Re: macromedia certification

2006-04-28 Thread Mike Kear
I agree with Michael Traher.I got certification and as part of the study process I had to dig in to lots of areas of ColdFusion that my development on real sites hadnt taken me until that point. For example until that point I'd had no reason to have anything to do with LDAP, so i'd just

Re: macromedia certification

2006-04-28 Thread Duncan
I dont think its so much the company that cares about the cert. As a manager that hires developers, and with my knowledge of CF certs I dont add much (if any) weight to the fact they may/not have one. As a manager working with a team building a recruitment enterprise app I can say that the

Re: ASP.Net book for CF programmer

2006-04-28 Thread Russ Michaels
If you prefer to let other people do the searching for you, thats fine, but I personally prefer to save some time, as posting on a list and waiting for someone else to google it for you could take hours as apposed to the few minutes it takes to do it yourself. Snake -Original Message-

RE: replacement for QoQ

2006-04-28 Thread Hugo Ahlenius
| The issue is the where and how the queries are being done. I don't | understand why MachII is loading the queries into the request scope. I In the MVC separation of the model/business logic and the views, the prefered means of transfering data used to be the request scope. i.e. a listener

javacast(null,) - 6.1 version?

2006-04-28 Thread Michael Traher
Does anyone know what java code is behind this function call? The null option is not available in 6.1, but I would like to emulate it by writing my own little java class and calling it. -- Mike T Blog http://www.socialpoints.com/

Re: Remove Updater Two

2006-04-28 Thread Andy Allan
Just physically remove the updater JAR file and restart CF. Andy On 28/04/06, Denny Valliant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 4/26/06, Eric J. Hoffman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: How do you remove an updater? Re-install? All I know of. Guess you could copy the old jars back if, you had them.

RE: javacast(null,) - 6.1 version?

2006-04-28 Thread kola.oyedeji
Try this public class ReturnNull { public String getNull(){ return null; } public String getNull(String testString){ return testString; } } Then cfscript obj = createObject(java,ReturnNull); name = obj.getNull(sometest

RE: macromedia certification

2006-04-28 Thread kola.oyedeji
Mike I was going to say the same thing, but looks like you beat me to it - but I agree - I think the value in doing certifications is in being exposed to every corner of the language so even if you've never used cfldap or cant remember what a distinguished name is you are aware that there

RE: macromedia certification

2006-04-28 Thread Russ Michaels
Well when I started CF I just went through all the docs to get a grasp on ALL tags and functions, so that I would know they were there if I ever needed them. Needed needed any additional books for that. I would however say that you need to have some JAVA knolwedge these days to be a CF expert, as

Re: macromedia certification

2006-04-28 Thread Michael Traher
Some developers need to have some specific motivation to do this :-) The certification process provides that. On 4/28/06, Russ Michaels [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well when I started CF I just went through all the docs to get a grasp on ALL tags and functions, so that I would know they were

Re: macromedia certification

2006-04-28 Thread Russ Michaels
I guess, but then u still have that situation I mentioned, where someone who knows nothing about CF can use the study guide to pass the exam with flying colors, so does I guess for people who do know CF, it promotes you to learn more, for the rest, it just teaches you how to pass the test. I did

Re: javacast(null,) - 6.1 version?

2006-04-28 Thread Michael Traher
Well the good news is that this works in CFMX7 - I have replaced javacast(null,) with obj.getNull() about to try on 6.1 drum roll would be nice.. :-) On 4/28/06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Try this public class ReturnNull { public String getNull(){

RE: Question about Component Paths

2006-04-28 Thread Andy Matthews
Aaron... Are there times when you store something a variable, to either make it easier to type, or because you're going to reference it multiple times? Instantiating a CFC into a persistent scope is the same thing. If you invoke a CFC each time you need it you're using, not only extra bandwidth

RE: Authorize.net costs question

2006-04-28 Thread Steve Kahn
John My client already has merchant account from a large bank, what do you need for us to purchase an auth.net account from you if they approve? Thanks Steve -Original Message- From: John C. Bland II [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 9:26 PM To: CF-Talk Subject:

RE: macromedia certification

2006-04-28 Thread Andy Matthews
Russ... After taking a 12 week certification class, reading through the study guide book multiple times, and doing practice tests with the Exambuster software, I honestly believe that you couldn't pass the test unless you had at least SOME experience using CF. Having a knowledge of the tags and

Re: SQL join help

2006-04-28 Thread Ray Champagne
Thanks Ben. We had a staff meeting yesterday, and my co-worker is out today. We'll get back to this Monday. Thanks for your help. I know this last email opened her eyes a little. :) Ray Ben Nadel wrote: Ray, you could get something like this: IDTitle COUNT

Counting record repeats

2006-04-28 Thread Ken
I have a db table with records like this: ID CitySomeCode 1 Los Angeles 52 2 Boston 46 3 New York75 4 Los Angeles 45 5 New York75 6 New York55 My Question

Re: macromedia certification

2006-04-28 Thread Tony
nothing more important, than dot notation, structure notation, array notation and simple structure things... there were a lot of those. tw On 4/28/06, Andy Matthews [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Russ... After taking a 12 week certification class, reading through the study guide book multiple

Re: Counting record repeats

2006-04-28 Thread Gert Franz
It's the same like in a thread somewhen before: Select City, Count(Id) As CityCount From Cities Group By City Greetings / Grüsse Gert Franz Customer Care [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.railo.ch Join our Mailing List / Treten Sie unserer Mailingliste bei: deutsch:

Re: javacast(null,) - 6.1 version?

2006-04-28 Thread Michael Traher
Sorry - no cigar. I fails with a *java.lang.NullPointerException* Thanks anyway On 4/28/06, Michael Traher [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well the good news is that this works in CFMX7 - I have replaced javacast(null,) with obj.getNull() about to try on 6.1 drum roll would be nice..

RE: javacast(null,) - 6.1 version?

2006-04-28 Thread Damien McKenna
-Original Message- From: Michael Traher [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 10:24 AM Sorry - no cigar. I fails with a *java.lang.NullPointerException* What JVM are you using? -- Damien McKenna - Web Developer - [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Limu Company -

RE: macromedia certification

2006-04-28 Thread Russ Michaels
I think this guy who passed the test with absolutelty no CF knowledge at all proves otherwise though. -Original Message- From: Andy Matthews [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CF-Talk cf-talk@houseoffusion.com Date: Fri, 28 Apr 2006 08:22:35 -0500 Subject: RE: macromedia certification Russ...

changing/adding code to pages within cfide/administrator

2006-04-28 Thread George Abraham
Hi, We decided that we would actually follow the directions by Macrodobe that say that you should also independently secure the CF admin within your ColdFusion server. So we did; using another authentication application (IIS-based) that basically protects the directory under which the admin pages

RE: changing/adding code to pages within cfide/administrator

2006-04-28 Thread Peterson, Chris
George, Be sure you don't block the /CFIDE/ directory completely, as flash based forms and CFFORM's depend on scripts inside that virtual folder. If you are using IIS, you should be able to setup IP or subnet based restrictions on the /CFIDE/administrator folder. We have all admin's in a

Re: changing/adding code to pages within cfide/administrator

2006-04-28 Thread Russ Michaels
IIS has built in security. You just turn off anonymous access on the default web site or CFIDE folder, and only people who have a valid windows login can get in. You can then create a GROUP called CFADMINISTRATORS, and give only that group access to the CFIDE/administrator folder. Or alternately,

RE: changing/adding code to pages within cfide/administrator

2006-04-28 Thread Russ Michaels
really you should not use the default CFIDE folder on your sites, otherwiset hey can all access the cfamdin and ADMINAPI. Best to copy the CFIDE and remove the administrator, and use this one as the VDIR on other sites. Snake -Original Message- From: Peterson, Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

Re: changing/adding code to pages within cfide/administrator

2006-04-28 Thread George Abraham
Chris, IP-based security is what we looked at first, but we wanted to be a little more flexible. Maybe that is the way to go. Thanks, George On 4/28/06, Peterson, Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: George, Be sure you don't block the /CFIDE/ directory completely, as flash based forms and

Re: Counting record repeats

2006-04-28 Thread Ken
Hi again. I tried the query you gave but all I am getting is this: CityCityCount Los Angeles 1 Boston 1 New York1 Los Angeles 1 New York1 New York1 Please help. What I need is this

RE: Counting record repeats

2006-04-28 Thread Ben Nadel
The ID count might be cuasing the problem. Try: SELECT City, ( COUNT(*) ) AS city_count FROM [table] GROUP BY City ... Ben Nadel www.bennadel.com -Original Message- From: Ken [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 11:46 AM To: CF-Talk

RE: Counting record repeats

2006-04-28 Thread Steve Brownlee
select city, count(city) from cities group by city -Original Message- From: Ken [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 11:46 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Counting record repeats Hi again. I tried the query you gave but all I am getting is this: City

RE: Counting record repeats

2006-04-28 Thread Ian Skinner
Select City, Count(Id) As CityCount From Cities Group By City You only have one of each ID in the database. You need to count what repeats. Try Select City, Count(City) As CityCount From Cities Group By City -- Ian Skinner Web Programmer BloodSource

CFCHART Line break

2006-04-28 Thread O�uz_Demirkap
Hi, I am just generating new values for a query in order to use in a chart. cfloop index=i from=1 to=#BarOptions.RecordCount# cfset BarOptions.Description[i]= BarOptions.Description[i] #chr(10)# (n=#(nor[i])#) /cfloop How can I add a line break for secont part of this record? As you

Re: OT: Group field name

2006-04-28 Thread Charlie Griefer
radio buttons are an array in javascript. you'll need to loop over the radio button array and check to see if one is checked or not. function checkform(form) { var checked = 0; for (var i=0; iform.sitetype.length; i++) { if (form.sitetype[i].checked == true) {

Re: CF Administrator Files Periodically Corrupted

2006-04-28 Thread brian wood
Thanks for the help. Sorry I forgot to mention if the files differ. It seems that they do: -rw-r--r--1 01157894 mkpasswd 7721 Nov 3 2000 adminnavigation.cfm -rw-r--r--1 01157894 mkpasswd 7783 Jul 28 2004 adminnavigation.cfm-20060427 As for how they differ, I can't tell. I

Re: Is running CF on J2EE server more stable?

2006-04-28 Thread Andrew Dixon
Not sure I understand your comment about Tomcat... It is a J2ee server isn't it? why would it be mix and match? Regards Andrew. On 4/27/06, Denny Valliant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It was for me. It is because I write poor code, but none the less, the j2ee install was much more stable than

Double Quotes and other crap insert problem - cfqueryparam?

2006-04-28 Thread Les Mizzell
This always messes me up Client enters all of the following into a text area (mytext): To go somewhere click the image: a href=somewhere.cfmimg src=images/something.gif //a. Bob says, This is the best deal you'll every see!. This mess needs to get inserted into the database and then

RE: Double Quotes and other crap insert problem - cfqueryparam?

2006-04-28 Thread Ben Nadel
Yes, CFQueryParam is the best method (in my opinion). ... Ben Nadel www.bennadel.com -Original Message- From: Les Mizzell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 2:27 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Double Quotes and other crap insert problem - cfqueryparam?

CFSheduled Task Running without definition

2006-04-28 Thread Ben Nadel
I have been having some trouble with a scheduled task. When it runs, it hits the page 4 times right in a row. I thought maybe it was the timing, so I deleted the scheduled task in the admin. Now, however, it is still calling the page. The User agent is CFSHEDULE and the IP address is 10.10.0.101

Re: Authorize.net costs question

2006-04-28 Thread John C. Bland II
Just fill out the gateway application, merchant account information form, and fax it to Auth.net. Rest is up to them. Email me offline: johnatkatapult media dot com On 4/28/06, Steve Kahn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John My client already has merchant account from a large bank, what do

Re: Double Quotes and other crap insert problem - cfqueryparam?

2006-04-28 Thread Les Mizzell
Ben Nadel wrote: Yes, CFQueryParam is the best method (in my opinion). Hmm - that's still not doing it. It's getting cut off right after the href= Client enters all of the following into a text area (mytext): To go somewhere click the image: a href=somewhere.cfmimg

CF, OO, Thread Safety

2006-04-28 Thread Rich Kroll
Hello all, I have a question about thread safety and some objects I'm developing. Lets say for example that I've got 3 objects: user.cfc, userDAO.cfc, userGateway.cfc. My user.cfc acts as a bean, only populated with data from my userDAO object. The DAO object has basic querys to the db based on

Re: Double Quotes and other crap insert problem - cfqueryparam?

2006-04-28 Thread Jochem van Dieten
Les Mizzell wrote: Ben Nadel wrote: Yes, CFQueryParam is the best method (in my opinion). Hmm - that's still not doing it. It's getting cut off right after the href= Are you sure it is not getting cut off on the HTML side? Are you using HTMLEditFormat()? Jochem

RE: Double Quotes and other crap insert problem - cfqueryparam?

2006-04-28 Thread Ben Nadel
Is the database value getting cut off? Or does it appear to be cut off on the outputted page. Try view the source and makesure the values just aren't part of the source. ... Ben Nadel www.bennadel.com -Original Message- From: Les Mizzell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: Anyone have the last CDW catalog?

2006-04-28 Thread DURETTE, STEVEN J \(ASI-AIT\)
Casey, I just looked at the latest CDW catalog that I have April/2006, there is a page with a computer and Adobe Production Studio Premium on it, but they are separate items. (The page does look a little misleading) At first, from a quick glance I thought that they were a package, but when you

Re: Anyone have the last CDW catalog?

2006-04-28 Thread Casey Dougall
I knew it was too good to be true... Thanks Steve. On 4/28/06, DURETTE, STEVEN J (ASI-AIT) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Casey, I just looked at the latest CDW catalog that I have April/2006, there is a page with a computer and Adobe Production Studio Premium on it, but they are separate items.

RE: Is running CF on J2EE server more stable?

2006-04-28 Thread Dave Watts
Not sure I understand your comment about Tomcat... It is a J2ee server isn't it? why would it be mix and match? If you purchase CFMX Enterprise (which is what you need to run CF on J2EE) it comes with a full licensed copy of JRun. Presumably, Adobe spends more time ensuring that CFMX runs well

BlogCFC 5 Beta - looking for testers

2006-04-28 Thread Raymond Camden
Hope this isn't considered too spammy. ;) I've launched the beta for BlogCFC 5. I'd love any testers, feedback, etc. More info here: http://ray.camdenfamily.com/index.cfm/2006/4/28/BlogCFC-5-Beta-Announced -- === Raymond

RE: BlogCFC 5 Beta - looking for testers

2006-04-28 Thread Andy Matthews
The Nashville CFUG is planning a group code-a-thon this evening to rebuild the ncfug.com site. We're going to be using BlogCFC as the basis for the site so can we ALL be beta testers? !//-- andy matthews web developer ICGLink, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 615.370.1530 x737

Re: BlogCFC 5 Beta - looking for testers

2006-04-28 Thread Raymond Camden
Heh, talk about a trial by fire. Good luck, and please let me know. Be sure to read the release notes on the forums. -r On 4/28/06, Andy Matthews [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Nashville CFUG is planning a group code-a-thon this evening to rebuild the ncfug.com site. We're going to be using

Re: BlogCFC 5 Beta - looking for testers

2006-04-28 Thread Nick Tong - TalkWebSolutions.co.uk
Hi Ray Just wondering if it is it best to get if from your site or SVN? On 28/04/06, Raymond Camden [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hope this isn't considered too spammy. ;) I've launched the beta for BlogCFC 5. I'd love any testers, feedback, etc. More info here:

Re: BlogCFC 5 Beta - looking for testers

2006-04-28 Thread Nick Tong - TalkWebSolutions.co.uk
Whoops - just read this: The SVN repository will always have the latest code. I really should read more b4 posting... ~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:239084 Archives:

Re: BlogCFC 5 Beta - looking for testers

2006-04-28 Thread Raymond Camden
At THIS moment, zip == SVN. But I'd probably suggest SVN. The beta feels stable, and of course the SVN may not always be so, but if you always want the latest I'd recommend that. On 4/28/06, Nick Tong - TalkWebSolutions.co.uk [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Ray Just wondering if it is it best to

(announcement) Cartweaver 2.17.11 update released

2006-04-28 Thread Michael Dinowitz
For immediate release - April 28, 2006 - Cartweaver 2.17.11 update released - This free incremental update is released to address a potential issue with erroneous values passed to a query in a URL variable. Cartweaver 2 CF has always used Custom Error handling to present benign error

(announcement) Beta release of next JRun

2006-04-28 Thread Michael Dinowitz
Beta release of next version of JRun appserver code named Cheetah, is available. Adobe JRun Team is inviting serious evaluators to give feedback on this beta release. Contact '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' to be included in the Beta program. We plan to give away JRun licenses for the top 3 finders of

RE: macromedia certification

2006-04-28 Thread Munson, Jacob
I dont think its so much the company that cares about the cert. As a manager that hires developers, and with my knowledge of CF certs I dont add much (if any) weight to the fact they may/not have one. As a manager working with a team building a recruitment enterprise app I can say that the

RE: OT: Group field name

2006-04-28 Thread Phillip B. Holmes
This is a little safer because it validates the field you are checking is a radio button without actually having to know it's name. This way you can add other types of elements to your form without worrying if the checked property exists in the element being examined. script function

Re: Question about relative and root links

2006-04-28 Thread Denny Valliant
On 4/27/06, Dave Watts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: subfolder. /whmedia/images/afile.jpg is what is need to use a root relative link. Isn't that an absolute path? ;-) It depends on who you ask. I used to call that an absolute path. Others, however, call it a site-root-relative path, and

RE: Question about relative and root links

2006-04-28 Thread Dave Watts
Ah, that explains my confusion with that setting sometimes. I prefer that if it starts with a slash, it's absolute. Site root relative? Why not just call a URL a URL? I mean, I'm all for enriching the language and all, but sheesh. Site root relative is still absolute. I don't see

Re: ASP.Net book for CF programmer

2006-04-28 Thread Denny Valliant
On 4/28/06, Russ Michaels [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you prefer to let other people do the searching for you, thats fine, but I personally prefer to save some time, as posting on a list and waiting for someone else to google it for you could take hours as apposed to the few minutes it takes

Re: CF Administrator Files Periodically Corrupted

2006-04-28 Thread Denny Valliant
On 4/28/06, brian wood [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks for the help. Sorry I forgot to mention if the files differ. It seems that they do: -rw-r--r--1 01157894 mkpasswd 7721 Nov 3 2000 adminnavigation.cfm -rw-r--r--1 01157894 mkpasswd 7783 Jul 28 2004

Re: CFSheduled Task Running without definition

2006-04-28 Thread Denny Valliant
from the bottom of the livedocs 6.1 page: To remove a scheduled job the hard way, edit neo-cron.xml directly. It's can be found (in the J2EE deployment of Cold Fusion) in \cfusion-ear\cfusion-war\WEB-INF\cfusion\lib Maybe you need to restart the server or something? :denny On 4/28/06, Ben

Re: Is running CF on J2EE server more stable?

2006-04-28 Thread Denny Valliant
Bingo! That's pretty much what I meant. On 4/28/06, Dave Watts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not sure I understand your comment about Tomcat... It is a J2ee server isn't it? why would it be mix and match? If you purchase CFMX Enterprise (which is what you need to run CF on J2EE) it comes with

Re: ASP.Net book for CF programmer

2006-04-28 Thread Aaron Rouse
Google is a great source, hell it can answer most of the questions asked on CF-Talk and a lot of those answers end up being in places like livedocs. So the standard reply could be go google it or RTFM. :) On 4/28/06, Denny Valliant [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 4/28/06, Russ Michaels [EMAIL

Re: Question about relative and root links

2006-04-28 Thread Denny Valliant
On 4/28/06, Dave Watts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ah, that explains my confusion with that setting sometimes. I prefer that if it starts with a slash, it's absolute. Site root relative? Why not just call a URL a URL? I mean, I'm all for enriching the language and all, but sheesh.

Re: Question about relative and root links

2006-04-28 Thread Denny Valliant
Dunno if you called me on the phone and said, what's the absoltue path for the flower.gif file I'd spit out http://blah blah tho... But, if you asked for the Absolute URL, I would. ~| Message:

Re: ASP.Net book for CF programmer

2006-04-28 Thread Denny Valliant
On 4/28/06, Aaron Rouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Google is a great source, hell it can answer most of the questions asked on CF-Talk and a lot of those answers end up being in places like livedocs. So the standard reply could be go google it or RTFM. :) LOL! Do you know how many times

Re: ASP.Net book for CF programmer

2006-04-28 Thread Aaron Rouse
I must word my searches better because I almost always get pointed to livedocs. Now it is rare I even go that far to search on something since I subscribed to a handful of lists and typically will use the search within gmail's archives. Even got to the point of sometimes emailing myself some