[cfaussie] Re: OT: Vista Application

2007-04-11 Thread Shane Farmer
Dale,

I know this isn't a solution to your direct problem, but is the Documents
and Setting\all users\app data (or wherever it is) an option? While Vista
uses a Users folder for the users files, it still has documents and settings
as a hidden folder.

Just a thought
Shane


On 4/11/07, Dale Fraser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

  This is off topic, but we develop a client server application, C++ client
 and CF server.



 Our program logs events and writes logs to disk and is having great
 problems under vista, something to do with Virtualization. Which as I
 understand it is something along the line of it sees our program writing
 files into a directory under the program files\program name\data\



 And says, you shouldn't do that I'll put it somewhere else (virtually) and
 everything kind of goes hay wire from there.



 What we really want is to have our installer give the application
 permission to run and store data in this directory with read and write
 access for all users.



 I've done a lot of searching, but hoping someone out there may have gone
 through this already and point us in the right direction.



 Regards

 Dale Fraser



 http://dale.fraser.id.au/blog



 



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[cfaussie] Re: Heaps of CF work in the ACT?

2007-04-10 Thread Shane Farmer
On 4/10/07, Dale Fraser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

  You are implying that you know what's in the NDA thus disclosing you have
 read it and thus informing us that you too are on the beta.


I knew about the strictness of the NDA during the CF 7 beta days without
being a part of the beta program :-)

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[cfaussie] Re: WSE Security - anyone have any experience with it?

2007-04-05 Thread Shane Farmer
Glad I can be of assistance.

The web service I am working on now at work processes millions of dollars
worth of transactions a month and it is all based on Java WSSE (very similar
to what CF uses). You shouldn't find any real problems with talking to it
through CF (as far as security goes). The only thing to look out for is if
they pass DataTables and things like that back through instead of standard
SOAP data types.

I guess the bottom line is your biggest worry would be dealing with a .net
web service's data types, not the security. From memory someone else on the
list had problems with .net DataTables.

Shane


On 4/5/07, Mike Kear [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


 Thanks Shane,  this is indeed very helpful.

 The plan is at business plan stage now.  I was asked does this WSE
 Security thing mean it's going to be doable if we go ahead or not?
 The management people are discussing all the business and legal
 aspects of the two sites working together, and if they go ahead, then
 the two sites are going to have to pass a lot of info back and forth
 including money and personal information.   Their site is much bigger
 than ours and they use WSE Security.

 So we needed to know up front if it's going to be doable or not.   The
 deal they're talking about is far bigger in impact than the technical
 issue of the web site.  If it comes down to it,  the It guys are goign
 to be told make it happen, dont give me reasons why it cant be done.
 If you have problems, get around them!   So at this point we needed
 to know if 'they, a much bigger site than ours will need to be asked
 to change the way they handle security.  Not a good look for this
 deal.

 The bottom line, for now, is that it's tricky and messy but doable, I
 think.

 When/if the deal proceeds  it'll be some late nights and studying I think.


 Cheers
 Mike Kear
 Windsor, NSW, Australia
 Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer
 AFP Webworks
 http://afpwebworks.com
 ColdFusion, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting from AUD$15/month



 On 4/5/07, Shane Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  Hi Mike,
 
  Not sure how you would deal with this without packaging the message in a
  SOAP envelop manually through XML objects, but in Java you just have to
 make
  sure you use the right security namespaces. What you are dealing with is
 a
  Microsoft implementation of the SOAP Security standard.
 
  Seeing as the CF SOAP stuff is just a wrapper around Axis, it should be
 able
  to handle it fine. Try adding the SOAP headers through CF (7 can handle
 this
  just not sure of the syntax off the top of my head). MX 6.1 can't handle
  this very easily though. Try comparing the XML generated by doing this
 to a
  cal to the web service from SOAP UI. If you can make SOAP UI talk to the
 web
  service, you will have a copy of the XML to work with and compare
 against.
 
  Here is an example of a SOAP request that uses WSSE
 
  soap:Envelope xmlns:soap=...
  xmlns:wsse=http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/ws/2002/07/secext;
soap:Header
  wsse:Security soap:mustUnderstand=true
UsernameToken
  UsernameMyName/Username
  Password Type=PasswordTextMyPass/Password
/UsernameToken
  /wsse:Security
/soap:Header
soap:Body Id=MsgBody
!–- SOAP Body data --
/soap:Body
  /soap:Envelope
 
  You can get more information from the XSD's relating to the WSSE and
 SOAP
  namespaces etc.
 
  Hope this helps,
  Shane
 
 

 


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[cfaussie] Re: Java Output streams into CF vars

2007-03-29 Thread Shane Farmer
On 3/29/07, Andrew Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Well I have a java object that doesn't have a toString() :-)


You will find it is inherited from Object :-)

Even doing the following wont work as you cannot reduce the visibility of
the inherited method from Object.

class MyClass {
private final String toString() {
return SomeString;
}
}

Most of the time, you will get the internal representation of the instance (
[EMAIL PROTECTED]) unless you override the method to return something
meaningful.

Shane

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[cfaussie] Re: [Melbourne] ColdFusion MX Developer

2007-03-15 Thread Shane Farmer
I have heard about some very attractive government Java contracts in
Canberra. A friend of mine comes from down that way and his dad works for a
government department (ex COBOL programmer now manager) and has forwarded
several on. Up to $95/hr isn't a bad days work on a 6 month contract. Jobs
like this (since I am currently employed as a J2EE developer) made moving to
the ACT for 6 months to a year very appealing.

If you can diversify your skill set you will become even more employable and
be able to stay home instead of wandering around looking for CF jobs. You
can always stay loyal to CF but if there are Java/dotnet contracts going,
you can still pay your bills. It's better than New Start that's for sure!

Shane

On 3/14/07, Peter Tilbrook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 M@ no. Not now. Not for a while.

 All the good projects are gone or moving to .Net it seems. I know foolish.
 What can I do? One man in a world of vanity.

 12.5+ years later I am embarking on my largest and most important cfml
 project yet.

 Worried? Not really. Adobe is here to stay.

 Concerned? Yes. I own my place here. Work elsewhere? Brissy yes. Melb yes.
 Syd. No way.

 It is all exotic in ACT now. WebSphere, .Net, SAP, J2EE.

 Sigh.

 --
 Peter Tilbrook
 ColdGen Internet Solutions
 President, ACT and Region ColdFusion Users Group
 PO Box 2247
 Queanbeyan, NSW, 2620
 AUSTRALIA

 http://www.coldgen.com/
 http://www.actcfug.com/

 Tel: +61-2-6284-2727
 Mob: +61-0432-897-437

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[cfaussie] Re: CFquery SUM

2007-03-08 Thread Shane Farmer
Hi Claude

If you want quick and nasty without a second query you could try

select
   tt.*, tcost.total
from
transaction_table tt,
(
   select sum(cost)
   from transaction_table
   where transaction_month = 'December' /* Same as like with no % */
   ) as tcost
where
transaction_month = 'December'

This will do a cartesian join on the single row in the subquery (treated as
a veiw so only called once) and the results so each row will have the total
cost. The other way would be a second query that gets the total cost
(basically the same as what I've done)

Shane

On 3/8/07, M@ Bourke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Hi Claude,

 This isn't syntactically best practice but if I understand your question
 do.

 Select fieldnames (Select sum(cost) as total_cost
 from transactions_table
 where transaction_month like 'December') AS total_cost
 from transactions_table
 where transaction_month like 'December'

 this way every total_cost in the output will be the same

 M@


 On 3/7/07, claude raiola [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
 
  Hi
 
  I have a query and I am wanting to determine the total sum of the cost
  field for all those matching records so that I can determine the total
  amount of cost of all records found by the query
 
  I know I can create the formula to add the values through each pass of
  the output of the cfloop of the query, however I am wondering if I can do
  the same within the query eg
 
  cfquery name=monthly_cost
  Select sum(cost) as total_cost,*
  from transactions_table
  where transaction_month like 'December'
  /cfquery
 
  so the the value #monthly_cost.total_cost# has value of the sum of all
  cost values from the records found in the query
 
 
 
 
 
  Kind Regards
 
  Claude Raiola
  B.Econ(Acc.); B.Hotel Mngt.
  Mobile: 0414 228 948
  Phone: 07 5527 1990
  Fax: 07 3319 6444
 
  Websites:
  www.WebsiteSolutions.com.au http://www.websitesolutions.com.au/
  www.AustralianAccommodation.comhttp://www.australianaccommodation.com/
  www.AccommodationNewZealand.comhttp://www.accommodationnewzealand.com/
  www.HospitalityPurchasing.net http://www.hospitalitypurchasing.net/
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[cfaussie] Re: Why select * is bad (was RE: [cfaussie] Re: @#$!! Queryparam)

2007-03-02 Thread Shane Farmer
I have seen 2 notable reasons to stay away from select * if possible:

   1. I have come across several issues with the schema changing in a
   database and the changes where not reflected in a query that had select *
   (legacy code). This can make the display layer break in strange ways when
   the template is expecting a row to be there and it isn't. From experience,
   this only happens with cfqueryparam with it's caching.
   2. Supporting legacy code. If you come across a select *, you don't
   know what columns you are retrieving unless you look into the structure of
   the table (or tables) in question. This can be annoying if you are working
   on a large system with a lot of tables, or using a subset of a large number
   of tables in an Oracle schema (as is sometimes the case due to expensive
   licenses).

The main reason I have found it to not be best practise is the extra steps
you need to take to maintain legacy code that uses select *. I don't know if
anyone else would agree, but I would prefer to already know what is going to
be in a result set just by looking at the query that was used instead of
digging around the db or dumping the result.

My 2c,
Shane


On 3/3/07, Charlie Arehart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


 So, are you saying that removing the select * does or does not solve the
 problem? I just want to know where this thread is crossing from solving
 your
 problem to discussing the broader issue of select *.

 I'm actually surprised to hear that you would ask for a spelling out of
 the
 reasons for why using select * is bad. It's such a universally derided
 practice.  And there's been all that discussion afterward today later on
 subjects like hosting, findnocase. I have to think folks didn't read this,
 as I'd expect to see a number of people come out and explain why it's bad.
 That's the beauty of a list like this: no one person needs to shoulder the
 burden of answering a question.

 But I'll kick it off with saying that people usually use it when it's not
 needed, as a shortcut. The problem is simply that if the number of columns
 retrieved exceeds the number used, then you've asked for a lot of needless
 work to be done: the database had to gather the data, then store it in its
 buffers, then it had to be sent across the network, then it had to be
 stored
 in CF's memory as a query resultset. The larger the number of excess
 column
 (and the size of data they hold), the more the pain of the problem, and
 when
 you multiply that by the number of rows retrieved, and then by the number
 of
 requests running that query each day...well, as the joke goes, a million
 here, a million there, and soon you're talking about real money.

 And the problem is about more than just you who issued the query. You're
 request asking the database to do work takes away resources that it could
 have spent doing more useful work. And when data fills the DB buffers,
 that
 flushes data from someone else's query that might have been reused for a
 subsequent request for the same database pages (very low level, but
 important, stuff).

 Now that was just if the number of columns retrieved would be smaller if
 you
 did just name them instead. If they're the same, then that's certainly
 different, though there can still be issues.

 For instance, depending on the database (and perhaps configuration), the
 use
 of select * may cause the DBMS to process its query plan differently.
 That
 really depends, though, and so I don't want to state categorically that
 it's
 always bad for that reason. I'll leave that to others to hash out (see
 below). Then there's this issue of its impact when used with CFQUERYPARAM,
 and some have even argued that it causes problems when used in CFQUERY
 with
 views (see the comments in the last thread below), and so on.

 Now, really, there are all manner of other places where people have
 decried
 it (or debated it, as you want to). I can't tell if you're pressing me,
 Duncan, just to get a rise out of me, or try to make me prove my
 statement,
 or just out of sincere curiosity. I just want to clarify that I only
 proposed you avoid it to solve your very problem with CFQUERYPARAM. Please
 do let us know if it helped. But if you're still interested in the select
 *
 debate, there's plenty out there. I don't need to defend it myself. :-)

 What's interesting is that if you try to do a google search, you're
 flummoxed because google uses * as a single word placeholder (no, not a
 multi-word, just a single word, which is curious), so you can't (it seems)
 readily say find all results that say select * us bad. Here are a few
 areas where this has been discussed and/or debated:

 http://www.parseerror.com/sql/select*isevil.html
 http://www.sitepoint.com/forums/showthread.php?t=417457
 http://www.adopenstatic.com/faq/selectstarisbad.asp

 http://expertanswercenter.techtarget.com/eac/knowledgebaseAnswer/0,295199,si
 d63_gci978334,00.html

 

[cfaussie] Re: Dreamweaver regular expressions

2007-02-14 Thread Shane Farmer
You could also try wingrep http://www.wingrep.com/download.htm. All the
fun and power of Linux file searches with a nice Windows GUI :-)

Shane


On 2/14/07, Scott Thornton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


 thanks for all advice.

 I will look into agent ransack, and agree its about time I tried Eclipse
 again ( it was my inability to use the search in the first place that
 stopped me using).

 cheers,


 


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[cfaussie] Re: [WOT] Vista launches

2007-02-03 Thread Shane Farmer
You can turn this off though. I got the [EMAIL PROTECTED] with that as well 
when I was
trying the free RC version but I can really see (and appreciate) why it is
there. Definately a lot more secure with it on.

On 2/2/07, Scott Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 I'll admit that with Vista, the constant allow permission thing annoyed
 me to no end, but the weird part is, up until now that i type it, it really
 doesn't bother me, only when I pause and think about.

 Me thinks that those RD Folks in Redmond really did their home work on
 the mind-melt that this causes...

 I'm with Bruce, once you get comfortable with it you look back at XP and
 get ill feelings at the thought of moving back to it heheh.


  On 2/2/07, Bruce Trevarthen (B2 Limited) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
   I've been using vista since December and I feel it makes me more
  efficient.  It has some great features.
 
  We have rolled it out on all desktops at ZeroOne, so far so good.  A few
  machines will need graphics cards replaced but mostly it's all sweet.
 
 
 
  Bruce
 
 
 
  *From:* cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On
  Behalf Of *Andrew Scott
  *Sent:* Friday, 2 February 2007 3:47 p.m.
  *To:* cfaussie@googlegroups.com
  *Subject: *[cfaussie] Re: [WOT] Vista launches
 
 
 
  Hey Scott,
 
 
 
  M$ is know for complicating things, the release of Vista is typical and
  the pricing structure sucks.
 
 
 
  But it looks like a good product, I am not upgrading to it as it is to
  damn expensive. Unless Scott Barnes is going to buy me a copy?
 
 
 
  Andrew Scott
  Senior Coldfusion Developer
  Aegeon Pty. Ltd.
  www.aegeon.com.au
  Phone: +613  8676 4223
  Mobile : 0404 998 273
   --
 
  *From:* cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On
  Behalf Of *Scott Barnes
  *Sent:* Friday, 2 February 2007 1:47 PM
  *To:* cfaussie@googlegroups.com
  *Subject:* [cfaussie] Re: [WOT] Vista launches
 
 
 
  I should be saying positive stuff right about now right?
 
 
 
  I've been using Vista for about 2 months now, all I can say is don't
  knock it until you try it ;)
 
 
 
  (earned my pay today)
 
 
 
  Scott Barnes
 
  Web Developer Evangelist,
 
  Microsoft
 
 
 
  (Sent using Outlook 2007 on Windows Vista Ultimate)
 
 
 
  On 2/2/07, *Maximilian Nyman* [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
 
  http://joyoftech.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/915.html
 
 
  On 2/2/07, Adam Chapman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  
   http://www.bbspot.com/Images/News_Features/2007/02/vista_upgrade_flowcha
 
   rt.pdf
  
  
   -Original Message-
   From: Haikal Saadh [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
   Sent: Thursday, 1 February 2007 5:01 PM
   Cc: cfaussie@googlegroups.com
   Subject: [cfaussie] [WOT] Vista launches
  
  
   http://www.little-gamers.com/index.php?comicID=1530
  
   :D :D :D
  
  
  
  
   
  
 
 
 
 
  --
  Regards,
  Scott Barnes
  http://www.mossyblog.com
 
 
 
 
 
 
   
 

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[cfaussie] Re: What version of Vista?

2007-02-03 Thread Shane Farmer
On 2/3/07, Andrew Muller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


 And another interesting fact is that Apple have increased their market
 share of the US laptop sector to 12% and it's still growing, just the
 facts.


I must agree, if I got a laptop, an iBook would be on top of the list (with
Windows and Linux installed and a huge hole in my bank balance).

The thing I was most disappointed about with OSX when looking into Macs was
the lack of support for 64bit applications. They have been running 64bit
chips since the G5 was released but Tiger is the first version of OSX (which
on a side note seems to need an upgrade every few months for things they
forgot to implement) to support 64bit out of the console environment. This
was a big reason to stick with Windows and Linux (rantanything based on
Debian rocks even though Debian is a good as dead now... *cough* Ubuntu
*cough*/rant). Running SQL Server 64bit edition on a 64bit Windows
platform is freaking fast! Java seems to love it and Eclipse seems snappier
on my 64bit machines.

For me the best option was Windows and Linux on two separate desktops and
using Synergy http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/ to connect to the two
(almost) seamlessly.

I know I am ranting but I just got back from a week out of the Brisbane
summer sun. As good as it is to have such nice weather, the cold can be very
enjoyable as well!

Shane

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[cfaussie] Re: cfinvoke webservice, xml response and 'cf' datatypes

2007-01-22 Thread Shane Farmer
On 1/22/07, Andrew Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

  That's exactly what Adam asked for. The response that the user would see,
 did he not?


Not exactly. he said the client would be connecting with a .net client.
There are some known issues with .net and CF not talking as they should
through web services. If one or the other (I wont point fingers here ;-)
doesn't conform to the SOAP standard exactly, there will be problems with
complex data types. CF seems to handle CF web services perfectly (as you
would expect) but .net may not see it the same way. It may not be the WSDL
definition that changes, but how each languages marshals/un-marshals the XML
into objects.

Because of this the CF way *may* indeed work, but it also may not. SoapUI (I
am hungry now so maybe SoupUI would be better) is independent of the two and
simply works on a HTTP socket with XML.

This said, your way does do what is needed without any tools and is nice and
quick. I guess it comes down to horses for courses.

My 2c
Shane

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[cfaussie] Re: cfinvoke webservice, xml response and 'cf' datatypes

2007-01-20 Thread Shane Farmer
Hi Adam,

A very handy tool you could try is SoupUI (www.soapui.org). We use it at
work to run test suites against our Java web services. You point it at the
WSDL, it can generate a default request where you fill in the blanks and hit
send. What you get back is the actual SOAP envelope with all the XML you
will ever need :-) Well worth checking out if you are working with web
services and just a simple request/response to deal with. There is even an
Eclipse plug in for it!

When you have the SOAP response, you can decide if you need to send XML or
if the native type will be consumable from .net. It will even validate it
for you!

Hope this helps.
Shane


On 1/19/07, Adam Chapman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


 Hi All,

 I am currently putting together a basic webservice which returns an
 array to the caller. (returntype=array)

 I want to see the xml response that the caller will receive (.NET user),
 but as the returntype is array, when I cfdump the result, I get a nicely
 formatted array dump, rather than the raw xml.

 Anyone know a quick way to access the actual soap xml response? Or
 should I use xml to create an xml object and return THAT rather than the
 array?

 Cheers,
 Adam

 cfinvoke webservice=http://mywebservices/myservice.cfc?wsdl;
method=getArray
returnvariable=ws
cfinvokeargument name=a value=what /
cfinvokeargument name=b value=fun /
 /cfinvoke

 cfdump var=#ws#

 


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[cfaussie] Re: pdf embedding

2006-12-29 Thread Shane Farmer

Hi Toby,

If you are willing to go the Java route, you could use the iText (Lowagie)
library to combine the cover PDF with a separate PDF generated from the
image (or maybe even the image directly). We use this in some Java code and
it works quite well. I think it is a little less resource hungry than other
libraries such as FOP.

http://www.lowagie.com/iText/faq.html#template

I heard a rumour somewhere that CF uses iText as its PDF engine anyway.

Shane


On 12/30/06, Toby Tremayne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:



Sorry I don't think I'm being clear.

I have a pdf of the book cover, and I need to insert a user uploaded
image into the cover itself.  IE I need to set out a position in the
cover pdf, where an image can be dropped in.  What I need to do is
use cf/java to add the image file to the pdf, and save the result.
Make sense?

Toby

On 30/12/2006, at 15:10 , Steve Onnis wrote:


 All you need to do is make the cover.  I am sure you can find some
 nice code
 to combine 2 PDFS together.  Create the cover and add it to the
 rest of the
 book

 Steve

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 Subject: [cfaussie] Re: pdf embedding


 I'm not entirely sure.

 Basically I have a print quality pdf of a book cover, into which I
 need to put a set location for a user uploaded image.  The idea is
 the book cover pdf needs to be as is, and have the image inserted
 into the correct space.  Generating the whole thing with
 cfdocument  is no good as I don't have enough control over the
 print settings,  bleed etc etc.

 Toby

 On 30/12/2006, at 15:00 , Steve Onnis wrote:


 You could use cfdocument to generate a complete PDF document

 Is that an option?

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 Hi all,

  has anyone worked with combining and embedding pdfs through
 cold   fusion?  Specifically I'm looking to receive an image from
 the  user  and embed it in a pdf template, showing the user the
 result.   I did  some work on this kind of thing ages and ages ago
 but it was  very  hacky back then, using cfexecute and a number of
 other  things.  I'm  googling and experimenting but if anyone has
 prior  experience,  particularly with newer versions of CF please
 give me  a yell.

 cheers,
 Toby














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[cfaussie] Re: OT: Moving to Sydney

2006-12-20 Thread Shane Farmer

I would second Internode as well. I have recently moved to TPG though as I
can get ADSL2+ and the deal is slightly better. The only down side is
customer support isn't as good. It was a little hard to try and talk to a
technician about a VPN question when I called up. Email suport is good
though.

Shane


On 12/20/06, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:



Ok I am going to buck the trend and actually recommend a specific ISP
and that is internode.

http://www.internode.on.net/

I have never been more impressed with a service provider than with
internode. Customer service, speeds, connection quality have all been
exceptional. Also avoid telstra at all costs they will suck you into a
contract and are just plain bad value for money and Optus aren't much
better.






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[cfaussie] Re: day light saving

2006-12-07 Thread Shane Farmer
I think Sun have released a patch for Java 5 (we need it at work as well)
but I think 1.4 is still without a patch.

On 12/8/06, Mark Stanton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


 I don't think the MS patch would affect CF - you'd need to patch the JDK.

 On 12/8/06, AJ Mercer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  Perth just switched over to daylight saving over the weekend.
 
  We have applied the MS patch so we get the option of checking day light
  saving for our timezone - and the clocks are displaying correctly.
 
  However, in coldfusion, #now()# is one hour out??
 
  I have bound the cf application service - no change.
 
 
 
  --
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  You are taking up too much space.
   
 


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[cfaussie] Re: (shakes fist at) adobe.com

2006-12-07 Thread Shane Farmer
On a side note, I notice Google GWT makes the back button work for AJAX
sites built with it. Nice feature :-)


On 12/8/06, Ryan Sabir [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

  That's one of my gripes with the 'new' web. People invent all sorts of
 new widgets like custom scrollbars and back buttons.. and they don't work
 with the tools we're used to using, such as my scroll wheel and back/next
 buttons on my mouse.

 I don't have time to try and work out how this particular designer has
 decided I should navigate their site. Maybe on a gaming or entertainment
 site, certainly not on a site I expect to use as a reference for my job.

 Not to take anything away from the developer of that site, as it looks
 like a lot of work has gone into it for a free resource. Its just that one
 little gripe is enough for me not to use that site at all.



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  Ryan,

 There is a little back link () at the bottom of the pages I have seen so
 far

 Shane

 On 12/7/06, Scott Barnes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 
  Aggressive young pup aren't you ;) hehe
 
 
  On 12/7/06, Ryan Sabir [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  
  
www.cfquickdocs.com
  
   Nice he thought as he started using it.
  
   Grrr he thought when the back button doesn't work.
  
   (shakes fist at) Web 2.0
  
   Sorry, I'm in a ranting mood today.
  
  
  
  
  
 
 
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[cfaussie] Re: Application scope problem

2006-11-17 Thread Shane Farmer
Correct me if I am wrong, but with MX and the Application scope, it is just
writes that need to be locked (for simple reads to an array anyway). It
isn't as if you are trying to get an instance of a singleton and changing
values inside it while another thread is in the middle of using it.

So if this assumption is correct, you will only need to add on cflock tag
around the initial creation, along with a check to see if it is already
there, as per Barry's post. Your reads would stay the same.

Shane


On 11/18/06, Charlie Arehart [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


 Matthew said:

  I've just read this article
 
 (
 http://www.adobe.com/devnet/server_archive/articles/cf_locking_best_practic
 es.html)
  on locking read/write to application scoop, however the article seems
 old,
 is this still relevant? Note: the project I'm working on does not use
 application.cfc.

 Yes, that is indeed old news if you're on CFMX (6 or above). Here's a more
 updated version of the state of affairs regarding locking and shared scope
 variables:

http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_18235

 It's a shame that the older article doesn't point to the newer one. I'll
 pass that on to someone in the company who may be able to help.

 /charlie
 http://www.carehart.org/blog/



 



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[cfaussie] Re: Flash Remoting

2006-11-16 Thread Shane Farmer
So what have you got so far? Have you got the Flash app talking to the web
service?


On 11/16/06, Dale Fraser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

  It's just Flash 8 - CF7.



 I'm thinking it's simple, searching through lots of examples to find an
 example.



 Regards
 Dale Fraser



 http://dale.fraser.id.au
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 Dale,



 Are you trying to connect CF7 and Flex through remoting or just a Flash
 movie? While I know nothing about either I may know of someone that is a bit
 of a Flash developer that may know.



 At least if it is clear what you are trying to do it may stop pointless
 replies.



 Shane



 On 11/16/06, *Dale Fraser* [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 Can anyone point me to a simple example of Flash remoting to CF7.



 I want to pass CF an array and return an array.



 I could pass a string and return a string if this makes it much easier.

 Regards
 Dale Fraser

 http://dale.fraser.id.au









 



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[cfaussie] Re: SOT: Tel$tra swing big stick

2006-11-11 Thread Shane Farmer

On 11/10/06, ACTCFUG [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
PS I moved to Primus but may move back if this ADSL2 deal is true!Cheers!PT


Peter,

Going by the pricing I have seen so far for ADSL2+ with Telstra you would be a lot better off with someone else. There are several companies rolling out new DSLAM's to cater for the growing need for ADSL2+ so shop around.


Shane

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[cfaussie] Re: Strange Web Service Behaviour

2006-11-06 Thread Shane Farmer

On 11/6/06, Scott Arbeitman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
When calling certain web services, ColdFusion is giving me backjava.util.GregorianCalendar instances. Why on Earth would they
implement it this way instead of wrapping them in Date/Time objects?

Hi Scott,

They would have done it like this tohave time zone information included in the object. java.util.Date does not contain any details about the timezone for which it the date represents. The calendar on the other hand does. If you want a Date object, call getTime(). Just keep in mind that this will attempt to do timezone conversions for you. If you get some weirdness in the times, the conversions are most likely what is messing with them as they are a little flaky at times (seems to be a buggy class).


It could be worse... I have been working with a web service where currency amounts are just wrapped in a float.

HTH
Shane

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[cfaussie] Re: webDU 2007: 22-23 March 2007, Hilton Sydney

2006-10-11 Thread Shane Farmer
Or keep your eye out for a happy hour special.
On 10/11/06, Barry Beattie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 
so, for non-sydney residents, all I can say is Virgin Blue EarlyBird Specials


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[cfaussie] Re: anyone using cfeclipse 1.3 beta?

2006-10-06 Thread Shane Farmer
Eclipse is getting a little faster with the improved Swing speeds in newer (Java 5+) JVM's. I use it at work for Java as it is free and it's something my company (as well as most) loves to do (keep costs low). Since I use Linux for my main box now (for server reasons) there is nothing out there for Java that would compare to Eclipse, Netbeans or IntelliJ that isn't written in Java so I have to deal with a slow IDE.


Imust say, one of the things that made me stop using Eclipse the first time was the speed but 3.2 is solid (mostly) and faster than previous versions.
Barry, one thing I would suggest is running 3.2 on the latest Java 5 JVM or if you are adventurous, Java 6 Beta 2. They offer a pretty good performance boost for Swing apps. Also remember to up the memory settings to 256 or 512 (-Xmx512m -Xms64m) in your 
eclipse.ini file. There are still issues with memory usage at time but hey, you get that with Java.

I haven't used CFEclipse 1.3 as of yet so I can't tell you anything about that, just Eclipse itself.

My 2c,
Shane

P.S. The Web Standards Toolkit (WST plugin) has just had an update so that could be useful to some of you out there.
On 10/6/06, M@ Bourke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
While on eclipse etc, I'll say thisthere is no such thing as being elite solely because of the editor you use,
eclipse is great and so is dreamweaver, I run across some devs who think if you use eclipse that means your super uber duber great and if you use dw your backwards and have no idea how to code, and some who think using home site is super leet, 
an IDE is simply that, its all about personal preference.personally I and the other 30 cf devs at work use cfeclipse, I solely use it to keep consistency within the dept, but on my personal lappy I use DW in coder layout, as dw is way way faster, I find it funny when the (minority of eclipse users) say eclipse is way faster then dw, thats why eclipse is great as its so wrong from my experience, to many people from cfeclipse day one thought it was great cos it had the leet status where l337 users used it so it must be the best etc. 
but there is nothing wrong with any editor, providing you think its best for you, if you use notepad so be it. I find dw way way faster as its a basic c++ app that runs like it should, where as eclipse relies on the jvm and is a lot slower, in dw when I open a file it opens instantly when I type 200 words a minute the letters appear instantly where as in eclipse its like a whole separate debate is going on in the background. 
I like dw for its speed and out of the box package, but I also like eclipse for its powerful plugins/extensions etc, to be more on topic I've had no issues with eclipse .3 , the homesite/cfstudio/dw8+ style tabbed menu (that has been around in other editors for over 8 years) is great, 
but still only trying to be half what dw is, eclipse has powerful extensions that's its only advantage over dw, the method viewer etc has been in dw as long as cfc's have existed.so to sum up as I'm rambling and am about to hit the sack. 
1. latest beta cfeclipse is good,2. a IDE choice don't make you a better coder.3. dw is faster then eclipse :PM@who just got back from a meeting of long messages anonymous 

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[cfaussie] Re: Help with a Oracle issue

2006-09-28 Thread Shane Farmer
Hi Mark,

I vaguely remember something like that ghappening to me a while ago (with SQL Server 2000) where cfqueryparam was causing the queries to be cached. I'm guessing if you had of attempted an update, caught the exception, created the table then updated again, it would fail as well. Maybe you could do:


UPDATE transfer_sequenceSET (sequence_value = sequence_value)WHERE 1 = 0/* will never update but will throw an exception if the table/view is not there */
or something similar and keep your cfqueryparam in there.

Shane
On 9/27/06, Mark Mandel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
How is this for bizarre -If I remove the binding - i.e. change SELECT sequence_value
 FROM transfer_sequence WHERE sequence_name = cfqueryparam value=#arguments.object.getTable()#
cfsqltype=cf_sql_varcharto SELECT sequence_value FROM transfer_sequence WHERE sequence_name =
 '#arguments.object.getTable()#'It all works fine.Something is holding onto a weird binding...? any ideas?MarkOn 9/27/06, Mark Mandel 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hey all, Oracle is giving me a weird issue, and I thought I would try here.. as I know we have some Oracle users. The issue is providing some small functionality that is part of Transfer.
 One of the things that Transfer can do for you is create unique numeric keys for a given table, rather than have the database do it for you. (This was an early design decision, and I actually don't think anyone
 actually uses it... but since it's there, I would like to keep it). Basically this is done through a table called 'transfer_sequence' that has 2 columns - the name of the table, and it's last recorded primary
 key value. The sequence goes like this (this is all in transfer.com.sql.IDGenerator) 1- attempt to select the value of the ID from transfer_sequence 2-- catch and db error, and go off and create the transfer_sequence table
 3-- now go and attempt to select the value of the ID again ... This works with no issue on mySQL, MSSQL, and postgres... but some reason the Select call after I make the CREATE TABLE call (3) returns
 this error: [Macromedia][Oracle JDBC Driver][Oracle]ORA-01003: no statement parsed SELECT sequence_value FROM transfer_sequence WHERE sequence_name = (param 1) (param 1) = [type='IN', class='
java.lang.String', value='tbl_basic', sqltype='cf_sql_varchar'] The wierd thing is.. I've attempted things like update calls directly after the CREATE call, and they run fine.It's just the select call.
 Anyone got any ideas? Its driving me batty, and all the other unit tests for oracle pass with no issues :o/ TIA Mark -- E: 
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[cfaussie] Re: Multiple Level Inheritance

2006-09-19 Thread Shane Farmer
Jaarrrggg,

Ye all be getting into the spirit of talk like a pirate day ;-)

You can also access the overridden method in a parent class/object by super.countIt() inside count it (or anywhere for that matter). Super is just like this but the super class (as the name would suggest).

Like everything, inheritence has a time and a place over composition. The tighter coupling of components can make the solution more complicated than it needs to be and reduce usabilty. The more specific child classes can give you a higher level of cohesion as it makes the method calls more uniform as the specialised class (component) does only a specialised task (but does it well). I guess this is why some OO people say never use inheritence as composition decreases coupling and increases cohesion.

The issue with super only being able to access the parent is really a non-issue as if the child class needs to accessa parent methodand also needs to access its grandparents method, then the parent would most likely need (or should be) accessing the its parent anyway otherwise you will be ending up with duplicated redundant code(I hope that makes sense).


Shane
On 9/19/06, christophe albrech [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

agh. well said me hearty

On 9/19/06, Barry Beattie 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 He's talking about a scenario where inheritence goes up more than one level.
ayeparent-child-grandchild The OO guy in me does ask tho - is this something that *has* to be  done through inheritence, or can it be done throuhg composition?aye, aye. that be what I wuz drivin'at.
shiver me timbers.barry.b

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[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-09-13 Thread Shane Farmer

On 9/13/06, M@ Bourke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
he wouldn't elaborate to much on it but it seemed to be pretty much that, he did also mention you'll be able to see/monitor all threads running and kill them etc, as well as open up cf more and see what exactly is happening under the hood and what you'll be able to tell from it 


Java 5 lets you do this (JConsole). We have to do this with Tomcat some times... it seems once you giveTomcat some memory, it really doesn't like giving it back until you make it! This could point us in the direction of future releases of CF running on Java5 ormaybe evenJava 6 (which should be released soon). 


Leads into another interesting idea of attaching a Java debugger to the VM, but unless it is done like JSP is, you wont be able to step through the CF code (I know WebMacro can't be done like that). Maybe that isone direction that could be explored... its late and I really have to stop day dreaming. It probably has been explored and found to not be feasable


Shane

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[cfaussie] Re: Java and gzip

2006-09-11 Thread Shane Farmer

On 9/11/06, Andrew Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:




Ok whatever.
You might want to check the post I was replying to by the way.







On 9/8/06, Shane Farmer 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]  wrote: 

Reminds me of a lot of posts coming out around CF7 launch... just upgrade and all you problems will go away...



On 9/8/06, Peter Tilbrook 
[EMAIL PROTECTED]  wrote: 

ZIP functionality could be coming with the next version of CF.


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[cfaussie] Re: Oracle Case Sensitive SQL?

2006-09-11 Thread Shane Farmer
Hi Mark,

The only two things I can think of off the top of my head (its been a long day) is:

Some tables (the ones that don't work) may not bein the default schema for the connection while others may not
The user you are connecting as may not have access to the objects in the default schema. Are you using the same credentials in TOAD as the CF db connection?
Just a shot in the dark really after the day I've had.
Shane

On 9/11/06, Mark Mandel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I didn't think Oracle was, but it's the only thing that is making sense atm -I've got some unit tests for Transfer, and I'm trying to get it
working with Oracle, and I can't work out why it isn't.I keep getting errors like:--[Macromedia][Oracle JDBC Driver][Oracle]ORA-00942: table or view does not existselect MAX(IDBasic) as maximumID from tbl_basic
--If I run this in TOAD, it runs fine, which confuses me.I made my create table script run all in uppercase, thinking that mayhave been the issue, but nope.And the funny thing is, it seems to only happen on SOME tables.
Back when I was using Oracle, I don't remember having this issue.Can anyone shed some light?Mark--E: [EMAIL PROTECTED]W: 
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[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-09-08 Thread Shane Farmer

On 9/8/06, Haikal Saadh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Peter Tilbrook wrote: Yeah but JBoss isn't supported for ColdFusion yet (it will be with Scorpio though).
I didn't realise that.. I thought because you could deploy CF as an ear,you could put in on any ol' server.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but it doesn't mean you can't. You may just have to make some funky config changes (never tried it personally) but it means Adobe wont give you support for setup issues if you run in that configuration.


I think a better option for Adobe would allow developers to package a WAR or EAR that includes the CF application server in it in some sort of single site mode that will allow, and only allow, the site deployed with it to work. Maybe as a sourceless MX7 distribution type thing. Then you could drop it into Tomcat, JBoss, Resin etc and then you have a site. Charge the client an extra (appropriately lowered) license fee and of they go.


Just a thought.

Shane

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[cfaussie] Re: Java and gzip

2006-09-08 Thread Shane Farmer
Hi Andrew,

When CF7 first became available andpeople had an issue that may have been solved or easier to deal with in the newer version, people were jumping straight on the 'you should upgrade' bandwagon despite this not being an option for a lot of people. It ended up leading to a lot of posts that did nothing to help the initial problem. Some examples included people still working on CF5. I was just making a reference to this kind of posting quite some time ago.


Shane
On 9/8/06, Andrew Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


huh?


On 9/8/06, Shane Farmer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote: 

Reminds me of a lot of posts coming out around CF7 launch... just upgrade and all you problems will go away...

On 9/8/06, Peter Tilbrook [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
 wrote: 

ZIP functionality could be coming with the next version of CF.


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[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-08-30 Thread Shane Farmer
Hi Barry,

No time to read entire post, but you ever tried to fix or extend the rails framework if it doesn't do *exactly* what you want it to do? You might as well re-write it in CF in some cases. Hopefully I will get to read the whole thread tomorrow...


My 2cShane

p.s. If I gave $2 (or worth) instead of 2c, would that be tax deductible???
On 8/30/06, Barry Beattie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
because of rapid development?- NOPE!: not compared against RubyOnRails, it seems. 

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[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-08-30 Thread Shane Farmer
The main PHP engine is by Zend (http://www.zend.com). PHP 5 is getting close to the feel of Java moving it from just a RADlike language to a more powerful enterprise solution with PDF and charting being built into the engine with simple extension dll/so libraries. It also has a very strong developer comunity. 


I know that doesn't help your cause Barry, but the question was asked...
On 8/30/06, Dale Fraser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Name the company behind PHP.RegardsDale Fraserhttp://dale.fraser.id.au


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[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-08-30 Thread Shane Farmer
Dale, does this stop you from using MySQL databases?
On 8/30/06, Dale Fraser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I see,But I picked them for my comment I wouldn't be jumping on any platform thatwasn't provided by a main stream player
Thus, I don't know who provides PHP.RegardsDale Fraserhttp://dale.fraser.id.au

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[cfaussie] Re: Why buy into CF?

2006-08-30 Thread Shane Farmer

On 8/30/06, Steve Onnis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 
Correct me if I am wrong, but it would be very difficult to develop a .NETapplication using something as simple as notepad.


There are some OK editors out there to do .NET coding in (all the editors for the MONO runtime in Linux, Dreamweaver etc) and you can use the free command line compilers for .NET. If you are a small business willing to comit to developing a .net application, you can sign up to be a Microsoft Empower partner for around $1000 and recieve an MSDN subscripction and copies of Windows Server, SQL Server and VS 2005 to use to make these products.


Some interesting reading. I was thinking about going this way for my own company but I will be sticking with low cost PHP/MySQL for now... for now I tell you!

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[cfaussie] Re: Cool flash countdown clock

2006-08-28 Thread Shane Farmer
Hi Dale,

Works fine for me in IE7. 64bit IE doesn't like the plugin much (but that can be a good thing) but 32bit IE works fine. You might want to check you security settings.

Shane
On 8/28/06, Dale Fraser [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Doesn't work in ie7.Tells me I don't have the latest version of Flash. But I do.Regards
Dale Fraserhttp://dale.fraser.id.au-Original Message-From: cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:
cfaussie@googlegroups.com] On BehalfOf Mike KearSent: Monday, 28 August 2006 13:59 PMTo: cfaussie@googlegroups.com
Subject: [cfaussie] Cool flash countdown clockCanon have this strange idea that I might buy their new Canon 400Dcamera when it's released in a few days - FAT CHANCE!- so they senta promotional email asking me to check out the new camera on line.
I checked it out but was taken wtih this cool countdown clock.I'veseen a similar idea with a hand writing out numbers before but this isa much better implementation of that basic idea I think .
http://www.canon.com.au/eos400d/default.aspx--CheersMike KearWindsor, NSW, AustraliaAdobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion DeveloperAFP Webworks
http://afpwebworks.comColdFusion, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting from AUD$15/month
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[cfaussie] Re: Rumour Mill

2006-08-03 Thread Shane Farmer

On 8/2/06, Gareth Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:


Why would they not use Eclipse? it seems silly seeing that Flex 2 Builder is based on it.Cheers
Gareth.

That is a bold thing to say considering Flex and CF are totaly different. If Adobe have something in house to base it on (*cough* GoLive *cough*) why would they spend time and money training their developers on how to work with the Eclipse platform?


Why does everyone see Eclipse as the be all and end al for every languange? Personally I would choose a native Windows IDE over anything in Java (purly for speed and memory footprints). At work I use a Java based IDE for Java code (since I run Linux it is hard to get a decent native editor) and the way my machine runs when that baby loads up is like a dog! It is the one thing that really gets to me developing CF under Linux... using Eclipse.


/rant ;-)

On 8/2/06, Barry Beattie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 
I'm sure Adobe would love to have a platform for all theirdesigner/editing IDE's as plug-in's but, as a commercial organisation,
it _wouldn't_ be open source _nor_ free...That doesn't really matter. It is an open platform, andif they do their own code (plugins) to turn it into something else they keep the IP and get to charge whatever they want for it. The platform itself is still freely available for anyone else. 


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[cfaussie] Re: OT: - .NET sucking the life out of me

2006-07-04 Thread Shane Farmer
I use to work for a company that wanted to go down the same road. They were after an upgrade to a Microsoft Gold Partnership and that was one path they investigated. They had an entire hosting side of the business based on MS products so it made $en$e to the boss man. 
When they first spoke about it, I was disappointed to find DB.net only to find it still in beta testing :-( It would have made life easier for me as I was told to prepare a migration strategy for the legacy systems.
Like any platform/language, it has strengths and weaknesses when compared to CF but a change of direction like that is one I'm glad I wasn't involved in. Good luck to you if it goes ahead. Maybe you can come out of it with .net under your belt as well as MCSD qualifications (which was the carrot they offered me).
ShaneOn 7/4/06, cfgroupie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The company seems to be in bed with MS. So therefore they will doeverything with MS. There is no point introducing another technology.They would rather spend the money and build it in MS.If they want to spend the money then let them. I get paid each month if
I program in peanuts. oh wait...no I get paid peanuts...thatsright!Charlie do you ever sleep?!!Jeremy

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[cfaussie] Re: Web service / Java experts help required.

2006-06-28 Thread Shane Farmer
Hi Mathew,One thing you can do is to generate a SOAP message yourself and post it with CF. I am currently dealing with web services through Java 1.4 ( without Axis :-( ) and in the end, I have a Java class that wraps an XML node in a SOAP envelope and sends it off. The response that comes back is an XML string that you could parse with CF. You could even use CF to generate the XML very easily.
A (very) rough base for the XML would be:?xml version=1.0 encoding=UTF-8?
doSearchRequest keystring here.../key
 localEN_au/local styleMy style :-)/style
 countriesCovered  soapenc:arrayType=xsd:string[]  countryFR/country
  countryGB/country /countriesCovered
 attributes  soapenc:arrayType=impl:Array_Of_Attributes[]
  attribute   nameatt1name/name
   valuerandom value/value  /attribute
  attribute   nameatt2name/name
   valuenot so random value/value
  /attribute  attribute   nameatt3name/name
   value nil=true/  /attribute
 /attributes/doSearchRequest
You need to check the names for the country and attribute arrays (it looks like the WSDL is incomplete but it is late and I could be wrong and I know it is a snippet). If you can get your hands on the xsd's for it it will really help as you can validate your XML against them. 
I know this isn't the way you would like to do it but it can overcome some of the problems with web services. At least this way you get to the lowest common denominator (XML!)Check out 
http://java.boot.by/wsd-guide/ch03s02.html for a quick and reference to the array stuff in the WSDL (XML side not CF).If you get stuck I wont be able to check this address from work so it could be a few days before I respond. Damn those systems guys and there proxies/firewalls!
Hope that helps a you get a start.ShaneOn 6/27/06, Matthew wrote:
Hi cfaussie,I've been on this one a while so any help would be kindlyappreciated I've broken my question down into 3 parts because someof you may not be arsed to read Question 3 (which is really long) so
maybe if I solve 1 or 2 I'll crack this problem.=== QUESTION 1 ===How do I write the 2 lines of Java code below in CF to pass into a webservice?---String[] countriesCovered = null;
Attribute[] attributes = null;-=== QUESTION 2 ===I've tried to solve this problem by consuming a simple web service. Ifthere are any web services experts out there please show yourself, and
show me how to get the code below to work!!!---cfscriptws =CreateObject(webservice,
http://www.weather.gov/forecasts/xml/SOAP_server/ndfdXMLserver.php?wsdl);NDFDgenResponse =ws.NDFDgen(JavaCast('double',38.99),JavaCast('double',-77.99),JavaCast('string','time-series'),DateFormat('2004-01-01','mm/dd/
hh:ss'),DateFormat('2010-06-26','mm/dd/ hh:ss'));/cfscriptcfdump var=#NDFDgenResponse#---ANd here's the error:---Web service operation NDFDgen with parameters {
38.99,-77.99,time-series,01/01/2004 12:00,06/26/2010 12:00} could not be found.---I'm certain that the problem here is how I'm passing in parameters.Weather it be a complex type or a date or whatever, I'm doing
something wrong!Any ideas... anyone??!?!?!?=== QUESTION 3 ===The main problem I'm having is trying to pass complex parameters into aweb service (WS).Here is the latest error:--:::Error:::
Unable to create web service argument class [Ljava.lang.String;.Error: java.lang.InstantiationException: [Ljava.lang.String;. Oftenthis is because the web service defines an iabstract/icomplexType
as an input to an operation. You must create an actual instance ofthis type in Java.:::Here's my code:::cfscriptwebservice = CreateObject(webservice,url?wsdl);
countriesCovered.France = JavaCast(string,FR);result = webservice.doSearch(JavaCast(string,123456),JavaCast(null,), JavaCast(null,), countriesCovered,
JavaCast(null,));/cfscriptI've tried so many options (it feels like I can see the top of thehill :)) but I just can't get doSearch method to work. FYI: I've hadno problems getting strings returned from simple functions (where no
input was required) but it's the complex functions which I can't getto work (like this doSearch method).Here's some snippets of the WSDL:--:::Snippet 1:::wsdl:types
schema targetNamespace=soap.ws.web.raileurope.comimport namespace=http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/
/complexType name=ArrayOf_xsd_stringcomplexContentrestriction base=soapenc:Arrayattribute ref=soapenc:arrayType wsdl:arrayType=xsd:string[]/
/restriction/complexContent/complexTypecomplexType name=Attributesequenceelement name=name nillable=true type=xsd:string/
element name=value nillable=true type=xsd:string//sequence/complexTypecomplexType name=ArrayOfAttribute
complexContentrestriction base=soapenc:Arrayattribute ref=soapenc:arrayTypewsdl:arrayType=impl:Attribute[]//restriction
/complexContent/complexType Snippet 2 :::wsdl:message name=doSearchResponsewsdl:part name=doSearchReturn type=impl:SearchResult/

[cfaussie] Re: Web service / Java experts help required.

2006-06-28 Thread Shane Farmer
You will need to have the right namespaces for the types as well or they wont validate.On 6/28/06, Shane Farmer 
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Hi Mathew,One thing you can do is to generate a SOAP message yourself and post it with CF. I am currently dealing with web services through Java 
1.4 ( without Axis :-( ) and in the end, I have a Java class that wraps an XML node in a SOAP envelope and sends it off. The response that comes back is an XML string that you could parse with CF. You could even use CF to generate the XML very easily.
A (very) rough base for the XML would be:?xml version=1.0 encoding=UTF-8?

doSearchRequest keystring here.../key

 localEN_au/local styleMy style :-)/style

 countriesCovered  soapenc:arrayType=xsd:string[]  countryFR/country
  countryGB/country /countriesCovered
 attributes  soapenc:arrayType=impl:Array_Of_Attributes[]

  attribute   nameatt1name/name
   valuerandom value/value  /attribute
  attribute   nameatt2name/name
   valuenot so random value/value

  /attribute  attribute   nameatt3name/name
   value nil=true/  /attribute
 /attributes/doSearchRequest

You need to check the names for the country and attribute arrays (it looks like the WSDL is incomplete but it is late and I could be wrong and I know it is a snippet). If you can get your hands on the xsd's for it it will really help as you can validate your XML against them. 
I know this isn't the way you would like to do it but it can overcome some of the problems with web services. At least this way you get to the lowest common denominator (XML!)Check out 

http://java.boot.by/wsd-guide/ch03s02.html for a quick and reference to the array stuff in the WSDL (XML side not CF).If you get stuck I wont be able to check this address from work so it could be a few days before I respond. Damn those systems guys and there proxies/firewalls!
Hope that helps a you get a start.ShaneOn 6/27/06, Matthew
 wrote:
Hi cfaussie,I've been on this one a while so any help would be kindlyappreciated I've broken my question down into 3 parts because someof you may not be arsed to read Question 3 (which is really long) so
maybe if I solve 1 or 2 I'll crack this problem.=== QUESTION 1 ===How do I write the 2 lines of Java code below in CF to pass into a webservice?---String[] countriesCovered = null;

Attribute[] attributes = null;-=== QUESTION 2 ===I've tried to solve this problem by consuming a simple web service. Ifthere are any web services experts out there please show yourself, and

show me how to get the code below to work!!!---cfscriptws =CreateObject(webservice,

http://www.weather.gov/forecasts/xml/SOAP_server/ndfdXMLserver.php?wsdl);NDFDgenResponse =ws.NDFDgen(JavaCast('double',38.99),JavaCast('double',-77.99),JavaCast('string','time-series'),DateFormat('2004-01-01','mm/dd/
hh:ss'),DateFormat('2010-06-26','mm/dd/ hh:ss'));/cfscriptcfdump var=#NDFDgenResponse#---ANd here's the error:---Web service operation NDFDgen with parameters {
38.99,-77.99,time-series,01/01/2004 12:00,06/26/2010 12:00} could not be found.---I'm certain that the problem here is how I'm passing in parameters.Weather it be a complex type or a date or whatever, I'm doing
something wrong!Any ideas... anyone??!?!?!?=== QUESTION 3 ===The main problem I'm having is trying to pass complex parameters into aweb service (WS).Here is the latest error:--
:::Error:::
Unable to create web service argument class [Ljava.lang.String;.Error: java.lang.InstantiationException: [Ljava.lang.String;. Oftenthis is because the web service defines an iabstract/icomplexType

as an input to an operation. You must create an actual instance ofthis type in Java.:::Here's my code:::cfscriptwebservice = CreateObject(webservice,url?wsdl);
countriesCovered.France = JavaCast(string,FR);result = webservice.doSearch(JavaCast(string,123456),JavaCast(null,), JavaCast(null,), countriesCovered,
JavaCast(null,));/cfscriptI've tried so many options (it feels like I can see the top of thehill :)) but I just can't get doSearch method to work. FYI: I've had
no problems getting strings returned from simple functions (where no
input was required) but it's the complex functions which I can't getto work (like this doSearch method).Here's some snippets of the WSDL:--:::Snippet 1:::wsdl:types

schema targetNamespace=soap.ws.web.raileurope.comimport namespace=
http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/
/complexType name=ArrayOf_xsd_stringcomplexContentrestriction base=soapenc:Arrayattribute ref=soapenc:arrayType wsdl:arrayType=xsd:string[]/
/restriction/complexContent/complexTypecomplexType name=Attributesequenceelement name=name nillable=true type=xsd:string/
element name=value nillable=true type=xsd:string//sequence/complexTypecomplexType name=ArrayOfAttribute

complexContentrestriction base=soapenc:Arrayattribute ref=soapenc:arrayTypewsdl:arrayType=impl:Attribute

[cfaussie] Re: consuming a non cf webservice.

2006-05-31 Thread Shane Farmer
Hi Theo,

Might not be much of a help, but you could try writing a Java class that sends the request and returns the XML response for parsing. Just a thought as we have to consume (and expose) web services with J2EE.

Another thing that may be happening is the service is returning a Java 5.0 (1.5.0)data type and CF runs on 1.4. The enumeration was added in 1.5 I think (the enum keyword was anyway).

I'm sure you could find plemty of examples through Google.

Hope this helps
Shane
On 5/31/06, theog [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi I'm having difficulties consuming a remote java/jsp webservice.I have looked through the cf documentation and it appears that cf only
supports a subset of the wsdl standard. It expects the style to be rpcand the transporthttp://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/http.the java/jsp service has the followingstyle.
wsdlsoap:binding style=documenttransport=http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/http/When cf tried to consume the java/jsp service I received the following
errors:[]coldfusion.jsp.CompilationFailedException: Errors reported by Javacompiler: Found 1 semantic error compiling/usr/local/jrun4/servers/cfusion-ear/cfusion-war/WEB-INF/cfusion/stubs/WS-1708816049/java/util/Enumeration.java:
--- 10. publicclass Enumeration implements java.io.Serializable { . . . 81. }  ***Error: A class file was not generated for the typejava/util/Enumeration because a library method that it depends on was
not found. See system messages for more information. Found 1 semanticerror compiling/usr/local/jrun4/servers/cfusion-ear/cfusion-war/WEB-INF/cfusion/stubs/WS-1708816049/java/lang/Throwable.java:
- 10. publicclass Throwable implements java.io.Serializable { . . . 81. }  ***Error: A class file was not generated for the typejava/lang/Throwable because a library method that it depends on was
not found. See system messages for more information. Found 1 s

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[cfaussie] Re: Whats so bad about the tag syntax ? was: where have all the cf developers gone ?

2006-05-12 Thread Shane Farmer
On 5/10/06, Haikal Saadh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Oh, and with the hot deployment available now on most java servers,refreshing stuff is only an ant task away.


This can be buggy, especially if the app running on top of the application server does threaded things. I have the reloadable flag set to true for some context roots at work and after 2 or 3 reloads the application server runs out of memory and crashes. Admitedly I am using Tomcat but I have heard a lot of people talk about it being a bad idea in general and deffinatley something not to be done on a production server. It can take a lot of system resources to dot he reloads.


Shane

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[cfaussie] Re: Where have all the CF developers gone?

2006-05-08 Thread Shane Farmer

On 5/8/06, M@ Bourke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

now if pricing is simply the only reason for changeing why not php or 1 of the many other free languages over .net? you already said they are using windoze, so no use me saying cf on linux may be cheaper then .net on windoze :S


When you consider a lot of Windows Sys Admins are MCSE's configuring PHP, MySQL, Ruby, Python or even Java isn't exactly going to be high on their skill set. To be a windows admin you would defiantly need to know how to set up IIS. Running .net is not much more than that (compared to some other environments). Even if Linux BSD or Solaris (10)are cheaper than Windows, if you want the support you have to pay a license fee as well. How do you think Red Hat and SuSE make most of their money?


The point I'm trying to make is, if the company has already made a sizable infrastructure investment based on Windows (including staff) then switching to Linux or even PHP can be quiet expensive. Retraining and time lost reconfiguring and testing server environments can quiet quickly cost a company a lot of money. 


I have worked for a company that was a Microsoft Certified Partner and the piles of software that were shipped in at low prices was amazing. I am a part of partnership that is a Microsoft Partner and for a small fee (much less than a CF Standard license) we can become a Microsoft Empower partner and receive licenses for server software to set up everything we need to have a complete MS environment plus dev tools.


There is always a good argument for the*NIX options but the current situation of the company in question has to be addressed.

My 2c
Shane

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