Re: Man swept out to sea during Sunday morning baptism
And this is related to ColdFusion jobs how, exactly? Or did you just want to take the opportunity to let everybody know your feelings on religion? On Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 8:16 AM, Larry C. Lyons larrycly...@gmail.comwrote: http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/03/31/man-swept-out-to-sea-during-sunday-morning-baptism/?tid=hp_mm how ironic. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-jobs-talk/message.cfm/messageid:4647 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-jobs-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-jobs-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Equator
I've interviewed with them twice in the past year. Once around May of last year, and again in August. Both times face to face in their LA office near LAX. While friendly, the place struct me as VERY corporate. It sounded like they wanted a very high-end developer that was willing to put in a LOT of hours (which I was). Both times, the hiring got put on hold before a selection was made. Then most recently (like, two weeks ago), another opening appeared, and I re-applied. I explained all of this to the agency, and they came back and said they checked and Equator said I had been declined, and once declined, you are NEVER considered again. Ever. This was after having to take their idiotic ProveIt online test that looks like it was written by a monkey. So I suppose this is a blessing having read into the responses so far. :) Rob From: Brian Thornton br...@cfdeveloper.com To: cf-jobs-talk cf-jobs-talk@houseoffusion.com Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2012 1:27 PM Subject: Re: Equator It is a churn problem... The mortgage business in general has boomed and they have the established system.. That said between LA and Texas the technology has had problems under the growth and between the forced code checkins and overnight code sessions they overwork and underpay... On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 4:23 PM, Benjamin Pate benja...@pate.org wrote: Anyone on the list work for them or ever worked for them? If so, care to share your opinion/experiences? Thanks, Dan Equator makes workflow software that makes mortgage foreclosures more efficient. I was there when it was called REOTrans. I worked very closely with the founders and built the original bid workflow system that helped launch the company. Later, I came on full-time as a product manager to help guide future development. The company has grown tremendously since the foreclosure boom a few years ago, so I'm sure it's a very different organization than the one I left. But if I had to say something positive, I'd say that working there inspired me to start my own company, and never answer to another boss again. -- Wholly separate from this company, the people, or the environment there -- whenever you're looking for a job, make sure you find something that matters to YOU, and has PURPOSE for you. When you 99 years old, what do you want to look back at, and say that you accomplished. Personally, I could not buy in to this company's mission, and I wanted to do something more personally meaningful. There are so many ways to make money in this world -- make sure to choose something that is inspiring, rewarding, and that leaves the mark that you want to leave on this Earth. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-jobs-talk/message.cfm/messageid:4558 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-jobs-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-jobs-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Fw: TS6079: ColdFusion Developers - Great Opportunity - long term Contract
Has anybody noticed that she is posting this job DAILY? - Forwarded Message - From: Lina Danes l...@tansoncorp.com To: cf-jobs cf-j...@houseoffusion.com Sent: Monday, April 30, 2012 8:58 AM Subject: TS6079: ColdFusion Developers - Great Opportunity - long term Contract TS6079: ColdFusion Developers - Great Opportunity - long term Contract Please contact l...@tansoncorp.com for more info. Job Title: Coldfusion Developers Job Location: Rochester, MN Job Duration: long term (Contract) Pay Range: Open Job Description: We are seeking two experienced ColdFusion developers Content Management System and Integrated Web are fully implemented. Addressing daily production issues and requests, providing routine operational support, developing minor enhancements, developing documentation as needed and serving as a resource for customer questions. The developers may also be involved in supporting other CF based systems within the unit. The two contractors will assume all on-call responsibilities for .com and .org. Behavior Characteristics: Must be able to work independently, have the ability to problem solve and make decisions with minimal guidance. Requires excellent communication skills, ability to take initiative, commit to and meet deadlines. Highly Required skills: *5 Years of experience in Cold Fusion is Required *5 Years of experience in MVC is Required *5 Years of experience in HTML/CSS is Required *5 Years of experience in JAVA Script is Required *5 Years of experience in JQuery is Required *5 Years of experience in Team Foundation Server is Required *5 Years of experience in Microsoft Visual Studio is Required *5 Years of experience in MS SQL Server 2000 or later is Required *2 Years of experience in Bachelor's degree or equivalent is Required Nice to have: *3 Years of experience in Content Mgmt System Experience is Highly desired *3 Years of experience in Search Engine Optimization is Nice to have *3 Years of experience in Google Search Appliance is Nice to have *3 Years of experience in Unica is Nice to have Please complete the following and send back with your updated resume. Full Name: Hourly rate: Day Phone #: Evening Phone #: Cell Phone #: Availability: Current City/State: Work Status (US Citizen / Green Card / Others): Tanson is EOE/AA Tanson Corp. is a Minnesota based Technology Company offering competitive services in IT consulting and staff augmentation, providing technology staffing, consulting, and project-based services in onsite, offsite and offshore environments. To view all our positions take a look at Careers at www.Tansoncorp.com Follow us: www.facebook.com/TansonCorp twitter.com/#!/tansoncorp www.linkedin.com/company/tanson-corp ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-jobs-talk/message.cfm/messageid:4540 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-jobs-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-jobs-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: TS6079: ColdFusion Developers - Great Opportunity - long term Contract
If this is the place I think it is (Mayo Clinic), a few tidbits for anybody who might be interested. I interviewed with them two years ago and was accepted for the job. I was two days from leaving to drive up there when the agency (not hers -- a different agency) told me that there was no on-site parking, you had to park at the Walmart at the north end of town and take a half-hour shuttle ride to work... then to add to that, they wanted everybody to wear a tie. I ended up turning the job down because I wasn't willing to add another hour of commute to my day, and I sure as hell wasn't wearing a tie. Just an FYI. Rob ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-jobs-talk/message.cfm/messageid:4544 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-jobs-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-jobs-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: So Cal Development Shop Looking For Local CF Smarty Pants
I have direct experience with this place; anyone seriously considering working with them should contact me off-list first. Rob On 7/21/11 10:38 AM, Scott Berry wrote: We are a So Cal based development company dealing primarily in ColdFusion development work. Always seeking to add talent to our growing team we have been in business over 10 years and appreciate responsible, intelligent developers. Two specific openings we have right now are as follows: 1. Mid level CF programmer with 2-3 years CF specific experience. Requirements include clean code, solid HTML/CSS skills, JQuery knowledge, MS SQL basics and ability to learn and adapt to our development style. Full time not required, on-site not required but must be responsible, communicative and reliable. Local within a few hours of So Cal is a must. Benefit given to developers who can cut up PSD site designs and implement with intelligent CSS. Server management, networking and ability to be a jack of all trades is a benefit. 2. Senior level CF programmer with 3-5 years CF specific experience. Should have ability to write CF cleanly and with a mind for performance. Knowledge of SOAP, web services, CFC's inside and out, advanced API integrations, payment processing is all quite necessary. TSQL, SQL Server management, etc... all of the tools/techniques necessary to be a senior developer. Of course ability to learn, grow and adapt is even better. Once again, full-time not required, on-site not required but must be responsible, communicative and reliable. Local within a few hours of So Cal is a must. Both positions are hourly, contract and do not include benefits at this time. We are flexible and provide a quality work environment which we'll change to meet needs if it works for everyone involved. Send code samples, resumes and most importantly specifics as to your availability and how you'll help us grow with your skills. Rate ranges or salary requirements could definitely be included. Recruiters, off-shore development companies, robots, androids, persons lacking common sense or sense of humor will be scoffed at, made fun of and have their emails deleted. Don't bother! Otherwise, email jobs AT magicalproductions.net ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-jobs-talk/message.cfm/messageid:4480 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-jobs-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-jobs-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
CF Position with State of Oregon
Please contact them directly; I'm just posting it for them. BTW this is NOT with the Oregon Education Dept, another opening that I've seen going around. But check with them for full details; I've posted all I know. Rob --- Contractor shall provide expert computer programming analysis and development expertise to design, develop, test and implement enhancements and upgrades to MCTD web-based applications. Contractor shall incorporate emerging development and security standards as identified by Agency into code development. Contractor shall develop and revise application, program, and end-user documentation as may be necessary. Contractor shall complete unit testing and participate in Peer Reviews of Contractor developed code. Contractor shall support business acceptance testing by providing necessary data and environment information as well as correcting any code issues discovered during testing and peer reviews. Agency?s Project Manager shall communicate tasks and due dates to Contractor?s technical service representative as the tasks are established, documented and scheduled by Agency. While performing the tasks, the Contractor shall work with all involved parties to insure the objectives and system requirements are met. This may include meetings with project team members, technical experts and business representatives to develop and review requirements, complete and carry out test plans and develop and coordinate application and system implementation plans. Deliverables: Contractor shall submit a written status report each month to the Project Manager on activities, hours worked and accomplishments. Contractor shall report on status of work assignments as requested. Qualifications: Contractor must have at least five (5) years of professional consultative, technical, or administrative experience which includes designing, constructing, or analyzing information systems. Contractor must have at least two (2) years professional using ColdFusion MX. Know anyone? Regards, Magesh S 503.383.1629 (Primary Number) 503.547.7998 (M) mag...@tektal.com mailto:mag...@tektal.com www.tektal.com http://www.tektal.com/ Building IT Together ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-jobs-talk/message.cfm/messageid:4394 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-jobs-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-jobs-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Fwd: CF Position with State of Oregon (followup)
It never fails. :) I needed to mention that this is on-site only in Salem, Oregon and not Telecommute. Thanks. Rob Original Message Subject: CF Position with State of Oregon Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2010 09:58:29 -0800 From: RobG sled...@gmail.com To: cf-jobs-talk@houseoffusion.com Please contact them directly; I'm just posting it for them. BTW this is NOT with the Oregon Education Dept, another opening that I've seen going around. But check with them for full details; I've posted all I know. Rob --- Contractor shall provide expert computer programming analysis and development expertise to design, develop, test and implement enhancements and upgrades to MCTD web-based applications. Contractor shall incorporate emerging development and security standards as identified by Agency into code development. Contractor shall develop and revise application, program, and end-user documentation as may be necessary. Contractor shall complete unit testing and participate in Peer Reviews of Contractor developed code. Contractor shall support business acceptance testing by providing necessary data and environment information as well as correcting any code issues discovered during testing and peer reviews. Agency?s Project Manager shall communicate tasks and due dates to Contractor?s technical service representative as the tasks are established, documented and scheduled by Agency. While performing the tasks, the Contractor shall work with all involved parties to insure the objectives and system requirements are met. This may include meetings with project team members, technical experts and business representatives to develop and review requirements, complete and carry out test plans and develop and coordinate application and system implementation plans. Deliverables: Contractor shall submit a written status report each month to the Project Manager on activities, hours worked and accomplishments. Contractor shall report on status of work assignments as requested. Qualifications: Contractor must have at least five (5) years of professional consultative, technical, or administrative experience which includes designing, constructing, or analyzing information systems. Contractor must have at least two (2) years professional using ColdFusion MX. Know anyone? Regards, Magesh S 503.383.1629 (Primary Number) 503.547.7998 (M) mag...@tektal.com mailto:mag...@tektal.com www.tektal.com http://www.tektal.com/ Building IT Together ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-jobs-talk/message.cfm/messageid:4395 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-jobs-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-jobs-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Moving to DC
On 11/8/10 2:59 PM, Maureen wrote: That is legal in California. I hate it, but apparently there have been few accidents because of it, and no fatalities. No offense (seriously), but here's my take on why people hate it. It's a generalization so please try not to take it too personally. And I can relate because years ago before I rode I felt the same way. You hate it because it requires you to actually pay attention. You feel like you shouldn't have to watch out for anybody but yourself. You hate it because of the VERY FEW dweebs out there (they exist in every group) that abuse the privilege and blow through traffic at too high a speed, or you've had a mirror broken by one of these guys. OR, as somebody pointed out yesterday, you hate the idea that somebody should get there before you do. Misery spread equally, that's the Liberal Way (tm). Instead of Power To Those Who Can, we need to put a stop those people because it isn't FAIR that they should be able to do something we can't. There was an article written in San Francisco back in 2000 talking about lane splitting. They quoted one guy saying how he hates how people can get there sooner, and they shouldn't be allowed to. They, should just get in line and wait with everybody else. It's such a crock because bikes are much smaller than cars. They fit in smaller spaces. It just makes sense to let them use that space. Consider this... at the grocery store or Walmart. You have these big, wide aisles. WHAT IF you were only allowed to walk single file down these aisles? Even if somebody stopped to get stuff off the shelf, or was standing there staring, looking for the item that didn't exist, you COULD NOT go around them. How dumb is that? Very similar concept. Rob ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-jobs-talk/message.cfm/messageid:4381 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-jobs-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-jobs-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Moving to DC
On 11/8/10 8:35 AM, Jacob wrote: Metro is the only way to get around in DC. Forget about driving, let alone finding a place to park... If they would legalize lane splitting in DC/Virginia and surrounding areas, it would open up a whole new way to commute (motorcycle). It works really, REALLY well in California. It's the whole reason I started riding. Rob ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-jobs-talk/message.cfm/messageid:4360 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-jobs-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-jobs-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Moving to DC
On 11/8/10 10:39 AM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: HOV regulations in Virginia allow motorcycles to use the HOV lanes and I-66 inside the beltway during rush hour. Yeah that's a federal law, in fact. But being able to split lanes saves a TON of time when traffic inevitably slows down... likewise filtering to the front of traffic lights between cars is also a huge time-saver. AND (at the risk of sounding like a PDA), studies have shown that it's SAFER than not splitting because you're much less likely to get rear-ended. I can get anywhere in the SF Bay Area or Los Angeles basin in 1/3 the time it takes in a car. I cut my own commute in LA from 45 minutes (9 miles each way) to 15 minutes because of lane splitting. Rob ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-jobs-talk/message.cfm/messageid:4362 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-jobs-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-jobs-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Moving to DC
On 11/8/10 11:15 AM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: I may be confused. What do you mean by split lanes? www.laneshare.org Being able to ride between the lanes of cars. It's common practice in California and has been for decades. The rule of thumb is this... at speeds below 35 mph (such as on a freeway), in heavy traffic, you can move over and ride between the cars. People are aware of this and usually will move over for you. In rare cases, they don't, so you drop back in behind them until you can get around them. You should never go more than 10-15 mph over the flow of traffic, and naturally never above the posted speed limit. This generally only happens between the #1 and #2 lanes (the far left lane and the one next to it), but is occasionally done in the other lanes, but isn't recommended. In town, the same rule applies, except that at traffic lights, you can ride right up to the front of the light in between cars, where you are always the first out of the light, out in front of all that traffic. The end result of all this is that motorcycles don't exist in traffic with relation to cars, and vice versa. We can go between cars, and they don't really have to deal with us being in the way because we're between them instead of in front of them when traffic is slow-moving. Describing this to non-riders usually gets a typically bone-headed response of, duh, what happens if somebody opens their door? Well, it'll hurt. BUT, fact is, it doesn't happen. People are very respectful of bikes and usually give them space. In fact, the only cars I've ever encountered that don't are Priuses, since they tend to think they own the road. But as of 1/1/11, hybrids are being banished from the carpool lane in California, much to their chagrin. Rob ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-jobs-talk/message.cfm/messageid:4365 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-jobs-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-jobs-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Moving to DC
On 11/8/10 12:07 PM, Larry C. Lyons wrote: Knowing what drivers are like on I-66 I wouldn't be surprised. No offense but everybody says this about just about everywhere. We all think we live with the worst drivers. :) I drive a MIni and in this area I have to be very alert to all those over-sized SUVs whose drivers are usually talking on their cell phones, eating breakfast, putting on makeup etc. A few weeks ago I had to replace a rim and tire after being forced off the pavement because of an SUV driver not paying attention. This is why (whether in a car or on a bike), I stay away from clumps of traffic. It's just inviting disaster, but even moreso on a bike. People will notice you if you give them a reason to notice you. Staying near them in traffic at the same speed is akin to having a cloaking device, no matter how many lights you might have on. Also no offense, but if you think you're alert in your car, try riding a motorcycle. Stuff that would just piss you off would kill us, so we learn very quickly to predict what other cars are going to do before they do it, and avoid it. While this can be a nice area to live and work, the DC/MD/NoVA area has about the most congested traffic in the country, just behind the LA region. Yeah I think LA is probably the worst in congestion, which is why lane splitting works so well. I think the concept can be successfully introduced to any area. It can be easily billed as pro-green because motorcycles get easily double the gas mileage of a car (3x that of an SUV). They're smaller, easier to park, as of the last few years, they have the same emissions controls as cars so they're clean-burning too. But with a proper introduction to the public... i.e. pass the law legalizing it, but don't activate it for a month or so, and then let the local TV news and newspapers advertise it. Make it known that the cops aren't going to tolerate cars messing with bikes, but at the same time, they expect riders to be equally courteous of cars. I'm actively working with a local state rep here in Oregon to get lane splitting legalized in 2011. If there's any way to make it happen, I'm going to make it happen. Rob ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-jobs-talk/message.cfm/messageid:4370 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-jobs-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-jobs-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Fwd: Southern California Development Company Seeks Reliable Mid Level Developers
This got lost in my inbox filters, so I just now saw it. I just wanted to say that anybody seriously considering this, please contact me off-list. I have direct experience with them and thought I would relay my experiences. Rob Original Message Subject: Southern California Development Company Seeks Reliable Mid Level Developers Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 00:26:03 -0400 (EDT) From: Scott Berry sbe...@magicalproductions.net Reply-To: Scott Berry sbe...@magicalproductions.net To: cf-jobs cf-j...@houseoffusion.com Magical Productions is a full range web design and development company. 80% of our work is ColdFusion based and we are looking for reliable, honest and quality CF programmers to join our team. We prefer local talent but for the right fit telecommute may be a possibility. We provide small to large companies with a full range of internet services from your basic web brochure site to blogs, forums and e-commerce all the way to logo design, hosting and VPS solutions. For someone who likes to have their hands in everything this is a great opportunity. However if you are just a great basic coder and can cut up a PSD design with CSS skill then you would fit in well. You should know most of the following without too much googling (but if you are smart you'll know where to find the resources when you need them): - CF9 - MSSQL - CSS - JavaScript/JQuery - CFC, OOP, TSQL, Photoshop We aren't your typical 9-5 gig so if you can budget your time and get projects done with a good personality and ease of communication then you can work on other stuff as you wish. Generally we have enough work for our developers to bill 40 hours a week. We deal with 1099 only. Please send your resume, CF code sample (does not have to function, just show us you know how to code) and give us a bit of detail about yourself, your availability, etc in your email. This isn't a college essay, it's you showing us who you are and what you do... blow us away. j...@magicalproductions.net ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-jobs-talk/message.cfm/messageid:4335 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-jobs-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-jobs-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Too many emails from an agency
I don't normally say much, especially gripes, but this seems worthwhile... Below is a copy of what I think is at least the fifth or sixth email I have gotten from this one particular agency (TAJ Technologies) about this one position. At least three have been from this one person. I didn't reply to them for several reasons. First, I got THREE of the five or six replies all within about an hour, and they weren't all from the same person that time, so I was already put off by it. I think I've been contacted by at least ten other agencies about the job too. I did ultimately reply to one of them, and spoke with them at length on the phone. More on that later. It's extremely uncool that these morons keep sending me these emails. Do they think maybe if they send it enough, I'll finally reply? I guess so since I did, except I told them to leave me alone. I won't work with this place no matter what jobs they may have, not after this crap. And for anybody who was wondering... this Minnesota job... it tops out at $45/hr W2 (they don't want to do 1099), and it's to support an existing app while their other developers MOVE IT TO ANOTHER LANGUAGE. I forget what the other language is, except it's not a mainstream one like .NET, Rails or whatever. Me, I'm not really enthused about taking any job where I'm assisting somebody to abandon ColdFusion. I really, truly, HATE having to deal with recruiters. I can't think of any job I've ever had where I have had a good overall experience with them. Rob Original Message Subject:Multiple Job Openings for ColdFusion Web Developer (With JavScript and AJAX Exp) in MN Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 08:05:22 -0600 Hi Robert, My name is *Santosh* and I am with *TAJ Technologies, Inc* (www.tajtech.com http://www.tajtech.com/) a leader for over two decades in IT and Engineering Professional staffing/consulting solutions, with powerful technology solutions. We are a Preferred Vendor of Fortune-500 and Fortune-1000 companies across the nation. *âWe have been preferred vendor at this client for over 10 years and have over 40 consultants billing. We have solid relationships and are looking for high value candidates and loyal vendors* I noticed your information on the job boards and thought you may be interested in an immediate opportunity, which I would like to discuss with you in more detail. Please find the job description below, and call me if you have any questions on *703â562-7460 Ext-109.* We have an immediate opening for *ColdFusion Web Developer* *Job Location: Rochester, MN* *Job Duration: 9 Months Contract* *Tax Term: W2* *No Of Opening: 05* ** *Short Description:* Experienced ColdFusion Web Developer *Complete Description:* Client Global Products and Services (GPS) has openings for experienced ColdFusion web developers. The web developers will be responsible for maintaining and supporting the existing Embody Health wellness portal and assisting in new product development for 2010. *Skill* *Required / Desired* *Amount of Experience* Experience with ColdFusion version 7/8/9 Required 3 Years Experience with JavaScript and AJAX frameworks Highly desired Experience working with ColdFusion Components (CFCs) Required 2 Years Experience working with XML and Web Services Highly desired Experience with MVC Highly desired Experience with ColdFusion frameworks Highly desired Strong database development skills Required Excellent communication skills Required Object Orientated experience Required 4 year degree in Computer Science or related field Desired Experience with MS SQL Server Highly desired If this project does not match your exact skills perhaps you know of someone with the necessary experience and availability. If so, please feel free to forward this email at your discretion. We would appreciate it if you could send your updated profile on Word format early for the submission. *Please fill in the details below.* *Current Location:* *Relocation: Yes/No* *Expected Pay rate:* *Are you authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship:* *Availability:* Given the opportunity, I would be delighted to work with you. *TAJ Technologies, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and Affirmative Action* *Thanks Regards,* *TAJ* *Technologies Inc* *Santosh Kumar* 1168, Northland Dr Mendota Heights, MN-55120 ( 703-562-7460 x 109 | ( 612-216-8474 x 109 *** santosh.k.il...@tajtech.com mailto:narendran.g.il...@tajtech.com | *:* www.tajtech.com http://www.tajtech.com/ *:* http://www.linkedin.com/in/santoshtaj *--*--* The information contained in this communication (including this e-mail
Re: Education
I've seen allot of jobs require lately BA/BS and not accept experience in it's place. What in your estimation is the percent of coldfusion people who have these and do you have one yourself? For me, I don't have any college experience and I would guess that about 5% of the coldfusion community actually have a BA/BS. Has your experience been different? I'd say you're pretty accurate in your guess. I don't have it and don't want it either. For me it's as much a matter of principle as anything. I got where I am today by figuring it out on my own (as I think most CFers have) and to me that's worth WAY more than somebody who sat in a classroom and had it fed to them. I had an interview last week and left feeling like a complete idiot because I didn't have the vocabulary they were apparently looking for. Rob ~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:327576 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: Thinking of a career change.. how does one get into Technical Recruiting..
I like Ravi's positive outlook, but I have to somewhat disagree and say that there are lots of companies that will, without hesitation, do what's best for them, regardless of how loyal you've been or how hard you've worked. It's up to you to keep your eyes open, so if you see it happening, you can react accordingly. A few years ago, I had taken a remote job with a company out of San Diego. They were a computer hardware/software reseller similar to CDW (but it was NOT CDW). I was one of four developers, only one of which worked on-site. The company flew us all out and we had a great time for the week meeting each other, going over systems, making plans, etc, etc, etc, while listening to the CEO and his right-hand-man make promises for the future. A few months later, my job got cut because they decided to cut one of the four developer positions and outsource that position to CHINA. They could get TEN chinese developers for what they were paying me (which wasn't much to begin with). When I spoke to the CEO's right-hand-man about this, and the promises made while we were all in San Diego, he said, hey, it's business. Nice. I've kept in touch with some of the people there, and as we all figured, the outsourcing came back to bite them in the ass, and I've even seen them advertise for developers on cf-jobs. So I guess the bottom line is this... NEVER take anybody's word unless it's in writing, and even then, doubt it. Rob ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-jobs-talk/message.cfm/messageid:4216 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-jobs-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.11
Re: Thinking of a career change.. how does one get into Technical Recruiting..
Jerry Johnson wrote: Sell your wife, mother, and youngest child. Then have a heart reduction surgery (placing is in a secure storage facility) Rob a whole troop of girlscouts out of their cookie money. Dig a 20 foot hole in a sand trap with a sand wedge. And tell a bar full of Yankee fans that the Red Sox are a better team. Now, add the above items to your resume, and you should be all set. That's a good start. I have yet to find a recruiter or agency that didn't ultimately leave me feeling raped in the end. And that's regardless of whether or not I ultimately got a job through them. I know recruiters are busy and are trying to fill openings. But is it SO freaking hard to treat somebody who has just been DQ'd for whatever reason like a human being? Each and every time I have ever been passed over for a job, the recruiter has stopped answering my emails and/or phone calls. Completely. Not a peep from them ever again UNLESS another opening came up. It's like I'm not worth the five seconds of their time since I'm no longer somebody that could make them money at that instant. What's worse, is that they come off all friendly and helpful and everything at the start... but then, as time passes, they become less involved. Even where I am now... the guy handling my position has yet to EVER call me back to ask how things are going, or to take me to lunch as he repeatedly promised at the start. If I email him, I will get a reply usually within 24 hrs with a short response. If I have a followup question, it never gets answered. And I've been dealing with these lowlifes since the late 90's, so it's not like I've encountered a few bad apples. I firmly believe this to be the norm. I think I would sooner try to sell cars than become a recruiter. Rob ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-jobs-talk/message.cfm/messageid:4189 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-jobs-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.11
Re: SQL Server on development box?
I thought MSSQL Express (developer) edition was free? Rob On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 9:05 AM, Billy Cox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I recently moved our sites to a new server running CF8 and SQL 2005 Standard. Do I have to buy the 'Developer Edition' of SQL 2005 for my development box or is there another way? It's only $50, but being a corporate type, I like free better. ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:313615 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: attack site / sql injections HELP!
Once you do all that, there's a link you can go to from the attack site notiifcation in FF3 that lets you submit the site back to Google for review. Once they review, they will hopefully remove it. Rob On Wed, Oct 8, 2008 at 4:37 PM, Dave Watts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: still dealing w/ the friggin sql injections, I've cleansed all the inline queries and added all the queryparams in. I also left in the code in application.cfm for safe measure. the problem that I'm having now is the google safe browsing. from what I understand its on firefox3, the Tell me if the site I'm visiting is a suspected attack site option will not let users view the site w/o a warning unless they change their settings. I wish I can say just turn it off but I can't. can somebody tell me how and where to clear this w/ google safe browsing? ever since I updated to code and added to application.cfm we they haven't been injected. but when check I get with google (even after requesting a review from them): You must remove or sanitize the already-injected data in your database. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:313644 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: CFC Best Practices
James Holmes wrote: You can generally avoid the problem with a cftransaction tag if you're doing the MAX(id) thing, but the other solutions are better (especially the new CF8 goodies which, for example, are a life saver for Oracle). I've tried using the result.identitycol trick with CF8 and MSSQL and for me, it doesn't work. I just get an error. So what I've stuck to is this... Before the first insert, I do cfset now = Now() Then in the insert, for my date_added value, I use #now#. Then after that, when I do my select MAX(id), I also add where date_added = '#now#' AND I also wrap the whole thing in a cftransaction... Rob ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:311262 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: CFC Best Practices
Sandra Clark wrote: Actually if you are using MSSQL 2000 or 2005 or up, you should be using VALUES(); SELECT SCOPE_IDENTITY() AS id Okay, I just added this to my insert function, and got this: [Macromedia][SQLServer JDBC Driver][SQLServer]'SCOPY_IDENTITY' is not a recognized built-in function name. Here's the exact line: ); select SCOPY_IDENTITY() as newuserid /cfquery Rob ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:311270 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: CFC Best Practices
William Seiter wrote: Try SCOPE_IDENTITY() instead of SCOPY_IDENTITY() D'OH! Man and I even went over it to be absolutely certain it wasn't something stupid. Rob ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:311275 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
Re: (ot) Spry Xml sources
Oh wow... quite a trip. So you're goal is to turn her off on ever using the Lance again? :) Dang I don't think I'd even try that with an 1181... Sounds like you have a busy weekend! I'm headed for Reno on Friday morning. Ro's 2nd birthday is on Saturday. Rob ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:306070 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
Ajax Problem: Callback isn't happening.
I'm hoping somebody has seen this problem before...
I'm using cfajaxproxy to proxy to my CFC... that works fine.
My local javascript creates the instance of the proxy, then sets the
callback hander, and then calls the CFC in the function. This all
works great, and up until sometime last night, was working great too.
Now this morning, the CFC gets called just fine, does its thing just
fine, and I can see in Firebug that the result is coming back just
fine too. But for whatever reason, my callback function is NOT being
called.
So in the example below, the whateverSuccess function never gets
called. I stuck an alert in it to see, and it never appears. I moved
the alert to the bottom of the example function below, and it showed
up fine. And like I said, I can see in Firebug that the call takes
place, and returns a proper result.
function do_whatever(value)
{
var instance = new whatever_proxy();
instance.setCallbackHandler(whateverSuccess);
instance.cfcFunction(value);
}
So I'm confused... I've visually looked over my block of JS code to
see if anything in it could be causing a problem and Id on't see
anything. Aptana's JS validator isn't reporting any problems either.
Any ideas?
Rob
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Re: Ajax Problem: Callback isn't happening.
Followup... no callbacks are happening related to ajax. I have an AutoSuggest setup with CFINPUT on another page, and it works (it returns values according to firebug) but they too never appear on screen. So something is globally hosed... Rob ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:303120 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
BIG problems with 8.0.1 update
Me again. :) I've had to uninstall CF on three machines and reinstall to get back to the pre-8.0.1 version (with just the pre-existing hotfixes installed). This new update broke a LOT of stuff, and I'm wondering if anybody else has noticed yet. First, there was the YUI-related issue that I posted about yesterday. That was pretty minor. Next, I was working on a script that I've been dinking with for about a month, that goes through a big directory of image files and checks their pixel size and filesize, and alters them accordingly to save space. The first problem I noticed after doing the update was that if there were more than about 70 files in the directory, JRUN would exit with a strange error (I don't recall the specific one). It had worked just fine prior to this (there are some 20,000 files in the directory I'm testing on). So I made a directory with fifty files and continued fine-tuning things. This is when I noticed the next problem. Half of the files (roughly) were coming up not found by the CFImage tag, despite definitely existing. I experimented... was it the ones with spaces in their names? Nope. Was it the ones that were uppercase? Nope. Lowercase? Nope. I could find no rhyme or reason as to why this was happening. It also happened on another site that I run (on another server, which also had the update) -- a message forum that I wrote. People who were uploading photos to their profiles were suddenly unable to do so. I saw lots of errors thrown due to file not found when the file clearly was there. Finally I figured the best move was to roll back to pre-8.0.1. So I uninstalled/reinstalled since Adobe didn't give us an Uninstall option. Since that time, everything has gone back to normal and is working just fine. Oh, I did go through the release notes very carefully to see if there was anything mentioned that might tell why these problems started, but there was nothing. So as of right now I'm advising everybody I know to NOT apply the 8.0.1 update. Rob ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:303030 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: BIG problems with 8.0.1 update
Cutter (CFRelated) wrote: Rob, Just out of curiosity, were these fresh, ground-up installs, or did you install 8.0.1 on top of your existing copy of 8? These were done with the 8.0.1 updater. Rob ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:303036 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: BIG problems with 8.0.1 update
David: This is what I was getting: An exception occurred while trying to read the image. File d:\web\docs\\18105\100_0690.JPG does not exist. The error occurred on line 102. It would say that for almost any filename... I never could find a reason why it would do that on some but not all. I don't have the exception info for why it was dying when there were lots of files to process; I've rolled back to 8.0 so I can't rerun to get it again. Hey Hermant... any word on the YUI-related issue I found too? My main concern is that it isn't a bigger issue than it appears. If copying over that /yui/build/calendar folder is all it takes to fix it, that's cool. Rob ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:303054 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
CF 8.01 Updated, now: YAHOO.lang.augmentProto is not a function
I updated to CF 8.01 yesterday, and now I get this error in Firebug when using CFMenu: YAHOO.lang.augmentProto is not a function In addition, the background color of the menu item I hover over turns white instead of the color I specified (the background right around the characters turn the right color though). It looks like something got very messed up. This is happening on three systems... one has XP Pro, one has Vista, and one is my live server on Server 2003, and is happening on two different applications that use CFMenu. Anybody else see this problem? Any ideas how to fix it? Thanks! Rob ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:302961 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: CF 8.01 Updated, now: YAHOO.lang.augmentProto is not a function
Okay, I may have a workaround for this... I downloaded the latest YUI and replaced the cfide/scripts/ajax/yui/calendar folder with the one from yui/build/calendar. This seems to have fixed things, at least for now. I have no idea what else it may have messed up, but for the moment, I'm happy. Why can't a major update ever come out (for anything) without it screwing something else up? :) Rob ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:302966 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Passing BIND values in CFGRID
I have a cfc that I wrote, with two methods. The first method creates
a CFGRID, and the second method is called by the BIND attirbute in the
CFGRID to retrieve its data.
What I'm trying to do, basically, is pass a tablename and have a
generic CGRID appear that displays all of the columns in the table.
If the method I call from within the cfgrid's bind attribute is
specific to the table, it works fine. But when I try to pass a
tablename and call a more generic method, it isn't working. Here's
the code:
cfgrid
bind=cfc:grid.getData({tablename},{cfgridpage},{cfgridpagesize},{cfgridsortcolumn},{cfgridsortdirection})
When I call the table-specific method, I don't pass {tablename} and
things work fine. But then I added {tablename}, and in the getData
method, the value is coming through as NULL. I tried changing it to
{#tablename#} and it still comes through as NULL, but the variable
becomes the name of the table instead of just tablename
So... what am I doing wrong? How do I take a regular variable,
tablename in this case, and pass it through the BIND expression into
the cfc? Is it possible?
Thanks!
Rob
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Using CFLAYOUT with CFAJAX
I'm trying to use the cflayout tag on a site I'm building that's entire using the cfajax tag. Problem is, that tag and any like it (e.g. CFFORM) doesn't work. I'm wondering if it's because they're depending on scripts being loaded into the document head. Has anybody hit this problem before? If so, how did you get around it? Rob ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:301540 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: Using CFLAYOUT with CFAJAX
Thanks! That's a start... So, I put this in so it loads up right after my cfajaxproxy tags: cfajaximport tags=cfform,cftextarea,cfinput-autosuggest,cfwindow,cflayout-tab And I reload the page, and click through my navigation to get to the page that has the tab-based cflayout setup. And it never loads, and never shows an error. Firebug shows it sending data back, but it isn't being displayed. What am I doing wrong? :) Rob On Tue, Mar 18, 2008 at 1:40 PM, Will Swain [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: First, check your mapping to the coldfusion IDE folder. Also, look at cfajaximport - you need to import the tags for, say, cfform, into the main page if you want to use them in a cfdiv, layout area or any other cf8 ajax widget on that page. Will -Original Message- From: RobG [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 18 March 2008 20:20 To: CF-Talk Subject: Using CFLAYOUT with CFAJAX I'm trying to use the cflayout tag on a site I'm building that's entire using the cfajax tag. Problem is, that tag and any like it (e.g. CFFORM) doesn't work. I'm wondering if it's because they're depending on scripts being loaded into the document head. Has anybody hit this problem before? If so, how did you get around it? Rob ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:301544 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
Re: LinkedIn CF group
I'm game. Just joined. Rob On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 3:01 PM, James Wolfe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm not sure what purpose it serves, but I created a LinkedIn CF group if anyone cares http://www.linkedin.com/groupInvitation?groupID=63526sharedKey=59CB6255962F ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:300473 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
Re: CFAJAX: Can't pass parameter.
Cutter (CFRelated) wrote:
Use Firebug to watch the request. Those requests should show on your
'Console' tab, and when expanded you can view the 'Post' variables. I'm
betting you have a casing issue. JS is picky like that, and I've been
caught more than a few times over the years.
Thanks guys for the response. Here's what I've learned...
I did a dump of Arguments and my value is still zero in there.
Definitely no misspelling or case issues (it's all lowercase).
I watched the requests in Firebug and the value IS showing up. In fact,
get this... this is happening in two different CFCs. In one, I pass in
a userid value (checking for private messages -- this is a forum package
I wrote). Since I couldn't get it working, I cheated and just accessed
cookie.userid. That got that one at least usable, if not ideally.
Now on this next one, I'm passing in threadid, but I have no other way
to get it in. I tried setting request.threadid just before the call,
but that didn't seem to work.
So anwyay, back to Firebug. Here's what I see under the Console tab,
Params sub-tab:
argumentCollection {threadid:44841}
Likewise, in the previous one that handles PMs, I look in there and I
see the proper userid too. But for whatever reason, the CFC is
completely blind to it.
Rob
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CFAJAX: Can't pass parameter.
Okay, I'm stuck. I fixed my previous problem (JSON-related), and now that I've moved onto writing some of my own code, I've hit a snag where I cannot seem to get a value passed via AJAX. Basically, I'm trying to pass a number into my ajax CFC to be acted on. I've looked at browser source code to verify that the value is in the JS function that gets clicked on... I've added an Alert to the JS function just prior to calling the ajax instance and it's good there too. I've used CFLOG just inside the CFC to see what arguments.the_value is, and it's always zero. I have the cfargument set to receive type=numeric and required=true. I've been using the tutorial at LearnCF.com as my guide, since their tutorial runs perfectly, including the part that passes the string that gets reversed. So I'm stumped. I even used Firebug and saw that the parameter was in fact passed. But the CFC seems to be losing it somehow. Any ideas? Thanks! Rob ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:298301 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
Re: Dead Beat Clients.
I've been watching the Consultant's Revenge thread for a few days, but haven't commented because most everything that I would say has been said. I like the idea, but I'm also worried about liability. I also like JW's idea about a place where both clients and companies can be listed. I like this idea of the Deadbeat Clients list. But I have a question... shouldn't there be a list for clients who it's a fight to get paid, even if you eventually do? Or for clients who pay, but will negotiate you down after-the-fact? I have a few to add to the list if we're going to have a list like that. Rob ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Jobs-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:3620 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Jobs-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.11
Re: CFAjax Problem (parseJSON)
Raymond Camden wrote: If you use Firebug to monitor the XHR requests, what do you in the server response? Is it valid JSON? Hi Ray! I just installed firebug, but I don't quite understand what I'm looking for. I found the XHR section under the Net tab, but it doesn't really select. I see lots of outputs but I don't really know what to make of it. Rob ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:297750 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
Re: CFAjax Problem (parseJSON)
Okay, if I did it right, here's what I see...
On my local system (which works), the Response tab simply contains the
Server Time that is sent back.
On my live server (Windows) that isn't working right and returning that
weird error message, I get this:
===
script type=text/javascript_cf_loadingtexthtml=div
align='center'img src='/CFIDE/scripts/ajax
/resources/cf/images/loading.gif'/;
_cf_contextpath=;
_cf_ajaxscriptsrc=/CFIDE/scripts/ajax;
_cf_jsonprefix='//';
_cf_clientid='470E9572A0679FB1D701E5C9930C7ACB';/scriptscript
type=text/javascript src=/CFIDE/scripts
/ajax/messages/cfmessage.js/script
script type=text/javascript
src=/CFIDE/scripts/ajax/package/cfajax.js/script
script type=text/javascript
ColdFusion.Ajax.importTag('CFAJAXPROXY');
/script
script type=text/javascript
var _cf_pm=ColdFusion.AjaxProxy.init('/ajax/pm.cfc','pm_proxy');
_cf_pm.prototype.pmCount=function(userid) { return
ColdFusion.AjaxProxy.invoke(this, pmCount, {userid
:userid});};
/script
script language=JavaScript
if (self.parent.frames.length != 0)
self.parent.location=http://www.sierrasledders.com;;
/script
script language=JavaScript
function pmCount(userid) {
var userid = userid;
var instance = new pm_proxy();
instance.setCallbackHandler(pmCountSuccess);
instance.pmCount(userid);
}
function pmCountSuccess(result) {
document.getElementById('pm_count').innerHTML = result;
}
/script
30 Jan 2008 - 07:45:47
===
Which is interesting because it does seem to be returing the server
time, but all that mess ahead of it too. Weird.
Rob
Raymond Camden wrote:
You should see one line item per Ajax request. If you click to expand
it, there is a 'Result' tab I believe. This shows you what the server
returned.
On Jan 30, 2008 10:52 AM, RobG [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Raymond Camden wrote:
If you use Firebug to monitor the XHR requests, what do you in the
server response? Is it valid JSON?
Hi Ray!
I just installed firebug, but I don't quite understand what I'm looking
for. I found the XHR section under the Net tab, but it doesn't
really select. I see lots of outputs but I don't really know what to
make of it.
Rob
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Re: Paperthin's Commonspot
Scott Stewart wrote: Does anyone have any experience with CommonSpot? Pros? Cons? I had started to work with it for a contract that ended up only lasting a week due to poor communication. I spent a great deal of time reading up on the various developer guides. It looks like it's pretty easy to develop for... it's a million times better than FarCry (don't EVEN get me started on that thing, and yeah I know a lot of people like it). The thing I didn't like about it was that they encrypt all the files so you can't really see or modify it. There might be an option to get an unencrypted version, but I don't really know, I never explored it. Rob ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:297791 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
Re: Paperthin's Commonspot
Geoff Bowers wrote: My experience of Commonspot compared to other products has not been as delightful as yours. And there are plenty of people who have a diametrically opposed view to yours on the merits of FarCry as a solution. I dunno if I'd call my experience with it delightful but given the short time I had with it, it seemed pretty decent. It's unnecessary to voice your obviously negative opinion of a product without any sort of request to do so. If you feel the need to vent, why not vent on the farcry-dev forum where you might let the developers of that product know what you found so objectionable -- we'd love to fix it. I thought about venting about it on the Farcry list, but figured I would be booted in no time for not being a member of the choir. Not wanting to burn bridges, I chose not to. As for venting here without being asked, I thought this was a list that encouraged all kinds of discussion about CF and related applications. I'm not openly bashing FarCry. I do dislike it for many reasons, but I will refrain from making slanderous remarks about it. I will make two comments about it here and leave it at that for now... 1. It's VERY slow. Even on very fast hardware, it's extremely slow. 2. If it had even half the documentation that Commonspot had, I would probably still be using it. The new developer guide that was put out fell very short of being useful, and the Wiki is hard to find help in as well. In addition, even posting to the -Dev list was fairly futile. I finally abandoned FarCry for Joomla. Granted it's php-based, but it's extremely fast and so far seems much easier to work with. The back-end alone is worth its weight in gold. It's lightyears ahead of FarCry. Oh wait, that makes it three things, sorry. :) Rob ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:297798 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: CFAjax Problem (parseJSON)
I did some more investigating and got it to work... though I don't understand why. Basically, I had to comment out all JavaScript on the site... not that there was much. I had this: cfoutput script language=JavaScript if (self.parent.frames.length != 0) self.parent.location=#baseurl#; /script /cfoutput in my Application.cfm file. It kept puking until I removed it, then it started working again. I also tried turning back on an earlier experiment where I had written my own little test cfc and modified proxy.cfm's javascript to work with my own test. I was setting up that cfajaxproxy in my Application.cfm too. With it in place, the proxy.cfm wouldn't work. So my two newest questions are this: 1. What is it about the script, above, that is breaking the ajax stuff? 2. Why does it seem that two ajax proxies cannot coexist? Is this normal or is something else wrong? Rob ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:297799 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
CFAjax Problem (parseJSON)
I was over at learncf.com and am trying to run their CFAjax tutorial on one of my servers. When I click on either of the buttons, such as Server Time, I get this error: Error: [Exception... 'SyntaxError: parseJSON' when calling method: [nsIOnReadyStateChangeHandler::handleEvent] nsresult: 0x8057001c (NS_ERROR_XPC_JS_THREW_JS_OBJECT) location: unknown data: no] Googling hasn't gotten me anything useful, unfortunately. The box in question is Windows Server 2003 fully updated, CF8, MSSQL2005. At home, I have two development systems, one Windows and one Linux. On the Linux system (Fedora Core 7), it runs perfectly. On the Windows system (Vista), it would probably run if I could figure out how to overcome the ColdFusion not defined error, which I overcame on the Linux box by symlinking the CFIDE directory to the dir where proxy.cfm and proxy.cfc were located. The CF server already has a mapping for CFIDE, and I can't figure out how to specify a new one in Apache, though my attempts so far have only managed to break the CF Administrator. :) So there's something weird on my live Windows box, but I sure can't figure out what. Any ideas? Thanks! Rob ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:297711 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
php job list?
Hey does anybody know if there is a jobs list for php developers like CF-Jobs? Now that I'm starting to learn php, I wouldn't mind picking up some entry-level work so I can gain more experience with it. Thanks! Rob ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Jobs-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:3582 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Jobs-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.11
Re: WOW, what a plight!!
Wow man, what a story!! I've actually been in a couple of similar situations myself. You had amazing patience sticking it out for as long as you did. I would have bailed probably after the first week, if not sooner. Heck, just recently I got fired for being honest. Yep. Got a call from the woman who hired me, asking how things were going. I told her. I said it's been a week and I haven't been able to accomplish much because of server problems, poor response time, and generally not a whole lot of help from her team members. I said hey, maybe they just aren't that good at mentoring new people... though I doubted any of it was intentional. That was it. It was as if I had used a racial slur to describe her mother. In short, she said I had just trashed her team, and that she didn't think it was going to work out. Didn't matter that I apologized and said hey, I'm frustrated because it's been hard to get stuff done. Nope, that was all it took. So... all the trouble of interviewing, hiring, reading a bunch of manuals to get up to speed on stuff, four days busting my butt to produce, and I get axed for honesty... to the one person you should always be able to be honest with -- YOUR BOSS. Wow. Talk about a touchy-feely, wear-your-heart-on-your-sleeve type. I'm glad it happened now, before I got anymore invested into it. Rob ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Jobs-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:3573 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Jobs-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.11
CF-based CMS?
Hi... I'm wondering if somebody has a list of ColdFusion-based content management systems. I need one (free preferably) for a client that needs a CMS-based website. I've been using Farcry for a few months, and frankly, I'm fed up with it. I would rather write my own from scratch than continue to use that piece of festering crap. There is little to no documentation available, it is incredibly poorly written and buggy, it is SLOW, and it is confusing even for a 10+ year CF veteran such as myself. My client is mystified by it and has refused to use it. So.. are there any others out there? I would hate to switch them to php or something else... Thanks! Rob ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:295370 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
Re: CF-based CMS?
Dale Fraser wrote: I was at a talk recently and Geoff mentioned that they just released a new new set of documentation aimed at developers I think. Though I just went to find it and got lost. I have it. It's barely passable as documentation. It's what I was referring to when I said very little documentation was available. Every time I have a technical question, I have to post it to one of the Farcry lists, and nine times out of ten, IF it gets answered, it's answered by Geoff or one of 2-3 of the truly technical people there. it is incredibly poorly written and buggy I have found it to be well written and stable. Here's why I call it buggy... first, it lets you do things you shouldn't be able to do -- e.g. delete the entire site tree in the Admin area. If you do this, then attempt to view the site, it throws an error. There are a lot of places where errors get thrown after the user does something they shouldn't do. All of this should be trapped, and a lot of the stuff it's letting you do shouldn't be allowed. Indeed it is, and there is a learning curve, but it is very powerful, thus with power comes a learning curve. I think the learning curve is very steep, and it's made worse by a lack of real documentation. Granted the thing IS free, and I'll admit it's pretty powerful. But at this point, the shortcomings are outweighing it's strengths. Rob ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:295382 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
CFDocument: 3x2 document but only uses 3/4 of it
That was difficult making a semi-legible subject line! Okay, so I'm using CFDocument to create a PDF document that will basically be a series of labels being sent to a label printer. Due to CFDocument's limitation of 2x2 (inches), we're using labels measuring 3x2 inches. The problem I'm running into is the label I'm creating with HTML, no matter what I do, never takes up more than about 2.5 of the width and 1.65 (approx) of the height. I've tried specifying the table width in percent (100%) and also pixels. I've found that it works up to about 600 pixels, but after that, it simply goes no farther. Vertically, if I go too far, it pushes the bottom off to the next page, yet still leaves a big blank space at the bottom. This is my CFDocument code: cfdocument format=PDF margintop=0 marginleft=0 unit=in pagetype=custom pageheight=2 pagewidth=3 fontembed=yes name=label filename=label_test3.pdf overwrite=yes orientation=portrait #the_table# /cfdocument The variable #the_table# is created using cfsavecontent. Has anybody had this problem before? Thanks! Rob ~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 MX7 integration create powerful cross-platform RIAs http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJQ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:281584 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
CF and Zebra 2844 Label Printers
I have a client who has an app that needs to print to one of these little printers. They're most commonly used for printing the big 4x6 UPS labels, but in this case, they're using a 1x3 label. I'm able to print to it thanks to the drivers (on Windows only, of course), but the problem I'm running into is being able to control page breaks and stuff. I wanted to use CFDocument, but it won't let me make a document small enough -- it wants a minimum height of 2 inches. So now I'm working on the CF Report Builder. It let me create a 1x3 template, but it complains when I try to use it, saying the data doesn't fit on the label. I'm a newbie to this report builder app so I'm unsure if there's a way to shrink things down to fit. If anybody wants to see the cfr file, you can get it here: http://www.atvowners.com/rob/label.cfr Anybody know of a way to do this? Thanks! Rob ~| ColdFusion MX7 and Flex 2 Build sales marketing dashboard RIAâs for your business. Upgrade now http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2?sdid=RVJT Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:278638 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
Re: Strange CF Problem on Fedora Linux
Cameron Childress wrote: Are you using alot of frameworks? Many of the CF frameworks delay screen output tillt he very last step and there have been bugs int he past that have caused a white screen of death when using them. If you are using a similar pattern, something may be happening before the display is rendered and output. Of course, it's could also be an Apache connector problem... :) No frameworks... that's the #1 reason I dislike frameworks, makes bug tracking a major PITA. :) But I tend to agree that it may be an Apache connector problem. I may try rolling back to 2.0 and see if that fixes it. Rob ~| ColdFusion MX7 by Adobe® Dyncamically transform webcontent into Adobe PDF with new ColdFusion MX7. Free Trial. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJV Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:276241 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
CF5 compatibility with Windows Server 2005?
A long-time client is replacing their application server with an all new one. The old one is Windows 2000 and CF5... Since Windows 2000 is no longer available, they want to know if CF5 will run okay on Windows Server 2005. They don't want to upgrade to v7 because the application is being phased out and will be gone within a year. However, if it's necessary, they will do the upgrade. Fortunately, I'm the original developer of the app, so I know it well enough to know that it should port to 7 pretty easily. Any info would be appreciated! Thanks! Rob ~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:276242 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: CF5 compatibility with Windows Server 2005?
I was told that Server 2005 was the latest, and while I wasn't sure that was the case, I chose not to argue with them. :) So cool, Server 2003 it is, and CF5 is fine. Awesome, thanks! Rob Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX) wrote: You mean Windows 2003? If so, then it will run fine. -Original Message- From: RobG To: CF-Talk Sent: Wed Apr 25 18:00:28 2007 Subject: CF5 compatibility with Windows Server 2005? A long-time client is replacing their application server with an all new one. The old one is Windows 2000 and CF5... Since Windows 2000 is no longer available, they want to know if CF5 will run okay on Windows Server 2005. They don't want to upgrade to v7 because the application is being phased out and will be gone within a year. However, if it's necessary, they will do the upgrade. Fortunately, I'm the original developer of the app, so I know it well enough to know that it should port to 7 pretty easily. Any info would be appreciated! Thanks! Rob ~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:276245 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Strange CF Problem on Fedora Linux
I know that ColdFusion isn't supported on Fedora Linux, but with help from some of the various blogs, I was able to get it installed and working on FC6. I've been using it as a development environment for the past couple of months, and it's worked very nicely. This is CFMX7.02 I'm talking about, and it's running on Apache 2.2.3. As of the last week or so, a very odd problem has surfaced. Most of the time (but not all the time) when a page I'm working on throws an error, the end result is a completely blank screen in the browser. No debug output, no error text, NOTHING. I haven't yet come up with any pattern, but it does do it on all of the sites that I'm developing on this particular machine. I have Apache setup to allow multihoming and point everything at 127.0.0.1 via my hosts file, e.g. www.site1.com and so on. Has anybody seen anything like this? Rob ~| Deploy Web Applications Quickly across the enterprise with ColdFusion MX7 Flex 2 Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:276180 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Bad DSN causing CF to crash
I ran into this problem yesterday and wanted to post about it to see if anybody has ever experienced it. Client running CFMX7.02 on Windows Server 2003 SP1 with all updates. Connecting to MSSQL2000 database on separate shared db server. App is nothing particularly fancy, CF5-compliant with a couple of MX-specific uses of CFFORM and a couple of CFCs. For the last week or so, we've been getting progressively increasing numbers of errors saying connection reset when trying to make db calls. I posted about it here and got one response indicating a problem with drivers back on MX6.1. We decided to relocate the db to MSSQL2005 on the webserver and off of the shared environment, because the ISP was unwilling to try to fix the problem since it wasn't consistent. Yesterday, prior to moving the db (it was tentatively scheduled for last night), the db stopped responding. Or rather, what appeared to be the case was CF up and died. It would time and end conclude with a JRun Closed Connection error. Thinking that CF was hosed, I uninstalled it, rebooted, and reinstalled CF. We ended up doing this twice. Nothing worked. Get it back up, recreate the DSN to the shared server, and CF was dead again within a minute or two. Finally, I had an idea... I restarted the CF service and killed the DSN. I recreated it pointing to a copy of the database running on an entirely different server on my own personal network. Now the site ran just fine. So I started suspecting the shared db server. To test my theory, I copied the site's code to our development server at another ISP (this time a Linux box), and pointed it to the shared db server. CF immediately went down. Once more... I did the same thing on my home development machine. CF once again died. So I contacted the ISP and rather than try to explain this to them, I just asked that a backup copy of the db be put on the webserver, which they managed to do within an hour (wow!). I imported it into the local MSSQL2005 and setup the DSN... bingo! Everything was running again. What's odd is that you can talk to the shared db server using MS SQL Management Studio, with RDS, or even with SQL Explorer under Eclipse just fine. But try to get the CF application server to talk to it means certain death. I can't explain it, but everybody is relieved that things are good again. And we're avoiding that shared db server like the plague. Rob ~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 The most significant release in over 10 years. Upgrade see new features. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJR Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:273471 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: Great article on Telecommuting
Jeffry Houser wrote: I feel lucky. I love coding and want to do it till I die! And since I am almost always hired as a contractor, working from home is rarely an issue. Likewise. I have zero interest in project management because there's too much politicking and stuff to deal with. IMO, you can make as much as a PM or more with the right skillset. I sure do miss the Dot-Com days where I could easily make $85/hr. I'm hoping to get back to that point by expanding my skills to Flex, Java, Rails, and other technologies. My problem is that you can't run a business based solely on coding. I spend at least half of my time on project management, client relations, and other business issues. I end up doing the same thing. Rob ~| ColdFusion MX7 by Adobe® Dyncamically transform webcontent into Adobe PDF with new ColdFusion MX7. Free Trial. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJV Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Jobs-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:3304 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Jobs-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.11
Great article on Telecommuting
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,259667,00.html I would LOVE to start forwarding this link to any of the jobs that come over CF-Jobs that have 'NO TELECOMMUTING' listed in there. :) Rob ~| ColdFusion MX7 by Adobe® Dyncamically transform webcontent into Adobe PDF with new ColdFusion MX7. Free Trial. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJV Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Jobs-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:3278 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Jobs-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.11
Re: Great article on Telecommuting
I spent several years in the SF Bay Area as an on-site developer. While fun (to a point), the drive times were a pain. If I worked in SF, I took the train in since there was no parking, and it was a three hour commute each way versus just over an hour on the train. Then I picked up a remote job, the office of which was maybe five miles from my house. That job stuck too -- what was to be a one-year project is now in its seventh year and is finally winding down. I've moved four times too, all over the western US, and it's never mattered to them where I live because the work simply got done. I had wanted to write back to the author of that article to tell him why I know a lot of companies won't accept telecommuting, but I couldn't find an email address for him. The bottom line: Other employees whine about it. Whaaa, it's not fair if he gets to and I don't. Doesn't matter if, as an HR person, it's not really something you can do, whereas a developer or writer can. Heaven forbid somebody be offended. But that's okay because I don't want to work for a place like that. :) Rob Adkins, Randy wrote: I totally agree. I have contacted quite a few companies with job opportunities (some which are maybe 50 miles from where I live) And they all say the same thing: FACE TIME, On-SITE, blah blah However, I have 3 clients for whom I work for virtually every day and they are located in different locations around the US. They are located in Florida, California, and Washington DC. I use Skype, GoToMeeting, various technologies as needed to connect to their network and all. They are perfectly fine with everything. They know I am available and when they call I answer. When they have a meeting, I Either call in or host a preview using GoToMeeting. They are extremely pleased with everything I have done thus far and I It has been a great working relationship. Now the question is why can't other companies offer the same... Especially ones located near-by. Those if I had to, I would Drive in for a meeting once a week or so... ~| ColdFusion MX7 by Adobe® Dyncamically transform webcontent into Adobe PDF with new ColdFusion MX7. Free Trial. http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion?sdid=RVJV Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Jobs-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:3281 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Jobs-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.11
Connection Reset errors on site
I've started seeing these errors today when a site I'm working on tries to make a connection to the database: Error Executing Database Query. [Macromedia][SQLServer JDBC Driver]A problem occurred when attempting to contact the server (Server returned: Connection reset). Please ensure that the server parameters passed to the driver are correct and that the server is running. Also ensure that the maximum number of connections have not been exceeded for this server. This is on CFMX7.02 talking to MSSQL 2000, no J2EE or anything. Any ideas how to correct this? A reboot solves the problem for short time but it keeps coming back. I did a Google on it and couldn't come up with anything useful. Thanks! Rob ~| ColdFusion MX7 and Flex 2 Build sales marketing dashboard RIAâs for your business. Upgrade now http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2?sdid=RVJT Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:272897 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
All files Read-Only via RDS w/CFMX7 on Linux
I setup a development box on Linux (FC6), CFMX7.02, and when I go in via RDS, all of the files show up as read-only. I'm wondering what user or group has to own the files to be edited in or order for it to work? Thanks! Rob ~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 MX7 integration create powerful cross-platform RIAs http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/ Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:271052 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: OT: CF Developer Partnerships
So. anyone worked out a solution where lone developers form a relationship to take over one another's work if something happens to one of them? I've often wondered this myself for the same reason... I have a number of hobby-related sites that are quite popular, and I would hate to see them disappear if I did. That plus my regular clients too. I'd be curious to hear what others may have done. Rob ~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 MX7 integration create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:268498 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
Re: RDS not working in Eclipse was: Re: CFEclipse / Eclipse question
Tom Chiverton wrote: On Monday 29 Jan 2007, RobG wrote: Okay I just downloaded the Flex 2.01 updater, changed .exe to .zip and extracted it. I've looked all through it but can't find the RDS plug-in. Can somebody point me to it please? :) Search for a .zip file ? There are a bunch of ZIP files in that archive, and none of 'em have the RDS stuff in it that I can see... ~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 MX7 integration create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:268074 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
Re: RDS not working in Eclipse was: Re: CFEclipse / Eclipse question
Thanks... that zip isn't in the Flex 2.01 update... I wonder if the full 2.01 is up for download... will have to go see... Rob Doug Bezona wrote: It's CF_FB_Extensions.zip -Original Message- From: RobG [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 30, 2007 12:29 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: RDS not working in Eclipse was: Re: CFEclipse / Eclipse question Tom Chiverton wrote: On Monday 29 Jan 2007, RobG wrote: Okay I just downloaded the Flex 2.01 updater, changed .exe to .zip and extracted it. I've looked all through it but can't find the RDS plug-in. Can somebody point me to it please? :) Search for a .zip file ? There are a bunch of ZIP files in that archive, and none of 'em have the RDS stuff in it that I can see... ~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 MX7 integration create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:268091 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: RDS not working in Eclipse was: Re: CFEclipse / Eclipse question
Found it! And best of all, IT WORKS!! Amazing! Thank you! Finally, functional RDS on Eclipse 3.2.1. Rob Max Hamby wrote: Rob, it is in the fles 2.01 updater. On my system its is in C:\Program Files\Adobe\Flex Builder 2 Plug-in\ColdFusion Extensions for Flex Builder\CF_FB_Extensions.zip ~Max On 1/30/07, RobG [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks... that zip isn't in the Flex 2.01 update... I wonder if the full 2.01 is up for download... will have to go see... ~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 MX7 integration create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:268109 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: RDS not working in Eclipse was: Re: CFEclipse / Eclipse question
Judah McAuley wrote: RobG wrote: Found it! And best of all, IT WORKS!! Amazing! Thank you! Finally, functional RDS on Eclipse 3.2.1. Rob Hmm..still doesn't work for me. Perhaps I need to try this on a machine with no other versions of Eclipse installed. But so long as I install to a new folder and have it use a different folder for its workspace, it shouldn't matter, should it? I would just do a fresh Eclipse install in another directory. Unzip the distribution, then the first plugin you should drop in is the new RDS... then go add CFEclipse 1.3. Or you might try it the other way around (CFEclipse then RDS). I've found sometimse the order in which you install plug-ins makes a difference. Also... do NOT install the Eclipse 3.2.1 patches found when Searching for updates to installed features because it will make CFEclipse disappear. I just had to roll back to a previous Eclipse 3.2.1 install because of that. Fortunately I always backup my Eclipse dir before adding new plug-ins just in case. BTW, I did find a problem that may or may not be related to anything... I couldn't get Line Numbers to display no matter what. The box was checked in Editors under General and Editors under CFEclipse, but they wouldn't appear at all. So now I'm back on v3.1.2 until I have time to deal with it again. Rob ~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 MX7 integration create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:268133 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: RDS not working in Eclipse was: Re: CFEclipse / Eclipse question
Tom Chiverton wrote: On Monday 29 January 2007 07:23, RobG wrote: (what I want) didn't work... once you try to load a file, it just goes an error has occurred and nothing loads. Is the version in Flex2 even more current? I'd LOVE to have fully functional RDS in Eclipse 3.2... Maybe you need the plugin from FlexBuilder 2.0.1. Okay I just downloaded the Flex 2.01 updater, changed .exe to .zip and extracted it. I've looked all through it but can't find the RDS plug-in. Can somebody point me to it please? :) Thanks! Rob ~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 MX7 integration create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:267948 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: cfif vs cfswitch
Cutter (CFRelated) wrote: Recently I rewrote one of the templates within our massive system. The template had two large cfif/cfelseif blocks that appeared better suited for switch/case statements, which I implemented in cfscript. When my boss saw this he said that there were issues with switch/case in CF, and I have come to find out that he rewrote the template (again) with the cfif/cfelseif statements. I have never seen anything stating issues with switch/case in CF, nor have I had any issues of my own in my 6+ years of development, so I figured I would ask the group if you might point me to postings outlining some of the issues he is worried about. I'd like to know the answer to this too, as I've been using switch/case statements a lot and have had no trouble with them. Oddly enough, one guy I worked for last year who thought he was a whole lot better than he was, insisted that cfif's were faster than cfswitch/case and insisted I do it his way. Fortunately I don't work for this guy anymore. :) Rob ~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 MX7 integration create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:268013 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
Newbie CFC Question (Application.cfc)
I'm just now getting into CFCs (a bit late, but better than never)... I just wrote my first one, a UPS Shipping/Cancellation one to add to Ray Camden's UPS CFC package. Anyway, now that I've done that, I want to migrate my Application.cfm to an Application.cfc. I've read up on everything I can find, and I'm still foggy on one thing. Basically, I param a lot of variables in my Application.cfm... or cfset, depending on the need. That's in addition to some queries that'll go nicely into functions in the CFC. But what I don't understand how to do is how to continue to param/cfset my variables. In the App.cfc, I tried putting that and the other statements in below the CFCOMPONENT tag and it's not working. I moved them into the onApplicationStart function and that didn't do it either. Where the heck do you put this code so it works like it did in my App.cfm file? Thanks! Rob ~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 MX7 integration create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:267912 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
Re: RDS not working in Eclipse was: Re: CFEclipse / Eclipse question
I was unaware that you could get RDS to work on Eclipse 3.2 except on OSX (as Ray mentioned in his Blog). I just tried it again tonight, using the RDS plug-in that came with CF-Extras and the file version (what I want) didn't work... once you try to load a file, it just goes an error has occurred and nothing loads. Is the version in Flex2 even more current? I'd LOVE to have fully functional RDS in Eclipse 3.2... Rob Dwayne Cole wrote: When configuring the RDS connection did you get the connection successs message? I had a similar problem but on Friday I finally upgraded to 3.2 Eclipse/ 1.3 CFEcplise and set the connection port to 80 (localhost), it all worked just fine and I really like the results (after 3 weeks of frustration). -- Original Message -- From: Judah McAuley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: cf-talk@houseoffusion.com Date: Sat, 27 Jan 2007 13:54:55 -0800 I just installed Eclipse 3.2.1, CFEclipse 1.3 and I downloaded the most recent version of the Flex Builder trial (2.0.1). I ran the extraction for the trial and but didn't run the installer. I did get the ColdFusion Extensions folder with the CF_FB_Extensions.zip file in it. Eclipse seemed happy to install that when I installed it as a local archive. I'm successfully able to add in a RDS server but no files will open nor will data from tables. Any thoughts on what's not working in my setup? Thanks in advance, Judah Doug Bezona wrote: Just FYI, the recent Flex Builder update (2.0.1) contains updated plugins which better support 3.2. ~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 MX7 integration create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:267916 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: Need CF 5 Studio studio media
Wish I could help you, but maybe this is a time to suggest you take a look at Eclipse. I switched to Eclipse about 6 mos ago and haven't looked back. The ONLY thing Eclipse doesn't do (at least as far as I can tell), that CFStudio/Homesite does, are global search/replace through a filesystem. That's why I keep an old copy of CFStudio 4.5.2 around... Rob Dick Price wrote: Looking for CD containg CF 5 Studio. Can download or pay $$ too get CD copied and sent to me. Someone sat on my copy and backup copy was flawed... Thanks ~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Jobs-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:3220 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Jobs-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.11
Re: Where are the Los Angeles Developers?
Companies want local people because their management can't get it through their heads that working remotely can be productive. These companies have to be able to keep tabs on what their people are doing. They don't believe in giving people the freedom to do what needs to be done, as long as the work gets done on time. I recently worked remotely for a company in San Diego while I was in Montana. I was there for seven months, the pay rate was extremely low (but there is NO CF work in Montana -- and how I ended up there is another story entirely), and then after seven months they inform me that they're cutting their remote developers to outsource them to CHINA because for what (little) they were paying me, they could have a TEAM of people. Talk about cutthroat. It nearly left my wife and I stranded up there; we pulled out all the stops, spent every last dime we had, and moved back to Reno (where my wife's family is) because at least there is work here, though not necessarily CF work. Since then I've picked up one remote gig out of the east coast that is part-time, and a local one working with a design firm that needed a programmer. It's still not as much work as I'd like, but at least it's work. CF work is definitely scarce. I want to get into Java and some other technologies, but haven't really figured out how to make the move yet. Rob ~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Jobs-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:3209 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Jobs-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.11
Re: Onsite vs. Offsite
I work much better off-site as well, and in fact I currently do. Remote contracts are few and far between anymore. I suspect that companies that demand on-site are (in my perhaps tainted opinion) paranoid about not being able to monitor/control their workers. I was very fortunate in that I worked entirely from home beginning in early 2001 (after the dot-com collapse in the SF Bay Area when my last on-site contract concluded as the company folded), and with only a couple exceptions, it has been that way ever since. The latest exception is that I took a chance and moved up here to Montana back in July for a real job. In the first week, I learned that my boss was a major micro-manager. I wasn't hired to be a developer -- I was hired to be HIM. He was so anal that he wanted me to write code EXACTLY the same way that he did -- the same style, down to the last intimate detail. And you should have seen his code -- it was AWFUL. What little I saw of it, that is. He was so paranoid about people stealing his code that the only time I got to see any of it was when he thought I could use some of it instead of writing stuff from scratch. It's no wonder he didn't make it working for other companies and had to start his own. At the promise of a cut of the profits of the project I was working on, I agreed to abide by these ridiculous requirements. Then after five months, they conveniently ran out of money and let me go. There are many more details, but it doesn't matter in this context. I was insightful enough to see this coming, and picked up a new remote contract a week prior, and am now MUCH happier. The best part is that I'm making more money. Personally, I am 100% DONE with working a real job on-site all the time. It's either remote contract, with occasional on-site as needed, or I'll go find another line of work entirely. Rob Christian N. Abad wrote: Hello All: I'm curious as to why so many companies demand (note the use of the word demand versus require) that CF developers work onsite. I consulted for several years and only accepted opportunities that allowed me to work remotely. I now run my entire company from the comfort of my home office. (Yes, all of my resources work remotely - an arrangement we all find beneficial and extremely rewarding.) So why, then, do many companies demand (there's that word again) that CF resources work onsite for project work? I mean let's get real; do you really expect a resource to relocate to some undesirable location to work onsite for a company that views them as an expendable resource on a project that lasts only a few months? It seems you could attract higher caliber developers if you weren't so rigid in the work arrangement. After all, telecommuting is not new by any stroke of the imagination... Disclaimer: I understand there are exceptions for work arrangements that require security clearance, like DOD and Government opportunities, that's now what I'm talking about here... Thoughts? ~Christian N. Abad President, Accessible Computing Accessible Computing, Inc. 1210 McLaughlin Drive Charlotte, NC 28212 704.248.8855 (office) 704.248.6682 (fax) http://www.accessiblecomputing.com ~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:11:2969 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/11 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:11 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.11 Donations Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
