RE: bannière!

2001-01-29 Thread misty . d . woodward

Little rusty on my languages but I think your looking for a site that
pays for banners to be shown on your own site?  If thats the case, its
not really a Cold Fusion question however you might try Linkshare.com or
Befree.com for some of their affiliate programs.

~Misty

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Sent: Monday, January 29, 2001 11:01 AM
To: cf-talk
Cc: dmailing
Subject: bannière!


salut,

je cherche un site qui paye pour afficher leurs bannières, quelqu'un a
une
idée? :)

daive
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RE: Alphabetic List

2001-01-26 Thread misty . d . woodward

I just did this the other day.  

  cfparam name="char" default="A"

  cfquery name="" datasource=""
  Select * from ContactList where lname like '#char#%' order by
lname, fname
  /cfquery

  cfset alphaList =
"A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I,J,K,L,M,N,O,P,Q,R,S,T,U,V,W,X,Y,Z"
  cfoutput
  cfloop list="#alphalist#" delimiters="," index="Char"
  font face="Arial" size="4"a
href="contacts.cfm?char=#char#"#CHAR#/a/font
  /cfloop
  /cfoutput

Misty

-Original Message-
From: schmidt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 11:27 AM
To: cf-talk
Cc: schmidt
Subject: Re: Alphabetic List


You can do this in your SQL

SELECT People Info
WHERE LastName LIKE 'A%'

This would be for people with last names that start with A.

Kevin
- Original Message -
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: "CF-Talk" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, January 26, 2001 10:13 AM
Subject: Alphabetic List


 Hi,

 In Yahoo address book, they have this list for finding a particular
 person easily
 by the first letter of their last name:

 All - A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z - Lists

 Does anyone have any insights on how the algorithm of implementing
this
 feature?

 For example, I have a user database, and I want to use this feature to
 find
 persons whose last name start with a particular letter.

 Thanks!

 Hong

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RE: (ot) Advertising

2001-01-24 Thread misty . d . woodward

Id personally like to keep it in house if it were me.  There is a great
ASP program out there called AdMentor at http://www.aspcode.net/ its got
some pretty cool features and best of all its free and open source.  You
can modify it however you want too.

Good luck
Misty

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From: cftalk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2001 10:25 AM
To: cf-talk
Cc: cftalk
Subject: (ot) Advertising


Sorry for the OT post, but I do have the right audience.

I need to determine which of the following approaches is best, and am 
curious for some feedback from this list.

1.) Outsource Ad Serving: we sell ads, but may have a network of sales 
agents (site users). Double Click Dart.
2.) Build an Ad Management system, preferably in ASP (current site in
ASP). 
Need to be able to manage a site network, all sites on the same server
farm. 
Interested in Open Source packages, or otherwise.

Thanks
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RE: BEST Reccomendations for CF Hosting

2001-01-24 Thread misty . d . woodward

Crystaltech.com is great for $19.95 per month.  Get access databases as
well with it and can host a few domains on one account.

Misty

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To: cf-talk
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Subject: BEST Reccomendations for CF Hosting


Any opinions on Hosting firms for CF 4.5 not alot of HD space just
something
simple.
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duplicating inserts

2001-01-17 Thread misty . d . woodward

Anyone know of a way to stop records from being reinserted into a
database when a user hits the back button?  I have a page that checks
for duplications in a database, and if it finds no duplicate, then it
will insert it into the database.  Problem is, when a user hits the back
button, it inserts the record again.  Its not finding duplicates more
than likey because the query is being cached so it doesnt know to look
again.  But how can I get it to either do nothing including not
inserting the record a second time or atleast recheck again to see if
its a duplicate record?  I can't take caching off this machine as these
are some monster queries and performance is greatly improved by caching
queries.

Thanks

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RE: duplicating inserts

2001-01-17 Thread misty . d . woodward

No we already have something in the place that checks for a duplicate.
The problem was it was caching the results of both the search for the
random number and then inserting it.  I tried the CFLocation technique
as described in an earlier post but it still seems to be entering in
duplicate values.  I have a few other ideas Im gonna try and hopefully
get this fixed.  

Thanks for everyones help that has responded to me here and privately.

Misty

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From: mrodosky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 10:12 AM
To: cf-talk
Cc: mrodosky
Subject: RE: duplicating inserts


One way is to add a hidden field which is a random number to the the
form.
Add this to the database table as well when doing the insert. Your
action
page should start with a check for the existance of the random number in
the
db, if it exists then you have a resubmit going on and you just override
it.

hth
Matt

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To: CF-Talk
Subject: duplicating inserts


Anyone know of a way to stop records from being reinserted into a
database when a user hits the back button?  I have a page that checks
for duplications in a database, and if it finds no duplicate, then it
will insert it into the database.  Problem is, when a user hits the back
button, it inserts the record again.  Its not finding duplicates more
than likey because the query is being cached so it doesnt know to look
again.  But how can I get it to either do nothing including not
inserting the record a second time or atleast recheck again to see if
its a duplicate record?  I can't take caching off this machine as these
are some monster queries and performance is greatly improved by caching
queries.

Thanks

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CFHTTP question

2000-12-22 Thread misty . d . woodward

I have been searching through the allaire boards and it seems either any
posts relating to using the CFHTTP questions either don't get answered
or get a beat around the bush kind of answer.  I have a huge project
that is using the CFHTTP tag immensely only problem is i get the famous
"Connection Falure" error.  I am not behind a proxy, firewall or
anything weird.  Is there a setting somewhere that might block me from
using CFHTTP?  Is Allaire ever going to fix this problem?  

Thanks,
Misty


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RE: CFHTTP question

2000-12-22 Thread misty . d . woodward

no I dont think there is a need for encoding it, it is a straight URL no
paramters, sapces or whatever.  Its just a call to a file on another
server.  I used this tag on my home computer about 2 months ago and it
wored just fine.  I have CF 4.0 at home.  But on my hosting account they
have 4.5.1 and that is where it is not working.

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From: ddewey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, December 22, 2000 10:06 AM
To: misty.d.woodward
Cc: ddewey
Subject: RE: CFHTTP question


I've found from my experience with CFHTTP, that it is very particular.
Are
you GETing or POSTing.  Have you tried urlencoding() the actual URL that
you're trying to get?  Does the URL you're trying to POST have a query
string? 

Inquiring minds want to know!

Dan

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To: CF-Talk
Subject: CFHTTP question


I have been searching through the allaire boards and it seems either any
posts relating to using the CFHTTP questions either don't get answered
or get a beat around the bush kind of answer.  I have a huge project
that is using the CFHTTP tag immensely only problem is i get the famous
"Connection Falure" error.  I am not behind a proxy, firewall or
anything weird.  Is there a setting somewhere that might block me from
using CFHTTP?  Is Allaire ever going to fix this problem?  

Thanks,
Misty
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RE: The +.htr bug strikes again

2000-12-21 Thread misty . d . woodward

Webexpose.net clients and all the resold client are all affected by this
as well.  I moved my site off of them because they refused to fix the
bug.  Ive emailed them for about a month now about it and trying to
contact their clients about it but they refuse to answer back or even
fix.  I just checked and even after this long they still have the bug.
guess they don't care.

Misy

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To: cf-talk
Cc: schmidt
Subject: The +.htr bug strikes again


Check out Hasbro Interactive.  They run entirely CF and haven't patched
the
+.htr bug yet.  I alerted them to this fact.

Kevin Schmidt, Web Technology Manager
Allaire Certified Cold Fusion Developer
pwb inc.
integrated marketing communications
350 S. Main St., Suite 350
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
734.995.5000 (tel)
734.995.5002 (fax)
www.pwb.com
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RE: The +.htr bug strikes again

2000-12-21 Thread misty . d . woodward

Good point!

Misty

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To: cf-talk
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Subject: RE: The +.htr bug strikes again


 Webexpose.net clients and all the resold client are all affected by
this
 as well.  I moved my site off of them because they refused to fix the
 bug.  Ive emailed them for about a month now about it and trying to
 contact their clients about it but they refuse to answer back or even
 fix.  I just checked and even after this long they still have the bug.
 guess they don't care.

Why do you think they're called WebExpose? hehehe

Philip Arnold
Director
Certified ColdFusion Developer
ASP Multimedia Limited
T: +44 (0)20 8680 1133

"Websites for the real world"

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RE: The +.htr bug strikes again

2000-12-21 Thread misty . d . woodward

I was notifed by someone over a month ago about this bug as it affected
my site.  I figured well I'm small potatos no big deal, not a huge
concern for me.  But I was just curious about who this was affecting and
I must say I am absolutely flabbergasted! :)

I just found about 5 or 6 top name companies that I'm sure we all have
heard of and was able to view the index.cfm page.  Whats worse, one of
the companies I was even able to see their application.cfm page which
had their username and password on it for their SQL server.  I emailed
all of them and let them know about it but geesh!  I'm curious, is
anyone liable for this kind of stuff happening?  I mean, lets say
someone went on my site downloaded all my source code and distributed it
freely.  Other than the distributor being thrown in jail, is anyone
liable for that for making this available?


Misty

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From: dwatts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, December 21, 2000 11:30 AM
To: cf-talk
Cc: dwatts
Subject: RE: The +.htr bug strikes again


 yeah my life is complete now, i have the sourcecode for 
 hasbro, gimme a break, i think most of us on here have 
 better things to do that swipe code of a site, especially  
 seeing as all you have to do is ask on the list and people 
 usually will give you code if needed

It's not a good idea to post information about vulnerabilities of
specific
sites on this list, or anywhere else for that matter. It's analogous to
posting information around your neighborhood about who leaves their
front
door unlocked. If you want to notify the owner of the site with the
vulnerability, that's fine, but it's not anyone else's business.

This isn't just a matter of the intellectual property rights of reading
someone else's source code. Reading the source code of an application is
a
pretty good way to find further vulnerabilities - database information,
filesystem info, whether and how input is filtered, and so on.

Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software
http://www.figleaf.com/
voice: (202) 797-5496
fax: (202) 797-5444
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RE: Alternating TR colors

2000-12-15 Thread misty . d . woodward

Should be current row not current record


tr bgcolor="###IIF(QueryName.currentrow MOD 2, DE ('E9E7CF'), DE
('FFA768'))#"

Misty

-Original Message-
From: rps [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2000 11:14 AM
To: cf-talk
Cc: rps
Subject: Alternating TR colors


Lets say I wanted the background color of each row in a table to be
different colors. I found this code:

COLOR=###IIF(QueryName.currentrecord MOD 2, DE ('E9E7CF'), DE
('FFA768'))#

But I'm not looping through a query, I'm just manaully writing table
rows,
BUT, some of the rows may not always be displayed, so I can't just
hardcode
the color values, because then you'd have two rows right after each
other
that are the same color.

In perl I would just write a function that increments a counter and
returns
the new result. Like:

COLOR=###IIF(MyIncrementFunc(counter) MOD 2, DE ('E9E7CF'), DE
('FFA768'))#

How can I accomplish this in ColdFusion?

Thanks,

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RE: owner-C of a .com-domain

2000-12-14 Thread misty . d . woodward

try http://www.betterwhois.com

Misty

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From: bernd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2000 12:13 AM
To: cf-talk
Cc: bernd
Subject: RE: owner-C of a .com-domain


http://www.networksolutions.com/cgi-bin/whois/whois

Bernd VanSkiver
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
ICQ #: 916324


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To: CF-Talk
Subject: OT: owner-C of a .com-domain


Hi, how can I (easily) find out the owner-C of a .com-domain ?
(actual owner).

It is not listed with Networksolutions, InterNIC.net or any other bigger
registrars of com-Web-Sites.
Thanks.

Uwe

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Any good ideas?

2000-12-11 Thread misty . d . woodward


Is there anyway to force a query to finish processing even if the user
leaves the page before it is finished?  We have an application that lets
our users run a report and it generates a delimited file based on the
query.  We would like it so that the file will be generated and stored
in a directory for them to come back at any time to download.  It is not
feasible for the user to sit there and wait for it since these are some
big queries.  If this is not possible to do, does anyone have any ideas
on how we can get these generated.

Oh, it is currently working like this but on a different platform,
different software and doing some weird things to accomplish this.  I
need a CF solution to this.

Thanks,
Misty


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RE: Any good ideas?

2000-12-11 Thread misty . d . woodward

Nope not these queries.  This database is huge, I am talking hundreds of
GIGs to terabytes. Average queries on this site do not get returned any
where near as fast as the template could process.  I thought about using
the scheduler.  Maybe instead of runing a query immediately just have it
insert the filter criteria into a database and have a scheduled page go
out every 10 or 15 minutes and see if any new queries need to be run.  I
am actually running to go talk to our DBA guys to get the average
processing time for the queries.  I am beginning to wonder though if
these queries are going to bring down our CF server though.  Does anyone
know if CF has a limitation on the size of record sets it will return
back?

Thanks
Misty
  
-Original Message-
From: dylan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 10:48 AM
To: cf-talk
Cc: dylan
Subject: RE: Any good ideas?


In a lot of situation, CF finishes processing before all the
data/results/etc. are returned to the client's browser. You could use
CFSCHEDULE to process the query 15 or 20 minutes (the scheduler looks
for
new tasks every 15 min so cover the window) after the request was
generated
by the user.

-Original Message-
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[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 8:40 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Any good ideas?



Is there anyway to force a query to finish processing even if the user
leaves the page before it is finished?  We have an application that lets
our users run a report and it generates a delimited file based on the
query.  We would like it so that the file will be generated and stored
in a directory for them to come back at any time to download.  It is not
feasible for the user to sit there and wait for it since these are some
big queries.  If this is not possible to do, does anyone have any ideas
on how we can get these generated.

Oh, it is currently working like this but on a different platform,
different software and doing some weird things to accomplish this.  I
need a CF solution to this.

Thanks,
Misty
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RE: Any good ideas?

2000-12-11 Thread misty . d . woodward

Alright thats it!  No one is allowed to make any more phone calls, you
all are making my database entirely to big.  :)

Misty

-Original Message-
From: daniel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 11:45 AM
To: cf-talk
Cc: daniel
Subject: RE: Any good ideas?


dunno - had you thought about doing your processing entirely SQL server
side
- using stored procedures and DTS?

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Sent: 11 December 2000 17:37
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: Any good ideas?


Nope not these queries.  This database is huge, I am talking hundreds of
GIGs to terabytes. Average queries on this site do not get returned any
where near as fast as the template could process.  I thought about using
the scheduler.  Maybe instead of runing a query immediately just have it
insert the filter criteria into a database and have a scheduled page go
out every 10 or 15 minutes and see if any new queries need to be run.  I
am actually running to go talk to our DBA guys to get the average
processing time for the queries.  I am beginning to wonder though if
these queries are going to bring down our CF server though.  Does anyone
know if CF has a limitation on the size of record sets it will return
back?

Thanks
Misty
  
-Original Message-
From: dylan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 10:48 AM
To: cf-talk
Cc: dylan
Subject: RE: Any good ideas?


In a lot of situation, CF finishes processing before all the
data/results/etc. are returned to the client's browser. You could use
CFSCHEDULE to process the query 15 or 20 minutes (the scheduler looks
for
new tasks every 15 min so cover the window) after the request was
generated
by the user.

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 8:40 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Any good ideas?



Is there anyway to force a query to finish processing even if the user
leaves the page before it is finished?  We have an application that lets
our users run a report and it generates a delimited file based on the
query.  We would like it so that the file will be generated and stored
in a directory for them to come back at any time to download.  It is not
feasible for the user to sit there and wait for it since these are some
big queries.  If this is not possible to do, does anyone have any ideas
on how we can get these generated.

Oh, it is currently working like this but on a different platform,
different software and doing some weird things to accomplish this.  I
need a CF solution to this.

Thanks,
Misty
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RE: Any good ideas?

2000-12-11 Thread misty . d . woodward

Yup, this is what we're gonna have to do.  It currently is doing
something similar to this, but I was hoping to get away from it and go
strictly CF.  Oh well thanks everyone for the help.  Think Ill use the
cfexecute.

Misty

-Original Message-
From: macarthy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 12:34 PM
To: cf-talk
Cc: macarthy
Subject: RE: Any good ideas?


This is not a task for a web request, you should really fire an another
process to do reporting. Use cfexecute and what ever they are currently
using, if it ain't broke...


Justin

Nope not these queries.  This database is huge, I am talking hundreds
of
GIGs to terabytes. Average queries on this site do not get returned any
where near as fast as the template could process.  I thought about
using
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RE: Big companies using CF

2000-12-06 Thread misty . d . woodward

I work for Sprint, we use it extensively to watch over the nations phone
systems!

Misty

-Original Message-
From: wizaerd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, December 04, 2000 8:19 PM
To: cf-talk
Cc: wizaerd
Subject: Big companies using CF


I know this is probably one of those discussions that turn up all the
time
on a mailing list such as this, and I apologize for bringing it up.  I
have
a new IT Director starting at my company in the very near future who's a
big
Microsoft fan, and thinks there's nothing better than ASP and/or C#
(which I
believe hasn't even been released yet, no?).

When I told him that CF has been around for a long time, and some really
big
companies use it, he doubted it.  I told him Amazon.com was using it
(was I
right about this?).

So anyway, I've agreed to compile a list of some of the bigger well
known
internet comapnies using it, and would like some assistance.  What big
time
comapnies are using CF for their pages?

thanx...

Joseph E. Sheble
a.k.a. Wizaerd
Wizaerd's Realm
Canvas, 3D, Graphics,
ColdFusion, PHP, and mySQL
http://www.wizaerd.com
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RE: Big companies using CF

2000-12-06 Thread misty . d . woodward

Not to mention an increase in development time with ASP.  My first
choice is always CF however, having written what seems like a million
lines of code in ASP, I can tell you the time it takes to write will
increase.  One example is using the cfquery tag.  You can do it in 3
lines of code, cfquery, sql statements and ending /cfquery tag.  In ASP
you have to create the connection object, open the connection database,
sql statements, execute and set up your recordset.  Even outputting the
results is a bit longer.  Granted these are small examples but hey they
will add up after awhile.

I would of course suggest to really fight for keeping CF but it really
is nice to know both.  Who else will be around to convert them nasty ASP
app's?

Misty

P.S. I recently converted an ASP page from 1248 lines of ASP code down
to 890 lines of CF code.  I would take CF over ASP any day.

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Not to mention that if you want to run your ASP code on anything other
than
a Windows machine, you have to buy additional application server
software
that costs anywhere from $700 - $7,000.  Also, the learning curve of ASP
is
a little higher and so it might cost more to train a new ASP developer. 
I
figure it probably all evens out in the end.

My advice would be to learn both if you can.  It never hurts.

Todd Ashworth

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| Well, you'd like to think ASP is free with IIS and you'd be partly
right.
| Unfortunately the ASP that is free with IIS doesn't include all of the
| functionality available in ColdFusion and you have to purchase server
| extensions for that. So it's free if you want only the included
| functionality and otherwise you ending up paying for it. And it's
silly
| stuff too, like file uploads. I'm not sure how much the server
extensions
| cost (there are apparently a lot of them) but you could theoretically
end
| up paying more for the same functionality. Theoretically.
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RE: Certification Exam

2000-11-17 Thread misty . d . woodward


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I agree totally!  However, I'm sure at some point in time most of us
have been asked what degree we hold.  Again, this us just a piece of
paper, doesnt say you know a lick about CF programming but they still
want you to have it.  Personally, I do not have a degree in anything but
having certifications in Brainbench, now Allaire and also my Microsoft
certifications have helped me to overcome this by showing these instead.
So while it is just a piece of paper, employers like those little piece
of assurance. 

I think its all just a piece of paper but as long as they get me the job
instead of someone else I will continue to obtain every certification in
every possible language I can get my grubby little hands on!

Misty

-Original Message-
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Sent: Friday, November 17, 2000 11:43 AM
To: cf-talk
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Subject: RE: Certification Exam


I have been reading this thread, and just wanted to mention that neither
the
allaire test, nor the brainbench test, actually means you have a clue
how to
program in CF.  The allaire test seems to do a better (more thorough)
job of
testing your understanding of web application architectures and
implementations, and the brainbench test might do a better job testing
your
syntax knowledge and your ability to read code and know what it's
doing
but neither of these tests illustrate to me, that a person has the
ability
to write good code.  There's a huge difference between spitting out
memorized answers, and actually using this knowledge in the real world. 
The
tests are nice things to say you've done, and they might make
prospective
employers and clients feel better, but like so many other tests out
there,
they're no substitute for experience and good practice.  If you feel
you're
experienced enough that the test doesn't or shouldn't matter, then
you're
probably ready to take it, and should take it, to emphasise your
talents.
If you don't feel that experienced... my advice is to get experienced
before
taking the test... even if it's building apps on your laptop.
Like I said, just my two cents.

~Simon

 Simon Horwith
 Certified ColdFusion Developer
 Fig Leaf Software
 1400 16th St NW, # 220
 Washington DC 20036
 202.797.6570 (direct line)
 www.figleaf.com
 


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Subject: RE: Certification Exam


I wonder if the UK certified doodahs could give me an idea of the
advantages
of certification?


Kind Regards


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RE: SQL Server error

2000-11-16 Thread misty . d . woodward


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re:  [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Database 'thethin'
is 
already open and can only |
  have one user at a time. |


Do you have any of the tables in "Design View"  I havent checked how
this affects SQL server but I know with Access this can sometimes be the
case.

Misty


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   I am getting 2 strange errors..



  ODBC Error Code = 37000 (Syntax error or access violation) |

  [Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver][SQL Server]Database 'thethin' is 
already open and can only |
  have one user at a time. |

ODBC Error Code = S1T00 (Timeout expired)
[Microsoft][ODBC SQL Server Driver]Timeout expired
The error occurred while processing an element with a general identifier
of 
(CFQUERY), occupying document position (69:1) to (69:89) in the template

file D:\THETHIN\FAQS.CFM.
=

the query is simple:
cfquery name="list" datasource="#SQLds#"  username="#sqluser#" 
password="#sqlpassword#"
select id,submitted,q,score from faq
where (approved = 1)
cfif category is not '-1'
and
 cfif findnocase('1', category)category like '%1%'cfset
more=1/cfif
  
 cfif findnocase('2', category)cfif more is 1 or cfelsecfset 
more=1/cfifcategory like '%2%'/cfif  
  
 cfif findnocase('3', category)cfif more is 1 or cfelsecfset 
more=1/cfifcategory like '%3%'/cfif  

 cfif findnocase('4', category)cfif more is 1 or cfelsecfset 
more=1/cfifcategory like '%4%'/cfif  

 cfif findnocase('5', category)cfif more is 1 or cfelsecfset 
more=1/cfifcategory like '%5%'/cfif  

 cfif findnocase('6', category)cfif more is 1 or cfelsecfset 
more=1/cfifcategory like '%6%'/cfif  
/cfif
cfif sortby is 'score'
order by score desc,submitted desc
cfelse
order by submitted desc,score desc
/cfif
/cfquery

===


This is SQL server 7, Cold fusion 4.5.1 - on separate boxes..
There has been no change to the cold fusion templates on this website in

about 6 months. These errors started popping up very infrequently a few 
weeks ago.. Maybe once every few days.  When the first error happens, I 
have to reboot the cold fusion server and it works again. The second one

clears itself quickly and works again.
 The only change I see is a increase in the database size, as well
as 
an increase in the number of visitors to the site.
When this happens, other databases still work.
That query takes only about 200ms.  How could it time out?  Any ideas?
I do not have any other programs opening it - the servers are
co-located, 
and do not even have MS access installed.
I do use MTS packages to copy the database  to my home computer a few
times 
a day.. would that exclusively lock the table and cause problems?

Thanks
Al Musella, DPM
A1webs.com



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RE: Certification Exam

2000-11-16 Thread misty . d . woodward


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I just finished taking the test this morning.  Definitely know your
arrays and structures and some database knowledge is helpful as well.
Also don't be in a rush, I stopped in on my way to work with only about
30 minutes to run in and take the exam.  I passed which is what counts
but probably could have scored higher if I would have had more time.  

Oh and to answer your question number 3 on if you can go back at all,
yes it is computer based and they give you the option with each question
to come back at the end and review it to make changes.  You can also
mark it to add comments to.  Personally some of the questions where they
ask what is the "best" way to do things I found a little irritating.
Whats best for you might not be best for me. 

Just my 2 cents of course...
Misty
CFCustomtags.com

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There is a free 40 question CF 4.5 Certification exam available at
brainbench.com. I have been told that if you score at least a 4 (on a 5
point system), you have a good chance of passing the Allaire test. Good
luck!

Shane Witbeck
www.digitalsanctum.com

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Date: Thu, 16 Nov 2000 09:39:14 -0600

Don't take it too lightly.  I took it three times and failed.  I always
thought of my self as a good (better than average) cf programmer.  Only
missed it by one question the last time.

I will not complain until after I pass it.  But, I knew that the result
was
not going to be pretty when I guessed on five or six CFSCRIPT
questions.  I
have never used cfscript before.

Note: The 61 test questions are pulled from about 100 to 150 questions
(guessing).

Study:
CFscript
Array (pay attention to the names of the array tags)
Anything related to Structures. (and looping over them)
Application tag
SQL insert and wildcard selects

http://www.cfcertification.com

Hope this helps
Mark W. Breneman
-Cold Fusion Developer
-Network Administrator
  Vivid Media
  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  www.vividmedia.com
  608.270.9770

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To: CF-Talk
Subject: Re: Certification Exam


Hi,

I'm pretty new to this thread. Not knowing what's transpired, I'm just
wondering if anyone who's taken the certification exam could comment on
the
following:

1. What sort of familiarity are you expected to have with each CF tag
and
function? Are you supposed to know every attribute that you can use
with
each tag?

2. Can anyone recommed any exam preparation material or books? I found
it
really disappointing that compared to the more established exams (eg
Microsoft's or Novell's) there aren't a lot of published materials or
sample
exams (not questions) you can refer to.

3. When you're taking the exam, can you return to previous questions or
must
you answer each question there and then? (I guess I'd have to admit
that I'm
not sure if its computerized or paper-based).

Leong

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Sent: Thursday, November 16, 2000 6:49 AM
Subject: RE: Certification Exam


  The test is easy enough, especially considering you only need 60%. 
Many
 of
  the questions are ambiguous so if you are not sure you can get a
decent
  amount wrong.

 Hopefully they'll change the questions soon.

 One thing to note is that they have a large bank of questions, so you
 shouldn't get the same exam if you sit it twice (some people were at
the
 Conference)

  If you've been coding for about a year or two and are
  familiar with the majority of CF tags you'll be fine.

 As an ammendment to Andrew's comment - be familiar with the majority
of
the
 CF4.5 tags, knowing CF4 will get you by, but they do ask some CF4.5
specific
 questions

  Look over the tags
  and functions, as well as error processing and how cf handles
copying
from
  one variable to another (remember cf is pass-by-reference).

 Also brush up on how CFScript works - it's fairly important... oh,
and
 knowing HTML, JavaScript and how a website basically works is a damn
good
 idea g

  Brush up on your queries

 A decent, but not amazing, knowledge of SQL is (pseudo) required, so
knowing
 only "SELECT * FROM TABLE" won't cut it...

  and last but not least... get a good night's sleep.

 Erm, I took it on 3 hours sleep over 40 hours... running on coffee,
but
 having sleep is a DAMN good idea g

 Overall, know as much about CF as you can - pretty bleeding obvious,
but
 there were some people at the Conf who took it after using CF for
only a
 couple 

RE: Fannie-packs? (RE: fusebox)

2000-11-08 Thread misty . d . woodward


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Oh my!  Just need to stop this.  Before someone gets hurt.  :)

Misty

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Subject: RE: Fannie-packs? (RE: fusebox)


HAHA! I had no idea!

That's fine, just turn the belt around, and it's still accurate :-)

At 05:44 PM 11/8/00 +1100, Peter Alexandrou wrote:
Round these parts a "fanny" is slang for a woman's frontal privates :-)

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 In the USA it's your rear-end. So a fanny-pack is a small
 "backpack" or "rucksack" that you wear on a belt that hangs
 off your "fanny". What is a "fanny" down under?

 At 12:51 PM 11/8/00 +1100, BORKMAN Lee wrote:
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RE: Old Question CF Hosting

2000-10-31 Thread misty . d . woodward


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Ive been using webexpose.  They are pretty cool for CF uses, lets you
register your own CFX tags, Dll's, start and stop your own server, SQL
Server 7.0 and a few other good features.  Best part is they are way
under $100, about 1/4 of that actually.

http://www.webexpose.net

Misty

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Who's the best under $100 a month.

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