Re: Where to put your code

2010-11-18 Thread denstar
On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 12:16 AM, Dave Watts wrote: Adobe is a big company, with a bunch of products. Adobe's web site predates the Macromedia merger. Should they rewrite their site with CF to make it more prominent, or should they focus on building and selling their tools? Are the two

Re: Where to put your code

2010-11-18 Thread Gerald Guido
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(ot) AWS / EC2 and SpamLists

2010-11-18 Thread Brook Davies
This a bit OT. I just wanted to share what I'd found, in case anyone else is considering moving to the cloud. Its certainly attractive, and being able to spin up a new server from an image configured with webserver, CF, OS and your website files in under 5 minutes is pretty cool. Just keep

What was that security again?

2010-11-18 Thread Brian Polackoff
I admit this question is a touch off topic, but the SQL list is not nearly as active. Can anyone tell me what the minimum MS SQL server 2005 security settings to run SELECT and Execute Existing Stored Procedures? My googling has failed me. (it was bound to happen eventually) Thanks! Brian

Re: What was that security again?

2010-11-18 Thread Mike Chabot
GRANT SELECT GRANT EXECUTE Is that what you are looking for? -Mike Chabot On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 11:32 AM, Brian Polackoff bpolack...@gmx.com wrote: I admit this question is a touch off topic, but the SQL list is not nearly as active. Can anyone tell me what the minimum MS SQL server 2005

RE: What was that security again?

2010-11-18 Thread Brian Polackoff
Kinda.. Are there any particular SERVER ROLES or Database Role Membership? Thanks! -Original Message- From: Mike Chabot [mailto:mcha...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2010 11:42 AM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: What was that security again? GRANT SELECT GRANT EXECUTE Is that

RE: What was that security again?

2010-11-18 Thread Russ Michaels
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Re: What was that security again?

2010-11-18 Thread Carl Von Stetten
I don't think any Server roles are needed, but db_datareader Database role should provide the SELECT permissions. I'm not sure about the permissions for stored procedures. Carl Kinda.. Are there any particular SERVER ROLES or Database Role Membership? Thanks! GRANT SELECT GRANT EXECUTE Is

Re: Where to put your code

2010-11-18 Thread Judah McAuley
On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 11:16 PM, Dave Watts dwa...@figleaf.com wrote: Yes, in the very real sense that there is a finite amount of resources. I'd much rather have Adobe hire more CF product developers and testers, etc, than pay developers to rewrite their site. Adobe, presumably, has

Hosted VPS recommendations

2010-11-18 Thread Dan Crouch
I am looking for a VPS to replace an in house development server. We already have licenses for SQL and CF. Most places seem to want to charge extra for a package that has enough ram and processing power to handle both of those and they then provide them as well. So I dont want to have to pay

cfhttp connection timeout - best way to loop or re-try?

2010-11-18 Thread Casey Dougall
Hi, I have a cfhttp call in a cfc that from time to time receives a connection timeout. I'd like to just retry the call again, but not sure of best way to start the call over. I actually don't want to start the whole thing over, just re-try the cfhttp call if it receives a connection timeout.

RE: cfhttp connection timeout - best way to loop or re-try?

2010-11-18 Thread Che Vilnonis
Maybe you could do something like this: cfhttp url=somURL method=GET result=results cfif findNoCase(200, results.StatusCode) continue to process cfelse re-process /cfif If you get a timeout, I believe the status code will not be 200 and therefore you could try again. HTH...

Re: cfhttp connection timeout - best way to loop or re-try?

2010-11-18 Thread John M Bliss
Something like... cfset success = cfset attempts = 0 cfloop condition=success is not 1 and attempts lt 4 cfset attempts = attempts + 1 cftry cfhttp ... timeout=60 ... cfset success = 1 cfcatch cfset success = 0 /cfcatch /cftry /cfloop On Thu, Nov 18,

Re: cfhttp connection timeout - best way to loop or re-try?

2010-11-18 Thread Casey Dougall
On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 1:47 PM, John M Bliss bliss.j...@gmail.com wrote: fset success = cfset attempts = 0 cfloop condition=success is not 1 and attempts lt 4 cfset attempts = attempts + 1 cftry cfhttp ... timeout=60 ... cfset success = 1 cfcatch cfset

Re: Hosted VPS recommendations

2010-11-18 Thread Gerald Guido
I can, and without hesitation, recommend both Viviotech.net and kickassvps.com. Both have excellent support, quality products and good prices. The folks at viviotech have repeatedly gone above and beyond (and then some) what I would expect from a hosting company when it comes to support. I

Re: What was that security again?

2010-11-18 Thread Dave Watts
Kinda.. Are there any particular SERVER ROLES or Database Role Membership? Nope. Although db_datareader is basically a shortcut to granting SELECT and EXECUTE. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small

Re: What was that security again?

2010-11-18 Thread Dave Watts
DDLADMIN should suffice, this is what role we give to all our customers. That's way more than needed for reading data. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and

Re: Where to put your code

2010-11-18 Thread Dave Watts
Adobe, presumably, has developers who work on their site. The question isn't about taking away CF product developers, it is about what language to use to do that which is already being done...ie, building the Adobe website. There is no good reason, that I'm aware of, to not implement a

RE: What was that security again?

2010-11-18 Thread Russ Michaels
Yes but it is a safe role, you can;t do anything dodgy -Original Message- From: Dave Watts [mailto:dwa...@figleaf.com] Sent: 18 November 2010 19:20 To: cf-talk Subject: Re: What was that security again? DDLADMIN should suffice, this is what role we give to all our customers. That's

Choosing between ColdFusion Builder and IntelliJ

2010-11-18 Thread Dave Burns
I'm considering moving on from Dreamweaver and finally using a better IDE for CF work. I know of CFBuilder and have downloaded the trial to eval. I used IntelliJ for some Java projects 2 years ago and it was outstanding. My current take is that price is equal and functionality is *roughly*

RE: Choosing between ColdFusion Builder and IntelliJ

2010-11-18 Thread Eric Roberts
There is also CFEclipse... -Original Message- From: Dave Burns [mailto:cft...@burnsorama.com] Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2010 1:20 PM To: cf-talk Subject: Choosing between ColdFusion Builder and IntelliJ I'm considering moving on from Dreamweaver and finally using a better IDE for

RE: Choosing between ColdFusion Builder and IntelliJ

2010-11-18 Thread Russ Michaels
Cfbuilder is built on eclipse, so you can also use most eclipse plugins as well. I do still like Dreamweaver though, it has its good points. -Original Message- From: Dave Burns [mailto:cft...@burnsorama.com] Sent: 18 November 2010 19:20 To: cf-talk Subject: Choosing between ColdFusion

Re: Choosing between ColdFusion Builder and IntelliJ

2010-11-18 Thread Dave Watts
I'm considering moving on from Dreamweaver and finally using a better IDE for CF work. I know of CFBuilder and have downloaded the trial to eval. I used IntelliJ for some Java projects 2 years ago and it was outstanding. My current take is that price is equal and functionality is

RE: Choosing between ColdFusion Builder and IntelliJ

2010-11-18 Thread DURETTE, STEVEN J (ATTASIAIT)
Aptana? Really? I tried adding the Aptana plugin with cfeclipse once. It slowed Eclipse down massively and in general just got in my way. Maybe I'm using it wrong though. Anyone have quick tips for using Aptana for CF development? I may try it again if I can get some value out of it. Steve

Re: Choosing between ColdFusion Builder and IntelliJ

2010-11-18 Thread Sean Corfield
On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Dave Burns cft...@burnsorama.com wrote: I'm considering moving on from Dreamweaver and finally using a better IDE for CF work. I know of CFBuilder and have downloaded the trial to eval. I used IntelliJ for some Java projects 2 years ago and it was

Variable before query, rereplace or javascript to change title

2010-11-18 Thread Joel Black
I created a custom tag I can reuse, which runs a news manager. I would like to optimize it for search engines, but here is my issue: 1. The query and output are in the custom tag, which goes in the main content of the page 2. I want the news title to be in the page title, but I cant put an

coldfusion standard edition version switched to developer edition?!

2010-11-18 Thread Tim Do
We just restarted the coldfusion server and now it's suddenly a developer edition on our live web server! I tried entering the coldfusion9 standard license in (in cfadmin) to update but it's asking for the old version's serial which I entered but it says the numbers don't match. Also, whats

Re: What was that security again?

2010-11-18 Thread Mike Chabot
None of the server or database roles would classify as minimum settings. You achieve minimum settings with GRANT and DENY statements. Is your goal to restrict a user to only reading data? If one of your stored procs allows for the deletion of data, and you grant execute permissions to the user,

Re: Variable before query, rereplace or javascript to change title

2010-11-18 Thread Claude Schnéegans
2. I want the news title to be in the page title, but I cant put an output before a query that I know of No, but you can run the query before any HTML, ie : CFQUERY NAME=myQuery --- get the tithe in son=me column --- SELECT title, ... /CFQUERY html head

RE: Variable before query, rereplace or javascript to change title

2010-11-18 Thread Brook Davies
Wrap the custom tag in a cfsavecontent tag at the top of the page: cfsavecontent variable=myoutput cf_customtag / /cfsavecontent Then output your page: cfoutput html head title#myquery.somevalue#/title /head body #myoutput# /body /html /cfoutput Brook -Original Message-

Re: coldfusion standard edition version switched to developer edition?!

2010-11-18 Thread Mike Chabot
The easiest thing to do would be to enter the CF8 standard serial number. That is what I would do in your situation. I wonder what caused it to happen. Maybe the config file got messed up. If you keep server backups you could restore your CF config files from backup. -Mike Chabot On Thu, Nov

RE: coldfusion standard edition version switched to developer edition?!

2010-11-18 Thread Tim Do
I was able to find a key that matched. Server is back up now. Question is, how/why did the config file get set to developer edition... it was never installed as a developer edition to begin with. -Original Message- From: Mike Chabot [mailto:mcha...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday,

Re: coldfusion standard edition version switched to developer edition?!

2010-11-18 Thread Dave Watts
We just restarted the coldfusion server and now it's suddenly a developer edition on our live web server!  I tried entering the coldfusion9 standard license in (in cfadmin) to update but it's asking for the old version's serial which I entered but it says the numbers don't match.  Also,

decrypt coldfusion admin password

2010-11-18 Thread Rusty Owens
The company I work for has a coldfusion application that is being migrated to our servers. We need to log in to the admin but no one who wrote it is here any longer. I used to have code to decrypt and display the admin password. Can anyone get me that?

RE: decrypt coldfusion admin password

2010-11-18 Thread Russ Michaels
You just need to disable the admin login in the neo-security.xml Russ -Original Message- From: Rusty Owens [mailto:rusty_ow...@hotmail.com] Sent: 18 November 2010 21:01 To: cf-talk Subject: decrypt coldfusion admin password The company I work for has a coldfusion application that is

Re: Variable before query, rereplace or javascript to change title

2010-11-18 Thread Joel Black
Wrap the custom tag in a cfsavecontent tag at the top of the page: I gave this a try, but when I wrap it in the savecontent, its not reading the query when I put it in the title ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now!

Re: decrypt coldfusion admin password

2010-11-18 Thread Rob Parkhill
Rusty, You don't need to decryt it, you can reset it. Depending on which version of course! Here is the link that I have used for other customers that works. http://www.tek-tips.com/faqs.cfm?fid=3731 http://www.tek-tips.com/faqs.cfm?fid=3731Cheers, Rob On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 4:01 PM,

Re: coldfusion standard edition version switched to developer edition?!

2010-11-18 Thread Ian Skinner
On 11/18/2010 12:58 PM, Tim Do wrote: I was able to find a key that matched. Server is back up now. Question is, how/why did the config file get set to developer edition... it was never installed as a developer edition to begin with. How long was the server running? If it was something

Re: Variable before query, rereplace or javascript to change title

2010-11-18 Thread Joel Black
Wrap the custom tag in a cfsavecontent tag at the top of the page: I tried to do this, but the query.title doesnt read the query within the save content. I also tried to set a variable within the custom tag and pull that out...but no success there either. What if i set an application

Re: Variable before query, rereplace or javascript to change title

2010-11-18 Thread Gerald Guido
cfsavecontent variable=pageTitletitleYour title cfoutput - #Yourvaraible#/cfoutput/title/cfsavecontent cfhtmlhead text=#pageTitle# This will put #pageTitle# in the head of the document. On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 4:05 PM, Joel Black j...@blackbeardesign.comwrote: Wrap the custom tag in a

RE: What was that security again?

2010-11-18 Thread Brian Polackoff
Thanks everyone! My goal was actually very simple. Some facts I knew about SQL Server permissions were overturned today. Didn't know you can simply grant individual permissions. I was under the impression server and database roles were all I had to play with. I have clients that need our web

RE: Variable before query, rereplace or javascript to change title

2010-11-18 Thread Brook Davies
I believe in your custom tag, you need to set the variables in the 'caller' scope (e.g. caller.mytitle) to be accessed in the calling template scope. If I recall correctly... Brook -Original Message- From: Joel Black [mailto:j...@blackbeardesign.com] Sent: November-18-10 1:05 PM To:

RE: coldfusion standard edition version switched to developer edition?!

2010-11-18 Thread Tim Do
It's been up for a while (around 6-8months?), and has been rebooted quite often I'd have to say... -Original Message- From: Ian Skinner [mailto:h...@ilsweb.com] Sent: Thursday, November 18, 2010 1:11 PM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: coldfusion standard edition version switched to developer

Re: index.cfm being hacked

2010-11-18 Thread Mike Little
hi al, i would be interested to know how you went about having your computer check the index pages for changes? sounds kinda useful. mike ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now!

Re: index.cfm being hacked

2010-11-18 Thread Mike Little
nick, i have forwarded your post to the host (hostek) who will hopefully be able to identify the offending file! very frustrating so far. mike ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now!

Re: Choosing between ColdFusion Builder and IntelliJ

2010-11-18 Thread Dave Merrill
On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 2:19 PM, Dave Burns cft...@burnsorama.com wrote: I'm considering moving on from Dreamweaver and finally using a better IDE for CF work. I know of CFBuilder and have downloaded the trial to eval. I used IntelliJ for some Java projects 2 years ago and it was

Re: index.cfm being hacked

2010-11-18 Thread rex
You store the hash (i.e. hash(index.cfm)) of the cfm file somewhere: in another file, or in a table, etc. and check intermittently, like once a day or hour. So, a job that checks for the MD5SUM of the files, and maybe a database table that stores the files and the hashes. Awesome thing would

Re: (ot) AWS / EC2 and SpamLists

2010-11-18 Thread Dave Merrill
Check out http://postmarkapp.com. Depending on the volume of mail you need to send, it's either pretty cheap, or worth it for their tracking tools. Dave On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 10:47 AM, Brook Davies cft...@logiforms.com wrote: This a bit OT. I just wanted to share what I'd found, in case

Re: index.cfm being hacked

2010-11-18 Thread Jordan Michaels
Not overboard. Some folks have built a solid business model out of doing just that in a very organized way (Tripwire, among others). Warm regards, Jordan Michaels Vivio Technologies http://www.viviotech.net/ Open BlueDragon Steering Committee Railo Community Distributions On 11/18/2010 06:04