure why. Oh, and one last thing -- thanks! Regards Mark Henderson Web Designer mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 205 Main Street PO Box 143, Gore Southland 9700 Phone: (03) 203 Fax: (03) 203 9900 -Original Message- From: Qasim Rasheed [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 3:14 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: form validation problems Pass the message with cflocation too cfif variables.msg IS NOT cfset variables.msg=h1ENTRY ERROR/h1The following error(s) were detected:ul#variables.msg#/ul cflocation URL=""> variables.msg)# /cfif - Original Message - From: Mark Henderson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 12:43:32 +1200 Subject: form validation problems To: CF-Talk [EMAIL PROTECTED] I've recently revisited some form validation issues, and once again it's driving me batty. Here is what I have so far... here's the main part of the form from dsp_register.cfm at the top I set a default value for variables.msg and form fields cfparam name=form.team_name default= cfparam name=form.company_name default= cfparam name=form.address_1 default= cfparam name=form.email default= cfparam name=variables.msg default= cfif isdefined(client.form_variables) cfwddx action="" input=#client.form_variables# output=formTemp cfloop index=formItem list=#StructKeyList(formTemp)# cfset StructInsert(form,formItem,evaluate(formTemp. formItem), true) /cfloop /cfif cfif variables.msg is not p#variables.msg#/p /cfif form name=npcregister method=post enablecab=No action=""> class=center div class=rugbyform Team Name:br / input type=text name=team_name value=#form.team_name# size=34 /br / Company Name:br / input type=text name=company_name value=#form.company_name# size=34 /br / Address 1:br / input type=text name=address_1 value=#form.address_1# size=34 /br / Email:br / input type=text name=email size=34 /br /br / Charge my Chamber account input type=radio name=payment value=charge chamber class=radio /br / I will forward payment to Box 237, Gore input type=radio name=payment value=forward payment class=radio /br /br / input type=submit name=submit id=submit value=Submit class=button / input type=reset name=reset id=reset value=Reset class=button / /div /form it then gets sent to the XFA.submitRegister for validation (using act_validateRegisterInfo.cfm) which is as follows: cfwddx action="" input=#form# output=client.form_variables usetimezoneinfo=No cfif form.team_name IS cfset variables.msg=variables.msg liYou must enter your team name/li /cfif cfif form.company_name IS cfset variables.msg=variables.msg liYou must enter your company name/li /cfif cfif form.address_1 IS cfset variables.msg=variables.msg liYou must enter a valid address/li /cfif cfif variables.msg IS NOT cfset variables.msg=h1ENTRY ERROR/h1The following error(s) were detected:ul#variables.msg#/ul cflocation URL=""> /cfif Which by rights should send the user back to the form if one of the above fields is empty, and above the form it should list the errors. However, when a field is left empty such ss company_name, it will send me back and it will display the values I had previously entered (using cfwddx) that were ok...but it WONT show me the variables.msg for those invalid entries (variables.msg is always ) What am I doing wrong? All I want to do is output the relevant error messages in a list when the user is returned to the form and keep previously entered form data. Help! Or is there another more efficient way of achieving this? I've heard of cf_reuseform but know nothing about it. All help greatly appreciated. TIA Regards Mark [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Re: CFC troulbe
it's looking for the component explorer since you've typed the .cfc extension - it should present you with the components introspection resuls. is this what you're expecting? have you got a /cfide mapping on your virtual server? jb. On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 09:18:05 -0400, Dan Phillips [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, I was expecting the results. I have a cfide mapping in the default website but not for this one in IIS. When I did add it and run the URL, it brought up the CF admin. [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
RE: form validation problems
Why dont you use JS and let the client do all the validation? Cos a user may have _javascript_ turned off... never trust the client (well you know what I mean) -- dc [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Re: CFC troulbe
Dan, Browsing to your CFC directly should bring up the CF Admin login screen.After entering your password, you'll see the introspection information for that CFC. CFC's aren't used directly by your browser, but by your .CFM files. -joe -- For Tabs, Trees, and more, use the jComponents: http://clearsoftware.net/clear/?template=downloads.jComponents [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Re: CFC troulbe
If you log it it should show you the introspection information for the CFC. The CFC Explorer is secured behind the CF Admin login so that random outsiders can't see the guts of your CFCs. Hope that helps, Brian - Original Message - From: Dan Phillips [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 09:32:50 -0400 Subject: Re: CFC troulbe To: CF-Talk [EMAIL PROTECTED] it's looking for the component explorer since you've typed the .cfc extension - it should present you with the components introspection resuls. is this what you're expecting? have you got a /cfide mapping on your virtual server? jb. On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 09:18:05 -0400, Dan Phillips [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, I was expecting the results. I have a cfide mapping in the default website but not for this one in IIS. When I did add it and run the URL, it brought up the CF admin. [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Re: form validation problems
Hi Greg, Letting JS do all your validation is a Very Bad Idea. First and foremost, users can turn it off at will. Secondly, most JS validation is only written to validate type, not value. In general, you should apply validation on the server side that validates both the type of input, and that it's valid according to your business logic (did they try to enter a date for a future appointment that's in the past?), and then again at the database level using parameters (for type), and logic + constraints for your business logic. -joe [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
RE: Double Negative way of making decisions? Good?
This not what I am saying... 0 = False Not 0 = True Not 1 = False What I am saying is that Compare() can yield 3 return values-1,1 or 0 and by saying cfif NOT Compare(..) you are checking for a Boolean value... -1 is not Boolean. _ From: Claude Schneegans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 August 2004 13:19 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Double Negative way of making decisions? Good? Compare can return -1,0 or 1 which is not Boolean. In almost any language, 0 is false and not 0 is true, boolean or not. Even in C which is strongly typed. -- ___ REUSE CODE! Use custom tags; See http://www.contentbox.com/claude/customtags/tagstore.cfm (Please send any spam to this address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Thanks. _ [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Re: CFC troulbe
it brought up the CF admin. It should say Component Explorer login or something like that, punch in your password and iit will show you the introspection On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 09:38:29 -0400, Joe Rinehart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dan, Browsing to your CFC directly should bring up the CF Admin login screen.After entering your password, you'll see the introspection information for that CFC. CFC's aren't used directly by your browser, but by your .CFM files. -joe -- For Tabs, Trees, and more, use the jComponents: http://clearsoftware.net/clear/?template=downloads.jComponents [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
RE: CFC troulbe
CFC's aren't used directly by your browser, but by your .CFM files. I use them as my controller's... my form submit calls the CFC directly or is this just bad? (Based on http://www.benorama.com/coldfusion/patterns/part2.htmwhich I like) -- dc [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Re: CFC troulbe
Brian and Joe, I think that just might do it. I'll be back if I still run into trouble :-) Much thanks! Enjoy a free virtual beverage of your choice. My Treat. [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Re: form validation problems
yeah, you mean never trust a client; ) js is just a luxury for your server's sake and the sake of time for AOL users (heh) I always have it there to validate my forms but in the end... the cf validation has the final say. liek d.a said, active scripting could be turned off. You could also have the slighest error or unsupported function in your js script that breaks ALL of the validation. TIP: disable JS and test all of your forms when you're writing them ... and they lived happily ever after. The End - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CF-Talk Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 9:40 AM Subject: RE: form validation problems Why dont you use JS and let the client do all the validation? Cos a user may have _javascript_ turned off... never trust the client (well you know what I mean) -- dc [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Re: CFC troulbe
It's supposed to bring up the CFAdmin.. Fire in your password and then it gives you the CFC explorer. Quoting Dan Phillips [EMAIL PROTECTED]: it's looking for the component explorer since you've typed the .cfc extension - it should present you with the components introspection resuls. is this what you're expecting? have you got a /cfide mapping on your virtual server? jb. On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 09:18:05 -0400, Dan Phillips [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yes, I was expecting the results. I have a cfide mapping in the default website but not for this one in IIS. When I did add it and run the URL, it brought up the CF admin. [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Re: Double Negative way of making decisions? Good?
Hey Neil, -1 is boolean for true in CF (and in most languages I've dealt with), therefore doing the boolean test not compare() is a valid boolean comparison for all three results of compare(). -joe - Original Message - From: Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 14:43:40 +0100 Subject: RE: Double Negative way of making decisions?Good? To: CF-Talk [EMAIL PROTECTED] This not what I am saying... 0 = False Not 0 = True Not 1 = False What I am saying is that Compare() can yield 3 return values-1,1 or 0 and by saying cfif NOT Compare(..) you are checking for a Boolean value... -1 is not Boolean. _ From: Claude Schneegans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 August 2004 13:19 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Double Negative way of making decisions? Good? Compare can return -1,0 or 1 which is not Boolean. In almost any language, 0 is false and not 0 is true, boolean or not. Even in C which is strongly typed. -- ___ REUSE CODE! Use custom tags; See http://www.contentbox.com/claude/customtags/tagstore.cfm (Please send any spam to this address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Thanks. _ [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Re: form validation problems
First and foremost, users can turn it off at will. Well, is a user turns off his _javascript_, it's HIS problem, and _javascript_ is so much used that chances he ever reaches a page with a form are very low anyway. Secondly, most JS validation is only written to validate type, not value. ??? I can write code in _javascript_ to verify whatever I want, almost as easily as in CF. The only thing I cannot do is check values against data stored in the database. This should be checked on server side of course. But most of the validation can be and SHOULD be done client side on the contrary. The advantage is that it is much faster and the user still can go back to make the necessary modifications. Many sites using server side validation will just tell you there is an error and just redisplay the empty form, this is very frustrating. If verification is done server side, the server must return the user to the form with the field initialized with the values the user already filled in, even if there are errors. With _javascript_ validation, this is automatic. -- ___ REUSE CODE! Use custom tags; See http://www.contentbox.com/claude/customtags/tagstore.cfm (Please send any spam to this address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Thanks. [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Re: Web Services: Sharing Data - E-Commerce
On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 02:10:52 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What's the best way to securely transfer customer's order information from an Affiliate back to our company, the distributor? SSL After an Affiliate's order has been successfully taken, we're suggesting the Affiliate Web site write the order information to an XML template that we'll define and then give to each Affiliate a secure folder to ftp the XML file to. We perform a similar process with this type of XML data importing.I just wanted to get some feedback if anyone had any other ideas or better methods. I am not sure if this is possible, but instead of having them ftp the file back, why not have them feed it into another web service on you website over SSL? This way the information is both secure and already in your database to be acted upon. Otherwise, I would suggest setting up sftp on a server. At least the information will be encrypted during transmission. -- chris johnston www.fuzzylizard.com For millions of years, mankind lived just like the animals and something happened which unleashed the power of our imagination, we learned to talk. Pink Floyd [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
CFCHART 3D Depth
I haven't found an answer one way or the other on rather or not you can adjust the depth of the 3D effect in a cfchart. The flat is... well it's flat and the default 3D depth is way too deep. Any clues? [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Re: form validation problems
Cos a user may have _javascript_ turned off... never trust the client One of the first thing I do in my apps is to check if the user has _javascript_ turned off. If yes, he his requested to turn it on. Gee, he can also close his Browser or pull the plug of his PC, the form won't work either. If he closes everything, its his problem. There is a decent limit to paranoia ;-) -- ___ REUSE CODE! Use custom tags; See http://www.contentbox.com/claude/customtags/tagstore.cfm (Please send any spam to this address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Thanks. [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
RE: form validation problems
Well, is a user turns off his _javascript_, it's HIS problem, and _javascript_ is so much used that chances he ever reaches a page with a form are very low anyway. It actually becomes your problem. You have to clean up the mess if one should occur fomr someone circumventing your JS validation. This should be checked on server side of course. But most of the validation can be and SHOULD be done client side on the contrary. I disagree. Validation on the client side is a nice to have.. Saves a few server cycles, blah blah blah... The advantage is that it is much faster and the user still can go back to make the necessary modifications. My users can go back and make changes. In fact it is no harder for me to populate the form coming back from the server than it is for you to populate it via _javascript_. Many sites using server side validation will just tell you there is an error and just redisplay the empty form, this is very frustrating. Sites have gotten much better IMO about displaying better messages for the user, often denoting the field with some kind of image or color, etc. My 2 cents. [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
RE: form validation problems
But most of the validation can be and SHOULD be done client side on the contrary. Must disagree... the more client side validation, the better for the end user and a better app you will build... But the most important validation is on the server... You can build something with only server side validation and it will be more robust than one built with loads of client side validation...Of course the users'll hate it cos it'll be a PITA to use :) -- dc [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
500 error until I refresh
Dear list, Here's an odd one.My page projects.cfm links (via a standard A HREF="" to the page newtask.cfm. In my browser I get an HTTP 500 error - (The page cannot be displayed...) but when I refresh it it loads fine.This hasn't happened in any of my other .cfm pages - any ideas? I am running a local server (CFMX dev ed) on a Win XP PC, and viewing with IE5. Puzzled, CK. [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
RE: Double Negative way of making decisions? Good?
Cool, to be honest, ive never really seen -1 as true, thanks thoughafter all these years its good to know. _ From: Joe Rinehart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 August 2004 14:53 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Double Negative way of making decisions? Good? Hey Neil, -1 is boolean for true in CF (and in most languages I've dealt with), therefore doing the boolean test not compare() is a valid boolean comparison for all three results of compare(). -joe - Original Message - From: Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 14:43:40 +0100 Subject: RE: Double Negative way of making decisions?Good? To: CF-Talk [EMAIL PROTECTED] This not what I am saying... 0 = False Not 0 = True Not 1 = False What I am saying is that Compare() can yield 3 return values-1,1 or 0 and by saying cfif NOT Compare(..) you are checking for a Boolean value... -1 is not Boolean. _ From: Claude Schneegans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 August 2004 13:19 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Double Negative way of making decisions? Good? Compare can return -1,0 or 1 which is not Boolean. In almost any language, 0 is false and not 0 is true, boolean or not. Even in C which is strongly typed. -- ___ REUSE CODE! Use custom tags; See http://www.contentbox.com/claude/customtags/tagstore.cfm (Please send any spam to this address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Thanks. _ _ [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
RE: form validation problems
One of the most important rules in software development is not to trust user input. ever! _javascript_ is an excellent scripting language providing a user friendly 1st layer of notifying problems, fast, and responding to those problems with another piece of _javascript_. Whether is it displaying an alert, or showing a red border around the formfield containing the errors. But you should always check user input again, on the server side. I am able to change everything within _javascript_, I can fake every formfield if I want to. If I can do it, certainly somebody else also. Micha Schopman Software Engineer Modern Media, Databankweg 12 M, 3821 ALAmersfoort Tel 033-4535377, Fax 033-4535388 KvK Amersfoort 39081679, Rabo 39.48.05.380 [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
RE: Double Negative way of making decisions? Good?
Actually if you want to be really picky I think you will find that historically -1 is true and 0 is false, the 1 is the value that is not strictly Boolean.However Claude is correct in saying In almost any language, 0 is false and not 0 is true, Boolean or not. -- Jay -Original Message- From: Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 August 2004 14:44 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Double Negative way of making decisions? Good? This not what I am saying... 0 = False Not 0 = True Not 1 = False What I am saying is that Compare() can yield 3 return values-1,1 or 0 and by saying cfif NOT Compare(..) you are checking for a Boolean value... -1 is not Boolean. _ From: Claude Schneegans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 August 2004 13:19 To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Double Negative way of making decisions? Good? Compare can return -1,0 or 1 which is not Boolean. In almost any language, 0 is false and not 0 is true, boolean or not. Even in C which is strongly typed. -- ___ REUSE CODE! Use custom tags; See http://www.contentbox.com/claude/customtags/tagstore.cfm (Please send any spam to this address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Thanks. _ [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Re: Coldfusion MX on SuSe? (And ideally MySQL...)
On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 14:07:23 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've got a (fairly beefy) server sitting upstairs working as a router for the cable connection we've got. I thought to myself, why don't I set this up as a dev server for my CFMX apps? The problem is, it's a SuSe linux distro, and I know next to nothing about setting up CFMX on unix, or integrating apache and MySQL with it. Basically I'm asking if any one has got any advice, or a step-by-step idiots guide on the web would be useful. And of course, it'd be handy to know if CFMX suse mysql apache actually works! At a later stage I'd like to run PHP - can this integrate into my CFMX setup without the two crossing swords? First question that needs to be answered is what version of SUSE do you have? Second, do you mind changing to Red Hat? In addition, what version of MySQL do you need? I have White Box Linux[1] running on my home server and I have CFMX 6.1, jRun, Apache 2, MySQL 3.xx, PHP, PostgreSQL all running quite happily beside each other. So it is more than possible to do. As for a tutorial on how to set all of this up, that I do not have. Although, if you get the right version of SUSE, just doing the install is enough to install MySQL, PHP, and Apache onto the box for you. This is the easiest way of getting things up and running. Installing ColdFusion MX, for me at least, is a fairly trivial thing. Just remember to use the GUI installer. Any questions, just shout. [1] White Box Linux is a clone of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 AS. http://www.whiteboxlinux.org -- chris johnston www.fuzzylizard.com For millions of years, mankind lived just like the animals and something happened which unleashed the power of our imagination, we learned to talk. Pink Floyd [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Re: Coldfusion MX on SuSe? (And ideally MySQL...)
it's pretty easy, i'd never user nix before and i got it going, rh9, mysql, cfmx! The installer is pretty good, jb. On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 14:07:23 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, I've got a (fairly beefy) server sitting upstairs working as a router for the cable connection we've got. I thought to myself, why don't I set this up as a dev server for my CFMX apps? The problem is, it's a SuSe linux distro, and I know next to nothing about setting up CFMX on unix, or integrating apache and MySQL with it. Basically I'm asking if any one has got any advice, or a step-by-step idiots guide on the web would be useful. And of course, it'd be handy to know if CFMX suse mysql apache actually works! At a later stage I'd like to run PHP - can this integrate into my CFMX setup without the two crossing swords? Cheers, Rob [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Re: form validation problems
??? I can write code in _javascript_ to verify whatever I want, almost as easily as in CF. yeah its not hard, thats not the point But most of the validation can be and SHOULD be done client side on the contrary. yes it should, for convenince. But once that is done it should be validated again on server side. The advantage is that it is much faster and the user still can go back to make the necessary modifications. the only advantage is it's speed. normally when your JS validates ok, your serverside code will as well and the user wont be back to the form for modifications, Whereas if the JS validation DOES catch an error, th euser is still there and no waiting has to happen. Many sites using server side validation will just tell you there is an error and just redisplay the empty form, this is very frustrating. I dont know what sites you are going to but they're poorly written If verification is done server side, the server must return the user to the form with the field initialized with the values the user already filled in, even if there are errors. ?? post forms back to theirselves and call to action if its a submit? Well, is a user turns off his _javascript_, it's HIS problem, and _javascript_ is so much used that chances he ever reaches a page with a form are very low anyway. once again... i dont know what pages you are visiting. But YOU tell a client that just paid 1000's of dollars for an application coded by you that his IT department is going to have change the way they do things because YOU have code in their network now that hinges on rather or not a USER end feature is on or off. more change for ya - Original Message - From: Claude Schneegans To: CF-Talk Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 9:57 AM Subject: Re: form validation problems First and foremost, users can turn it off at will. Well, is a user turns off his _javascript_, it's HIS problem, and _javascript_ is so much used that chances he ever reaches a page with a form are very low anyway. Secondly, most JS validation is only written to validate type, not value. ??? I can write code in _javascript_ to verify whatever I want, almost as easily as in CF. The only thing I cannot do is check values against data stored in the database. This should be checked on server side of course. But most of the validation can be and SHOULD be done client side on the contrary. The advantage is that it is much faster and the user still can go back to make the necessary modifications. Many sites using server side validation will just tell you there is an error and just redisplay the empty form, this is very frustrating. If verification is done server side, the server must return the user to the form with the field initialized with the values the user already filled in, even if there are errors. With _javascript_ validation, this is automatic. -- ___ REUSE CODE! Use custom tags; See http://www.contentbox.com/claude/customtags/tagstore.cfm (Please send any spam to this address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Thanks. [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
RE: Double Negative way of making decisions? Good?
But it is treated as boolean.0 is false and anything else is true, including -1 and 3.I use this principle all the time like this: CFIF qryFoo.RecordCount --Output records here-- CFELSE No records found! /CFIF Chris -Original Message- From: Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 6:31 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Double Negative way of making decisions? Good? Don't think there is any real performance advantage, its just coder preference... But Matt's way IMHO is incorrect in this instance as Compare can return 3 results and Matt is checking for a Boolean. Compare can return -1,0 or 1 which is not Boolean. _ From: Michael Kear [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 August 2004 11:24 To: CF-Talk Subject: Double Negative way of making decisions? Good? I've been taking a look at ContentMonger LiteCMS system, mentioned elsewhere today by Matt Robertson (http://mysecretbase.com/CMLite_Home.cfm), and I notice a lot of the decisions in the code are made by what seems to be a double negative for me.Quite confusing until I got used to it.Is there any performance or other advantage to doing it the way Matt does it, or is it just a matter of style? For example, ContentMonger has this: cfif not Compare(GetItem.SecureDisplay,Y) . Stuff . /cfif Where I'd be more likely to put this: cfif GetItem.SecureDisplay EQ Y . Stuff . /cfif If it's just a matter of style, that's no problem, although I think my way is more readable and more readily understood, but if there is any other reason to do it Matt's way I've got an awful lot of revision of code to do!! Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia AFP Webworks http://afpwebworks.com _ _ [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Re: Web Services: Sharing Data - E-Commerce
I agree with chris. Have them consume a webservice over SSL that gives you the order. That way your system can process the order at the time and send back succes or failure over the webservice. Adam H On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 09:58:14 -0400, Chris Johnston [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 02:10:52 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What's the best way to securely transfer customer's order information from an Affiliate back to our company, the distributor? SSL After an Affiliate's order has been successfully taken, we're suggesting the Affiliate Web site write the order information to an XML template that we'll define and then give to each Affiliate a secure folder to ftp the XML file to. We perform a similar process with this type of XML data importing.I just wanted to get some feedback if anyone had any other ideas or better methods. I am not sure if this is possible, but instead of having them ftp the file back, why not have them feed it into another web service on you website over SSL? This way the information is both secure and already in your database to be acted upon. Otherwise, I would suggest setting up sftp on a server. At least the information will be encrypted during transmission. -- chris johnston www.fuzzylizard.com For millions of years, mankind lived just like the animals and something happened which unleashed the power of our imagination, we learned to talk. Pink Floyd [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
BlueDragon cfinclude issues
This happens on BD 6.1 as my dev server. I have this code: cfset variables.incfilename = attributes.mode .cfm cfif fileexists(evaluate(variables.incfilename)) cfinclude template=#variables.incfilename# cfelse Which produces the error: CFML Runtime error: billingandshipping.cfm does not exist. So I replaced the whole thing with this code: cfinclude template=billingandshipping.cfm And it all works just fine??? So then I changed the original, just to test, like this: cfset variables.incfilename = billingandshipping.cfm cfif fileexists(evaluate(variables.incfilename)) cfinclude template=#variables.incfilename# cfelse Which produces the error: CFML Runtime error: billingandshipping.cfm does not exist. Has anyone got any bright ideas on why this is so? In both instances where it is throwing the error, it gets to the cfinclude, but thinks the file doesn't exist. But the middle one just including the file straight away works perfectly. Incidentally, the first, second and third code blocks all work fine on my prod server running CFMX. Thanks, Ferg [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Re: 500 error until I refresh
First off, go to tools - options - advanced and uncheck the checkbox that says show friendly http errors. Then, you might have a reasonable chance of figuring out what the error really is. It could be, that if you're saving the file then browsing, that the save just hasn't finished yet. I get that a lot when I'm doing development. - Original Message - From: Chris Kavanagh Dear list, Here's an odd one.My page projects.cfm links (via a standard A HREF="" to the page newtask.cfm. In my browser I get an HTTP 500 error - (The page cannot be displayed...) but when I refresh it it loads fine.This hasn't happened in any of my other .cfm pages - any ideas? I am running a local server (CFMX dev ed) on a Win XP PC, and viewing with IE5. [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
RE: Double Negative way of making decisions? Good?
I suppose my SQL hapbits come through...when I expect a bit operator I expect it to be Boolean! _ From: Lofback, Chris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 August 2004 15:24 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Double Negative way of making decisions? Good? But it is treated as boolean.0 is false and anything else is true, including -1 and 3.I use this principle all the time like this: CFIF qryFoo.RecordCount --Output records here-- CFELSE No records found! /CFIF Chris -Original Message- From: Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 6:31 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Double Negative way of making decisions? Good? Don't think there is any real performance advantage, its just coder preference... But Matt's way IMHO is incorrect in this instance as Compare can return 3 results and Matt is checking for a Boolean. Compare can return -1,0 or 1 which is not Boolean. _ From: Michael Kear [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 19 August 2004 11:24 To: CF-Talk Subject: Double Negative way of making decisions? Good? I've been taking a look at ContentMonger LiteCMS system, mentioned elsewhere today by Matt Robertson (http://mysecretbase.com/CMLite_Home.cfm), and I notice a lot of the decisions in the code are made by what seems to be a double negative for me.Quite confusing until I got used to it.Is there any performance or other advantage to doing it the way Matt does it, or is it just a matter of style? For example, ContentMonger has this: cfif not Compare(GetItem.SecureDisplay,Y) Stuff . /cfif Where I'd be more likely to put this: cfif GetItem.SecureDisplay EQ Y Stuff . /cfif If it's just a matter of style, that's no problem, although I think my way is more readable and more readily understood, but if there is any other reason to do it Matt's way I've got an awful lot of revision of code to do!! Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia AFP Webworks http://afpwebworks.com _ _ _ [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
SOLVED: 500 error until I refresh
:DI fixed it all by myself.I found the clue in the server log.I'm turning into a coder! On 19 Aug 2004, at 3:03 pm, Chris Kavanagh wrote: Dear list, Here's an odd one. My page projects.cfm links (via a standard A HREF="" to the page newtask.cfm. In my browser I get an HTTP 500 error - (The page cannot be displayed...) but when I refresh it it loads fine. This hasn't happened in any of my other .cfm pages - any ideas? I am running a local server (CFMX dev ed) on a Win XP PC, and viewing with IE5. Puzzled, CK. [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Re: form validation problems
Claude, When a user turns off _javascript_, it's their preference, and very much your problem.If you're using at as the sole means to make sure a string is a string and a number is a number, you're likely to begin getting emails about users encountering ColdFusion errors. I can write code in _javascript_ to verify whatever I want Good, keep doing it, and save people a round-trip to the server.But don't trust that your _javascript_ has validated the data coming to you, and check it again on the server once it passes your script. But most of the validation can be and SHOULD be done client side on the contrary. I disagree strongly.I think validation should be done on the client whenever possible, but should always be backed up by equally-if-not-more strong validation on the server and the database. On the server in case of client-side disabling of validation.For the database, it's doubleplus likely that you'll have have other ways of interacting with data (straight SQL, another app, etc), and you'll need validation there to make sure everybody plays by the same rules. Many sites using server side validation will just tell you there is an error and just redisplay the empty form. Well, many developers should learn to default their form values properly so that you see an error message as well as what was entered before the submit. If verification is done server side, the server must return the user to the form with the field initialized with the values the user already filled in, even if there are errors. This is not hard, and only a lazy developer would not do this.See previous comment. -joe -- For Tabs, Trees, and more, use the jComponents: http://clearsoftware.net/clear/?template=downloads.jComponents [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
RE: BlueDragon cfinclude issues
Maybe I am reading the following line wrong, but it looks like you are trying to evaluate the filename as a variable. cfif fileexists(evaluate(variables.incfilename)) Shouldn't the above be as follows? cfif fileexists(variables.incfilename) -Matt [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Looking for french cold fusion resources
Hi everyone, I was told by a few advanced Flash developpers in a community I follow (mainly french speaking developers from Quebec, France) that they abandonned trying out ColdFusion because they couldn't find ColdFusion tutorials, forums, documentation (PHP.net style, cause let's face it MM livedoc's navigation sucks), etc. They have chosen PHP for the most part using AMFPHP for remoting but all seem to agree that ColdFusion seems to be a more natural fit. I have been googling around to try and find French coldfusion material to feed their hunger for CF, I will create some material(articles, presentations for their meetings) to get them started and help them move on the CF bandwagon. Some were also looking for French CF hosting companies who offer Remoting, PHP or FlashComm. So my question is, does anyone here know of french cold fusion resources? I'd like it if you could share those with me. Also, if anyone as some material (articles, presentations) that I could use/translate that they would share with me, that would give me a head start. Oh, since I'm posting this, might as well invite Montreal, QC developers who don't know of it to take a look at http://www.FlashADN.com which is the official - I think -Montreal MMUG. Checkout the forum. Thanks in advance -- Marc Campeau P.S.: Here's my background, in case it matters: - B.S. Computer science - CF developer since version 3.0 - Certified CF5 Advanced Developer - Mostly active in the CFUGToronto community [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Re: BlueDragon cfinclude issues
You have this block: cfif fileexists(evaluate(variables.incfilename)) cfinclude template=#variables.incfilename# cfelse ... I think the issue is that you're testing to see if Evaluate(variables.incfilename) exists, but then you're only including variables.incfilename.Try cfinclude template=#Evaluate(variables.incfilename)# Instead. Or, better yet, find a way to get rid of the evaluate. (I haven't used BD, but Evaluate is probably slow as it is in Macromedia CF) Scott -- - Scott Brady http://www.scottbrady.net/ [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
RE: BlueDragon cfinclude issues
Right, first I had cfif fileexists(variables.incfilename), but it yields the same result, I was just playing around to see if anything would help and my last revolution was trying the evaluate. It doesn't really matter though, because it IS getting past that cfif and into the cfinclude, but then it craps out. Ken Ferguson Fitz and Floyd http://www.fitzandfloyd.com http://www.fitzandfloyd.com http://www.exclusivelyfitz.com http://www.exclusivelyfitz.com/ http://stores.ebay.com/fitzandfloydscharmingtails _ From: Matt Liotta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 9:40 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: BlueDragon cfinclude issues Maybe I am reading the following line wrong, but it looks like you are trying to evaluate the filename as a variable. cfif fileexists(evaluate(variables.incfilename)) Shouldn't the above be as follows? cfif fileexists(variables.incfilename) -Matt _ [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Re: CFCHART 3D Depth
I haven't found an answer one way or the other on rather or not you can adjust the depth of the 3D effect in a cfchart. The flat is... well it's flat and the default 3D depth is way too deep. Any clues? CFCHART xOffset = number between -1 and 1 yOffset = number between -1 and 1 If I'm not mistaken those help with the depth... -- Marc Campeau [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Re: 500 error until I refresh
That or possibly timing out (due to load maybe). When I write my apps, I do it at home on a server2003 machine on a Roadrunner connection everything is fine and fast locally, but when I start showing it to a few other people, the load gets to be too much for the connection and pages start timing out and I get the same error - Original Message - From: Deanna Schneider To: CF-Talk Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 10:32 AM Subject: Re: 500 error until I refresh First off, go to tools - options - advanced and uncheck the checkbox that says show friendly http errors. Then, you might have a reasonable chance of figuring out what the error really is. It could be, that if you're saving the file then browsing, that the save just hasn't finished yet. I get that a lot when I'm doing development. - Original Message - From: Chris Kavanagh Dear list, Here's an odd one.My page projects.cfm links (via a standard A HREF="" to the page newtask.cfm. In my browser I get an HTTP 500 error - (The page cannot be displayed...) but when I refresh it it loads fine.This hasn't happened in any of my other .cfm pages - any ideas? I am running a local server (CFMX dev ed) on a Win XP PC, and viewing with IE5. [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
RE: BlueDragon cfinclude issues
Nope, same result. Also, cfoutput#variables.incfilename#/cfoutput gives the same value as cfoutput#evaluate(variables.incfilename)#/cfoutput The evaluate just got in there as I was playing around with things. It's not really useful in this code. Remove all the evaluates and you still get the same thing. _ From: Scott Brady [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 9:42 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: BlueDragon cfinclude issues You have this block: cfif fileexists(evaluate(variables.incfilename)) cfinclude template=#variables.incfilename# cfelse ... I think the issue is that you're testing to see if Evaluate(variables.incfilename) exists, but then you're only including variables.incfilename.Try cfinclude template=#Evaluate(variables.incfilename)# Instead. Or, better yet, find a way to get rid of the evaluate. (I haven't used BD, but Evaluate is probably slow as it is in Macromedia CF) Scott -- - Scott Brady http://www.scottbrady.net/ _ [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Re: SOLVED: 500 error until I refresh
heh good job, what was it - Original Message - From: Chris Kavanagh To: CF-Talk Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 10:32 AM Subject: SOLVED: 500 error until I refresh :DI fixed it all by myself.I found the clue in the server log.I'm turning into a coder! On 19 Aug 2004, at 3:03 pm, Chris Kavanagh wrote: Dear list, Here's an odd one.My page projects.cfm links (via a standard A HREF="" to the page newtask.cfm. In my browser I get an HTTP 500 error - (The page cannot be displayed...) but when I refresh it it loads fine.This hasn't happened in any of my other .cfm pages - any ideas? I am running a local server (CFMX dev ed) on a Win XP PC, and viewing with IE5. Puzzled, CK. [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
RE: BlueDragon cfinclude issues
You are not modifying it for path so fileexists( ) should crap out - unless BD does relative paths... does it? Also - what's with the evaluate( ) function? Seems superflous to me. -mk -Original Message- From: Ken Ferguson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 9:31 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: BlueDragon cfinclude issues This happens on BD 6.1 as my dev server. I have this code: cfset variables.incfilename = attributes.mode .cfm cfif fileexists(evaluate(variables.incfilename)) cfinclude template=#variables.incfilename# cfelse Which produces the error: CFML Runtime error: billingandshipping.cfm does not exist. So I replaced the whole thing with this code: cfinclude template=billingandshipping.cfm And it all works just fine??? So then I changed the original, just to test, like this: cfset variables.incfilename = billingandshipping.cfm cfif fileexists(evaluate(variables.incfilename)) cfinclude template=#variables.incfilename# cfelse Which produces the error: CFML Runtime error: billingandshipping.cfm does not exist. Has anyone got any bright ideas on why this is so? In both instances where it is throwing the error, it gets to the cfinclude, but thinks the file doesn't exist. But the middle one just including the file straight away works perfectly. Incidentally, the first, second and third code blocks all work fine on my prod server running CFMX. Thanks, Ferg [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
cfmail and SMTP authentication?
Is it possible to use a SMTP server that requires authentication with the cfmail tag? Excuse me for not just googleing it, but I'm stuck behind a proxy at work. -Mike [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Re: SOLVED: 500 error until I refresh
heh good job, what was it I was CFOUTPUTing a value that I hadn't CFQUERYd.Rookie mistake... [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Re: CFCHART 3D Depth
that seems to do some pretty weird (useless) things to a bar graph. Doesn't seem to change the depth or the effect of it at all - Original Message - From: Marc Campeau To: CF-Talk Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 10:43 AM Subject: Re: CFCHART 3D Depth I haven't found an answer one way or the other on rather or not you can adjust the depth of the 3D effect in a cfchart. The flat is... well it's flat and the default 3D depth is way too deep. Any clues? CFCHART xOffset = number between -1 and 1 yOffset = number between -1 and 1 If I'm not mistaken those help with the depth... -- Marc Campeau [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Re: form validation problems
But once that is done it should be validated again on server side. Ah ok, I agree with that. Validate on the server, but validate first client side. -- ___ REUSE CODE! Use custom tags; See http://www.contentbox.com/claude/customtags/tagstore.cfm (Please send any spam to this address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Thanks. [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
RE: BlueDragon cfinclude issues
In testing locally I found that FileExists() seems to be the problem. Basically, nothing inside the cfif executes. Simply including a template based on a variable without checking to see if it exists works. In fact, the following template shows this strange behavior. cfset foo = index.cfm cfif FileExists(foo) cfabort /cfif cfinclude template=#foo# When called index.cfm will be included. -Matt -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ken Ferguson Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 10:43 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: BlueDragon cfinclude issues Right, first I had cfif fileexists(variables.incfilename), but it yields the same result, I was just playing around to see if anything would help and my last revolution was trying the evaluate. It doesn't really matter though, because it IS getting past that cfif and into the cfinclude, but then it craps out. Ken Ferguson Fitz and Floyd http://www.fitzandfloyd.com http://www.fitzandfloyd.com http://www.exclusivelyfitz.com http://www.exclusivelyfitz.com/ http://stores.ebay.com/fitzandfloydscharmingtails _ From: Matt Liotta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 9:40 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: BlueDragon cfinclude issues Maybe I am reading the following line wrong, but it looks like you are trying to evaluate the filename as a variable. cfif fileexists(evaluate(variables.incfilename)) Shouldn't the above be as follows? cfif fileexists(variables.incfilename) -Matt _ [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Re: form validation problems
When a user turns off _javascript_, it's their preference, and very much your problem. Ok, I admit I almost exclusively write intranet applications that always require _javascript_ enabled, It is part of the specifications of the product, otherwise the application will simply not run. I agree that in the Web in general, it is not the same. -- ___ REUSE CODE! Use custom tags; See http://www.contentbox.com/claude/customtags/tagstore.cfm (Please send any spam to this address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Thanks. [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Re: form validation problems
Must disagree... the more client side validation, the better for the end user and a better app you will build... Then you don't desagree, you agree ;-) -- ___ REUSE CODE! Use custom tags; See http://www.contentbox.com/claude/customtags/tagstore.cfm (Please send any spam to this address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Thanks. [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Regex Question: All punct except...
I want a CF regex to replace all punctuation except for the / character. I made it work with the following: [^/[:alpha:][:digit:][:space:]] But I was wondering if there was a simpler way to write it with the [:punct:] class? [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
RE: BlueDragon cfinclude issues
I didn't think it through very well before posting. I just got frustrated and asked. The problem was, or rather is, that I am an idiot. The evaluate was only in there because I was playing around with it. I was getting the EXACT same results without it in there. However, I was causing another problem INSIDE the included file when I was outputting a variable that didn't exist. I got hung up on the fact that I thought it was failing to include the file and didn't think about the fact that the error might be happening on the first line of the included file. So I took the blinders off and tried looking at it all again. I went into billingandshipping.cfm and found the error on line 2. Now it all works fine and next time I'll try looking a little harder before throwing up my hands in frustration. It's just that I've had so many issues with BD and functions. I seem to have been forced to rework every single one of them in the move from CFMX. They're all flying well on my prod server which runs MX, but they fail on BD for any number of reasons. So, in the end, I'm not sure if I'm going to be switching over to BD at all. Sorry to waste everyone's time, he says walking away feeling like a total moron. --Ferg _ From: Mark A. Kruger - CFG [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 9:53 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: BlueDragon cfinclude issues You are not modifying it for path so fileexists( ) should crap out - unless BD does relative paths... does it? Also - what's with the evaluate( ) function? Seems superflous to me. -mk [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
RE: BlueDragon cfinclude issues
Are you sure that the CFIF is getting passed?It really seems like that should fail. It seems like the error could be misleading and being thrown at the CFFF rather than the CFINCLUDE - try commenting out the CFINCLUDE and see if you still get the problem. If you do then you know, at least, that the error message is less than specific.;^) Jim Davis _ From: Ken Ferguson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 10:49 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: BlueDragon cfinclude issues Nope, same result. Also, cfoutput#variables.incfilename#/cfoutput gives the same value as cfoutput#evaluate(variables.incfilename)#/cfoutput The evaluate just got in there as I was playing around with things. It's not really useful in this code. Remove all the evaluates and you still get the same thing. _ From: Scott Brady [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 9:42 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: BlueDragon cfinclude issues You have this block: cfif fileexists(evaluate(variables.incfilename)) cfinclude template=#variables.incfilename# cfelse ... I think the issue is that you're testing to see if Evaluate(variables.incfilename) exists, but then you're only including variables.incfilename.Try cfinclude template=#Evaluate(variables.incfilename)# Instead. Or, better yet, find a way to get rid of the evaluate. (I haven't used BD, but Evaluate is probably slow as it is in Macromedia CF) Scott -- - Scott Brady http://www.scottbrady.net/ _ _ [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
RE: BlueDragon cfinclude issues
Matt, Yes but... fileexists requires the fule path (i.e. e:\wwwroot\index.cfm - not just index.cfm) so I would definitley expect the cfif to return FALSE - or am I missing something? -mark -Original Message- From: Matt Liotta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 10:05 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: BlueDragon cfinclude issues In testing locally I found that FileExists() seems to be the problem. Basically, nothing inside the cfif executes. Simply including a template based on a variable without checking to see if it exists works. In fact, the following template shows this strange behavior. cfset foo = index.cfm cfif FileExists(foo) cfabort /cfif cfinclude template=#foo# When called index.cfm will be included. -Matt -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ken Ferguson Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 10:43 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: BlueDragon cfinclude issues Right, first I had cfif fileexists(variables.incfilename), but it yields the same result, I was just playing around to see if anything would help and my last revolution was trying the evaluate. It doesn't really matter though, because it IS getting past that cfif and into the cfinclude, but then it craps out. Ken Ferguson Fitz and Floyd http://www.fitzandfloyd.com http://www.fitzandfloyd.com http://www.exclusivelyfitz.com http://www.exclusivelyfitz.com/ http://stores.ebay.com/fitzandfloydscharmingtails _ From: Matt Liotta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 9:40 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: BlueDragon cfinclude issues Maybe I am reading the following line wrong, but it looks like you are trying to evaluate the filename as a variable. cfif fileexists(evaluate(variables.incfilename)) Shouldn't the above be as follows? cfif fileexists(variables.incfilename) -Matt _ [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
changing jsessionid in the middle of my session
I have a question... sometimes when going from one page to another, my jsessionid changes and my session variables get dropped. It happens if I'm submitting a form with enctype=multipart/form-data (if uploading a file) while carrying the urltoken through the URL. It's also happens when I'm using cookies - if I log into my application from my home page, after it's run through the log in action page and set a bunch of session variables, on the return to the home page the jsessionid changes, thus dropping my session. Strangely, if I log in again (with the changed jsessionid), everything works fine from thus on. Any ideas? Thanks. [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
RE: cfmail and SMTP authentication?
I would imagine that: cfmail's username=usernamevaluehere and password=passwordvaluehere attributes should work just fine for that purpose. _ From: techmike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 10:01 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: cfmail and SMTP authentication? Is it possible to use a SMTP server that requires authentication with the cfmail tag? Excuse me for not just googleing it, but I'm stuck behind a proxy at work. -Mike [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
RE: form validation problems
Then you don't desagree, you agree ;-) I do agree with the more client side the better... I know it's pretty bad, but it's usually my deadlines that define how much client side validation I get to put in. Cheers Claude :) -- dc [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Re: Coldfusion MX on SuSe? (And ideally MySQL...)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: it'd be handy to know if CFMX suse mysql apache actually works! SuSE 7.2,7.3, and 8.x are listed as supported Operating Systems for ColdFusion MX, so if your running one of those versions it shuldn't be too hard to get working. If your running a different version, it would probably still be worth trying. I don't think there will be any issue getting mysql or apache to work either. At a later stage I'd like to run PHP - can this integrate into my CFMX setup without the two crossing swords? They should work fine together on the same server. __ Pete Freitag http://www.cfdev.com/ Author of the CFMX Developers Cookbook http://www.petefreitag.com/bookshelf/ [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
Looping over Dates - Revisited..
About 2 weeks ago there was a thread on looping over monthly dates I need to take it a step further I'd like to loop over a date range in DAYS. Say startdate=06/01/2004 endate=08/06/2004 and have it loop consecutively through each day of the month until it gets to the end date. 06/01/2004 06/02/2004 06/03/2004 06/04/2004 06/05/2004 ...etc... 08/05/2004 08/06/2004 and know June has 30 days, July has 31 etc. Thanks... Jeff [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
RE: BlueDragon cfinclude issues
At 11:09 AM 8/19/2004, you wrote: I didn't think it through very well before posting. I just got frustrated and asked. So, in the end, I'm not sure if I'm going to be switching over to BD at all. Why switch to begin with? Do you need functionality in BD that is not in CFMX, or is it the price of the license? -- Alex [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
RE: cfmail and SMTP authentication?
Hrm, I get an attribute validation error with that..I'm running MX 6.0 if that makes a difference.. I tried doing a cfpop first to see if my server would authenticate like that, but no such luck..:( -mike -Original Message- From: Ken Ferguson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CF-Talk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 10:13:43 -0500 Subject: RE: cfmail and SMTP authentication? I would imagine that: cfmail's username=usernamevaluehere and password=passwordvaluehere attributes should work just fine for that purpose. _ From: techmike [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 19, 2004 10:01 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: cfmail and SMTP authentication? Is it possible to use a SMTP server that requires authentication with the cfmail tag? Excuse me for not just googleing it, but I'm stuck behind a proxy at work. -Mike [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings] [Donations and Support]
