Re: Problem with data formatting in CFINSERT
I have robot updaters and inserters too (made all the more robotic with the help of cfdbinfo figuring out the field types), This is what I do, but using my own CFX_ODBCinfo I developped years before cfdbinfo was available, and I'm still using it because cfdbinfo doesn't work for Access databases. Debugging is miserable with a layer of code in the middle and straightforward without. Right, I think I'm going to improve my CF_INSERT tag by generating the SQL code in the tag. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:357035 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Problem with data formatting in CFINSERT
it could just as easy be said about frameworks Let's say it then ;-) The only framework I use is the one I've developped myself. When a proble arises, I can look into it, understand it, and correct it easily. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:357036 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Problem with data formatting in CFINSERT
well someone has to say it... but why the frack are you still using MSACCESS when there are so many better/free alternatives? you know the Jet driver (which is what you use to connect to MSACCESS) is no longer supported by Microsoft and ha snot been for years and only runs in 32 bit, and as such does not work on modern 64bit OS (without lots of hacking to get it to run in 32bit mode), which is Windows Server 2008 onwards, there is no 32 bit windows any more. On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 2:44 PM, wrote: I have robot updaters and inserters too (made all the more robotic with the help of cfdbinfo figuring out the field types), This is what I do, but using my own CFX_ODBCinfo I developped years before cfdbinfo was available, and I'm still using it because cfdbinfo doesn't work for Access databases. Debugging is miserable with a layer of code in the middle and straightforward without. Right, I think I'm going to improve my CF_INSERT tag by generating the SQL code in the tag. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:357037 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Problem with data formatting in CFINSERT
Hi Russ For those of us who have been out of the loop for a while, can you suggest easy to implement alternatives to 32 bit MS access? I did a conversion of a DB to SQL server some years back and that was painful. Ben On Nov 5, 2013, at 7:52 AM, Russ Michaels r...@michaels.me.uk wrote: well someone has to say it... but why the frack are you still using MSACCESS when there are so many better/free alternatives? you know the Jet driver (which is what you use to connect to MSACCESS) is no longer supported by Microsoft and ha snot been for years and only runs in 32 bit, and as such does not work on modern 64bit OS (without lots of hacking to get it to run in 32bit mode), which is Windows Server 2008 onwards, there is no 32 bit windows any more. On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 2:44 PM, wrote: I have robot updaters and inserters too (made all the more robotic with the help of cfdbinfo figuring out the field types), This is what I do, but using my own CFX_ODBCinfo I developped years before cfdbinfo was available, and I'm still using it because cfdbinfo doesn't work for Access databases. Debugging is miserable with a layer of code in the middle and straightforward without. Right, I think I'm going to improve my CF_INSERT tag by generating the SQL code in the tag. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:357038 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
RE: Problem with data formatting in CFINSERT
Ben, Moving from MS Access to MS SQL is one of the easiest options for migration I'm afraid. FYI you CAN get Access running on 08r2 with CF 64bit. It just takes some work. -Mark -Original Message- From: Ben [mailto:b...@webworldinc.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2013 9:07 AM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: Problem with data formatting in CFINSERT Hi Russ For those of us who have been out of the loop for a while, can you suggest easy to implement alternatives to 32 bit MS access? I did a conversion of a DB to SQL server some years back and that was painful. Ben On Nov 5, 2013, at 7:52 AM, Russ Michaels r...@michaels.me.uk wrote: well someone has to say it... but why the frack are you still using MSACCESS when there are so many better/free alternatives? you know the Jet driver (which is what you use to connect to MSACCESS) is no longer supported by Microsoft and ha snot been for years and only runs in 32 bit, and as such does not work on modern 64bit OS (without lots of hacking to get it to run in 32bit mode), which is Windows Server 2008 onwards, there is no 32 bit windows any more. On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 2:44 PM, wrote: I have robot updaters and inserters too (made all the more robotic with the help of cfdbinfo figuring out the field types), This is what I do, but using my own CFX_ODBCinfo I developped years before cfdbinfo was available, and I'm still using it because cfdbinfo doesn't work for Access databases. Debugging is miserable with a layer of code in the middle and straightforward without. Right, I think I'm going to improve my CF_INSERT tag by generating the SQL code in the tag. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:357039 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Problem with data formatting in CFINSERT
Microsoft provide a free migration tool, as you are obviously on windows I would suggest going with MSSQL and not MySQL http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=28763 the code changes are fairly minimal unless your app is huge, but if memory serves it is mainly issues with primary keys and TEXT fields to varchar fields you will have to deal with. On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 3:06 PM, Ben b...@webworldinc.com wrote: Hi Russ For those of us who have been out of the loop for a while, can you suggest easy to implement alternatives to 32 bit MS access? I did a conversion of a DB to SQL server some years back and that was painful. Ben On Nov 5, 2013, at 7:52 AM, Russ Michaels r...@michaels.me.uk wrote: well someone has to say it... but why the frack are you still using MSACCESS when there are so many better/free alternatives? you know the Jet driver (which is what you use to connect to MSACCESS) is no longer supported by Microsoft and ha snot been for years and only runs in 32 bit, and as such does not work on modern 64bit OS (without lots of hacking to get it to run in 32bit mode), which is Windows Server 2008 onwards, there is no 32 bit windows any more. On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 2:44 PM, wrote: I have robot updaters and inserters too (made all the more robotic with the help of cfdbinfo figuring out the field types), This is what I do, but using my own CFX_ODBCinfo I developped years before cfdbinfo was available, and I'm still using it because cfdbinfo doesn't work for Access databases. Debugging is miserable with a layer of code in the middle and straightforward without. Right, I think I'm going to improve my CF_INSERT tag by generating the SQL code in the tag. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:357040 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Problem with data formatting in CFINSERT
Thanks. Their conversion utility was just close enough to be deceptive. There are a couple of data formats in access that don't translate worth a damn to SQL server. Details have faded by now. Thanks! Ben On Nov 5, 2013, at 8:17 AM, Mark A Kruger mkru...@cfwebtools.com wrote: Ben, Moving from MS Access to MS SQL is one of the easiest options for migration I'm afraid. FYI you CAN get Access running on 08r2 with CF 64bit. It just takes some work. -Mark -Original Message- From: Ben [mailto:b...@webworldinc.com] Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2013 9:07 AM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: Problem with data formatting in CFINSERT Hi Russ For those of us who have been out of the loop for a while, can you suggest easy to implement alternatives to 32 bit MS access? I did a conversion of a DB to SQL server some years back and that was painful. Ben On Nov 5, 2013, at 7:52 AM, Russ Michaels r...@michaels.me.uk wrote: well someone has to say it... but why the frack are you still using MSACCESS when there are so many better/free alternatives? you know the Jet driver (which is what you use to connect to MSACCESS) is no longer supported by Microsoft and ha snot been for years and only runs in 32 bit, and as such does not work on modern 64bit OS (without lots of hacking to get it to run in 32bit mode), which is Windows Server 2008 onwards, there is no 32 bit windows any more. On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 2:44 PM, wrote: I have robot updaters and inserters too (made all the more robotic with the help of cfdbinfo figuring out the field types), This is what I do, but using my own CFX_ODBCinfo I developped years before cfdbinfo was available, and I'm still using it because cfdbinfo doesn't work for Access databases. Debugging is miserable with a layer of code in the middle and straightforward without. Right, I think I'm going to improve my CF_INSERT tag by generating the SQL code in the tag. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:357041 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Problem with data formatting in CFINSERT
Yep. That sounds familiar. And some of the auto incrementing features in access don't convert well. Perhaps a more recent conversion package version does a better job these days. This was about 9 years ago. Ben On Nov 5, 2013, at 8:20 AM, Russ Michaels r...@michaels.me.uk wrote: Microsoft provide a free migration tool, as you are obviously on windows I would suggest going with MSSQL and not MySQL http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=28763 the code changes are fairly minimal unless your app is huge, but if memory serves it is mainly issues with primary keys and TEXT fields to varchar fields you will have to deal with. On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 3:06 PM, Ben b...@webworldinc.com wrote: Hi Russ For those of us who have been out of the loop for a while, can you suggest easy to implement alternatives to 32 bit MS access? I did a conversion of a DB to SQL server some years back and that was painful. Ben On Nov 5, 2013, at 7:52 AM, Russ Michaels r...@michaels.me.uk wrote: well someone has to say it... but why the frack are you still using MSACCESS when there are so many better/free alternatives? you know the Jet driver (which is what you use to connect to MSACCESS) is no longer supported by Microsoft and ha snot been for years and only runs in 32 bit, and as such does not work on modern 64bit OS (without lots of hacking to get it to run in 32bit mode), which is Windows Server 2008 onwards, there is no 32 bit windows any more. On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 2:44 PM, wrote: I have robot updaters and inserters too (made all the more robotic with the help of cfdbinfo figuring out the field types), This is what I do, but using my own CFX_ODBCinfo I developped years before cfdbinfo was available, and I'm still using it because cfdbinfo doesn't work for Access databases. Debugging is miserable with a layer of code in the middle and straightforward without. Right, I think I'm going to improve my CF_INSERT tag by generating the SQL code in the tag. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:357042 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Problem with data formatting in CFINSERT
FYI you CAN get Access running on 08r2 with CF 64bit. It just takes some work. Exact, the trick is to define the ODBC database first, then link it to CF with the administrator. Once it is done, it works perfectly. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:357044 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Problem with data formatting in CFINSERT
it is just delaying the inevitable. it is just like refusing to use DVD's and trying to keep your VHS player alive On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 3:42 PM, wrote: FYI you CAN get Access running on 08r2 with CF 64bit. It just takes some work. Exact, the trick is to define the ODBC database first, then link it to CF with the administrator. Once it is done, it works perfectly. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:357046 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Problem with data formatting in CFINSERT
If you move to MSSQL 2008 or newer, the varchar(MAX) nicely replaces the Access TEXT data type. If you use the SQL Server import tools rather than the Access migration tools, you should be able to do identity insert on on auto increment columns and preserve their values. -Carl V. On 11/5/2013 7:27 AM, Ben wrote: Yep. That sounds familiar. And some of the auto incrementing features in access don't convert well. Perhaps a more recent conversion package version does a better job these days. This was about 9 years ago. Ben On Nov 5, 2013, at 8:20 AM, Russ Michaels r...@michaels.me.uk wrote: Microsoft provide a free migration tool, as you are obviously on windows I would suggest going with MSSQL and not MySQL http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=28763 the code changes are fairly minimal unless your app is huge, but if memory serves it is mainly issues with primary keys and TEXT fields to varchar fields you will have to deal with. On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 3:06 PM, Ben b...@webworldinc.com wrote: Hi Russ For those of us who have been out of the loop for a while, can you suggest easy to implement alternatives to 32 bit MS access? I did a conversion of a DB to SQL server some years back and that was painful. Ben On Nov 5, 2013, at 7:52 AM, Russ Michaels r...@michaels.me.uk wrote: well someone has to say it... but why the frack are you still using MSACCESS when there are so many better/free alternatives? you know the Jet driver (which is what you use to connect to MSACCESS) is no longer supported by Microsoft and ha snot been for years and only runs in 32 bit, and as such does not work on modern 64bit OS (without lots of hacking to get it to run in 32bit mode), which is Windows Server 2008 onwards, there is no 32 bit windows any more. On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 2:44 PM, wrote: I have robot updaters and inserters too (made all the more robotic with the help of cfdbinfo figuring out the field types), This is what I do, but using my own CFX_ODBCinfo I developped years before cfdbinfo was available, and I'm still using it because cfdbinfo doesn't work for Access databases. Debugging is miserable with a layer of code in the middle and straightforward without. Right, I think I'm going to improve my CF_INSERT tag by generating the SQL code in the tag. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:357048 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Problem with data formatting in CFINSERT
Thanks, Carl! Ben On Nov 5, 2013, at 10:11 AM, Carl Von Stetten vonner.li...@vonner.net wrote: If you move to MSSQL 2008 or newer, the varchar(MAX) nicely replaces the Access TEXT data type. If you use the SQL Server import tools rather than the Access migration tools, you should be able to do identity insert on on auto increment columns and preserve their values. -Carl V. On 11/5/2013 7:27 AM, Ben wrote: Yep. That sounds familiar. And some of the auto incrementing features in access don't convert well. Perhaps a more recent conversion package version does a better job these days. This was about 9 years ago. Ben On Nov 5, 2013, at 8:20 AM, Russ Michaels r...@michaels.me.uk wrote: Microsoft provide a free migration tool, as you are obviously on windows I would suggest going with MSSQL and not MySQL http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download/details.aspx?id=28763 the code changes are fairly minimal unless your app is huge, but if memory serves it is mainly issues with primary keys and TEXT fields to varchar fields you will have to deal with. On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 3:06 PM, Ben b...@webworldinc.com wrote: Hi Russ For those of us who have been out of the loop for a while, can you suggest easy to implement alternatives to 32 bit MS access? I did a conversion of a DB to SQL server some years back and that was painful. Ben On Nov 5, 2013, at 7:52 AM, Russ Michaels r...@michaels.me.uk wrote: well someone has to say it... but why the frack are you still using MSACCESS when there are so many better/free alternatives? you know the Jet driver (which is what you use to connect to MSACCESS) is no longer supported by Microsoft and ha snot been for years and only runs in 32 bit, and as such does not work on modern 64bit OS (without lots of hacking to get it to run in 32bit mode), which is Windows Server 2008 onwards, there is no 32 bit windows any more. On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 2:44 PM, wrote: I have robot updaters and inserters too (made all the more robotic with the help of cfdbinfo figuring out the field types), This is what I do, but using my own CFX_ODBCinfo I developped years before cfdbinfo was available, and I'm still using it because cfdbinfo doesn't work for Access databases. Debugging is miserable with a layer of code in the middle and straightforward without. Right, I think I'm going to improve my CF_INSERT tag by generating the SQL code in the tag. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:357049 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
RE: Problem with data formatting in CFINSERT
It's been a long time since I've used Access, but if I remember correctly the currency data type only accepts 2 decimal places. You need to make sure that the data that you are supplying only has 2 decimal places. It is impossible to determine where the extra decimal places are coming from in your example as there is no indication of how that value is being derived. My expectation is that there is some kind of calculation being performed and then assigned back to the form field being applied to the cfinsert. IMHO, I would not employ the use of a cfinsert tag. Although it makes inserts simpler, it removes the programmers ability to define the field data type expected and perform data type validation using the cfqueryparam as well as allowing me to apply any formatting I desire to the value that is ultimately submitted to the query for insertion. David Phelan -Original Message- From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Claude_Schn=E9egans [mailto:schneegans@interneti=71?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?ue.com=3E?=] Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2013 9:40 PM To: cf-talk Subject: Problem with data formating in CFINSERT Hi, Weird problem this morning. I have a CFINSERT which fails in an Access database with an error [Macromedia][SequeLink JDBC Driver][ODBC Socket][Microsoft][ODBC Microsoft Access Driver] Data type mismatch in criteria expression. First, there is no criteria since it's only an insert. Second, I get the error with a value of 57.49 in a certain field, but entering the valu 57.50 works perfectly! In the error message I can see for this field: param 18) = [type='IN', class='java.math.BigDecimal', value='57.49198951966012828052043914794921875', sqltype='2'] Could it be that 47 decimal is too much for a java.math.BigDecimal or an Access Currency column? And if yes, who is adding all these decimals? ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:357023 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Problem with data formatting in CFINSERT
but if I remember correctly the currency data type only accepts 2 decimal places. I know, and my form only supplies 2 decimal places. Java adds all these decimals, due to floating approximation errors. And it does not explain whay there is an error with 57.49 and not with 57.50. Anyway, I changed the column fron Curency to floating value and the proble still persists. IMHO, I would not employ the use of a cfinsert tag. This is what I've been dooing in about 15 years of CF programing. IMO the worst problem with CFINSERT or CFUPDATE is that you have to supply the list of all form fields, a PITA. But I designed my own CF_INSERT tag that creates this list by comparing the form fields and column names in the table and call CFINSERT. Although it makes inserts simpler, it removes the programmers ability to define the field data type expected and perform data type validation using the cfqueryparam The query generated by CFINSERT does use CFQUERYPARAM, the problem seems to be elsewhere. Apparently the string representing the float value with 2 decimals is first converted into internal float representation, then back to string in the SQL query with an incorrect format. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:357024 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Problem with data formatting in CFINSERT
IMO the worst problem with CFINSERT or CFUPDATE is that you have to supply the list of all form fields I'm afraid you can add to that chasing your tail for no reason thanks to creating a semi-opaque layer between yourself and JDBC/SQL If you use CFINSERT/CFUPDATE the above seems, sooner or later, to put you over the edge so you swear the tool off and write SQL by hand. I have robot updaters and inserters too (made all the more robotic with the help of cfdbinfo figuring out the field types), but I keep them on a short leash for the identical reason. Debugging is miserable with a layer of code in the middle and straightforward without. -- --m@Robertson-- Janitor, The Robertson Team mysecretbase.com ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:357028 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Problem with data formatting in CFINSERT
Thst is a rather hlanket statement though, it could just as easy be said about frameworks or even cfml itself. Not all middle tiers are restrictive. Russ Michaels www.michaels.me.uk cfmldeveloper.com cflive.net cfsearch.com On 5 Nov 2013 00:10, Money Pit websitema...@gmail.com wrote: IMO the worst problem with CFINSERT or CFUPDATE is that you have to supply the list of all form fields I'm afraid you can add to that chasing your tail for no reason thanks to creating a semi-opaque layer between yourself and JDBC/SQL If you use CFINSERT/CFUPDATE the above seems, sooner or later, to put you over the edge so you swear the tool off and write SQL by hand. I have robot updaters and inserters too (made all the more robotic with the help of cfdbinfo figuring out the field types), but I keep them on a short leash for the identical reason. Debugging is miserable with a layer of code in the middle and straightforward without. -- --m@Robertson-- Janitor, The Robertson Team mysecretbase.com ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:357029 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Problem with data formatting in CFINSERT
Perhaps. Every time I flirt with cfinsert/cfupdate I learn to love them all over again and then some stupid thing like what the OP is experiencing ruins my afternoon and I remember why I swore them off in the first place. When I write straight SQL I experience extra wear on my fingertips but my blood pressure stays lower. So I take the lesser of two evils. I'll try and actually make a useful suggestion insofar as debugging the OP's actual problem is concerned: When faced with these types of errors I have found that by writing SQL I can oftentimes find what I typed wrong in the cfinsert statement, assuming the error was my own (for gigantic inserts I may write code a field at a time and test at each field addition until the code either breaks in the middle or is completed). If not, by the time I am done I have a replacement for the code thats throwing me off and I can move on. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:357030 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Problem with data formatting in CFINSERT
I wont disagree that CFINSERT et al should best be a avoided though, it is pretty much a legacy tag that is there for backwards compatibility, you certainly don't see many devs using it these days though. It's like the Tesco value version of database tags :-) On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 1:07 AM, Money Pit websitema...@gmail.com wrote: Perhaps. Every time I flirt with cfinsert/cfupdate I learn to love them all over again and then some stupid thing like what the OP is experiencing ruins my afternoon and I remember why I swore them off in the first place. When I write straight SQL I experience extra wear on my fingertips but my blood pressure stays lower. So I take the lesser of two evils. I'll try and actually make a useful suggestion insofar as debugging the OP's actual problem is concerned: When faced with these types of errors I have found that by writing SQL I can oftentimes find what I typed wrong in the cfinsert statement, assuming the error was my own (for gigantic inserts I may write code a field at a time and test at each field addition until the code either breaks in the middle or is completed). If not, by the time I am done I have a replacement for the code thats throwing me off and I can move on. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:357031 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
