Help needed with jpedal java integration

2011-01-24 Thread Stefan Richter
I'm trying to use a Java library called jpedal (http://www.jpedal.org) in order to convert PDF files to images. The following works great from the commandline on my Mac: java -cp ./jpedal_trial.jar org/jpedal/examples/images/HiResThumbnailExtractor test.pdf jpg However I'm not sure how to

Re: Help needed with jpedal java integration

2011-01-24 Thread Scott Stewart
Should be org.jpedal. rest of path On Jan 24, 2011 7:18 AM, Stefan Richter ste...@flashcomguru.com wrote: I'm trying to use a Java library called jpedal (http://www.jpedal.org) in order to convert PDF files to images. The following works great from the commandline on my Mac: java -cp

Re: Help needed with jpedal java integration

2011-01-24 Thread Stefan Richter
I've figured out the Java image part: cfset jpg = ImageNew(foo) cfimage action=write source=#jpg# destination=test.jpg overwrite=yes This works. But the fact that the two jars seem to conflict with one another throws a real spanner into the works... Is there any way I could separate them and

Re: Anyone know anything about this new ColdFusion conference?

2011-01-24 Thread Adrocknaphobia
Donna, I just wanted to follow up on my request to visit with your team. It sounds like you would provide an excellent perspective to ColdFusion upper management on how we need to evolve the business to meet modern government needs. Please let me know if we can schedule something for February.

Re: cfimage write problems

2011-01-24 Thread Stefan Richter
Just to follow up on this: adding something like ext=.gif did *not* work. Sorry Ray ;-) If I try this: cfset THISFOLDER = #Expandpath('./')# cfimage action = write destination = #thisFolder# source =

Re: Help needed with jpedal java integration

2011-01-24 Thread Leigh
But the fact that the two jars seem to conflict with one another throws a real spanner into the works... Is there any way I could separate them and have both present in CF? Try using the javaLoader http://javaloader.riaforge.org/

Re: cfimage write problems

2011-01-24 Thread Azadi Saryev
just tested it on Railo (don't have ACF at hand) and it worked fine. you should specify a filename in your destination attribute, though... just to test, do a cfimage action=info ... and cfdump the variable. Azadi On 24/01/2011 22:41 , Stefan Richter wrote: Just to follow up on this: adding

Re: cfimage write problems

2011-01-24 Thread Stefan Richter
Thanks, I tried that (using action=info) but got the same error under CF9. It falls over as soon as it encounters the cfimage tag. Cheers Stefan On 24 Jan 2011, at 15:04, Azadi Saryev wrote: just tested it on Railo (don't have ACF at hand) and it worked fine. you should specify a

URL variable security

2011-01-24 Thread Richard White
Hi, basic question but want to make sure i understand url variables! Is it possible for malicious code to be sent through url variables? Basically, Some CFM files in our applications receive variables through the URL which are just used to do some processing if they are true e.g. if

Re: URL variable security

2011-01-24 Thread Justin Scott
basic question but want to make sure i understand url variables! Is it possible for malicious code to be sent through url variables? Possible, yes, though it depends on how you use the data passed through. In your example, just testing the value against a static value in the code (if url.var

Re: URL variable security

2011-01-24 Thread Phillip Vector
If you don't use the data that is in the variables, then (as far as I know), no validation of the data itself needs to be done. On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 8:31 AM, Richard White rich...@j7is.co.uk wrote: Hi, basic question but want to make sure i understand url variables! Is it possible for

Re: URL variable security

2011-01-24 Thread Richard White
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Session variables security

2011-01-24 Thread Richard White
Hi, When the user logs in, I save their username to the session scope. Would i need to re-validate that username at the top of every page that uses it in a database query? I previously thought this was not necessary but if it is possible for someone to send malicious sql injection then

Re: URL variable security

2011-01-24 Thread Ian Skinner
On 1/24/2011 8:50 AM, Richard White wrote: ok thanks for the help I just wanted to add that your question, concerns and the replies DO NOT just apply to URL variables. They apply to ANY and ALL data received from the client. Including form POST values, COOKIE values, ect. Anything and

Re: Session variables security

2011-01-24 Thread Ian Skinner
On 1/24/2011 8:57 AM, Richard White wrote: Hi, When the user logs in, I save their username to the session scope. Would i need to re-validate that username at the top of every page that uses it in a database query? I previously thought this was not necessary but if it is possible for

Re: Session variables security

2011-01-24 Thread Richard White
OK thanks Ian On 1/24/2011 8:57 AM, Richard White wrote: Only if there is a place in your code for them to do so. If you have a vulnerable piece of code that can give unexpected and undesired results because of malicious inputs form the client, then you have a problem. But it is not an

Re: URL variable security

2011-01-24 Thread Gerald Guido
Anything and everything received from external, untrusted sources must be considered suspect. +1 I find that using tools like Portcullis.cfc to be warranted for forward facing sites. As a minimum I would check to see if the request is actually coming from your site before making any changes

Re: URL variable security

2011-01-24 Thread Mary Jo Sminkey
Anything and everything received from external, untrusted sources must be considered suspect. I'd add that even if you might not have to worry about a security breach, you still probably want to scrub such variables to prevent errors from being generated (if for instance you expect it to be

Coldfusion8: Multiple checks within a CFIF for a valid date

2011-01-24 Thread Adam Bourg
Hello Everyone, I've got some logic issues with something I'm trying to do. I've got a CFC that returns basically a number for a date field. Basically some math (SQL) that determines when that field expires for a certification. I'm writing a mail/reporting piece of this module. Eg the date

Re: Coldfusion8: Multiple checks within a CFIF for a valid date

2011-01-24 Thread Greg Morphis
yeah you can't do that.. gotta do if adultExp gt 60 OR kidExp gt 60 OR ... On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Adam Bourg adam.bo...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Everyone, I've got some logic issues with something I'm trying to do. I've got a CFC that returns basically a number for a date field.

Re: Coldfusion8: Multiple checks within a CFIF for a valid date

2011-01-24 Thread Adam Bourg
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Re: Coldfusion8: Multiple checks within a CFIF for a valid date

2011-01-24 Thread Greg Morphis
Sure, you could add the names to check to a list I used this to check for required form fields... You can modify it for your needs cfset notRequired = sec_level,address2,division,phone_ext,fax_area,fax_prefix,fax_suffix,email_directory,fieldnames/ !--- loop over form fields checking for

RE: Coldfusion8: Multiple checks within a CFIF for a valid date

2011-01-24 Thread Ben Forta
Sounds like you are retrieving data and then filtering on the client with CF based date math. And if so, then the best advice I can give you is don't. This is the type of thing you need to do at the database level (in a SELECT statement or a view or a stored procedure etc.). DBMSs are really good

Re: Coldfusion8: Multiple checks within a CFIF for a valid date

2011-01-24 Thread Adam Bourg
Sounds like you are retrieving data and then filtering on the client with CF based date math. And if so, then the best advice I can give you is don't. This is the type of thing you need to do at the database level (in a SELECT statement or a view or a stored procedure etc.). DBMSs are really good

RE: Coldfusion8: Multiple checks within a CFIF for a valid date

2011-01-24 Thread Ben Forta
One more note ... Do you have any control over table schemas? If you have to filter on that many columns, and every row has all those columns, then the table really needs to be broken into three, one with the profiles, one with the certifications, and one joining the two with the expiration

Re: Coldfusion8: Multiple checks within a CFIF for a valid date

2011-01-24 Thread Adam Bourg
Yes sir, so you're saying create 3 tables? This is what the total table looks like (The, exp, company, image and onFile follow the same pattern for all) profileID, -- Bit cprAdultExp, -- Date cprAdultcompany, -- NvarChar cprAdultImage, -- Nvarchar cprAdultOnFile,Boolean cprInfantChildExp,

RE: Coldfusion8: Multiple checks within a CFIF for a valid date

2011-01-24 Thread Ben Forta
Exactly. So, you have 4 columns that are for each certification. Those belong in their own table that may look like this: profileID (FK) certID (FK) certExp certCompanu certImage certOnFile You'd have another table of cert types: certID (PK) certName And then another table for the profiles

Need a little sql help...

2011-01-24 Thread DURETTE, STEVEN J (ATTASIAIT)
Hi all, My SQL mojo seems to have left me. Here is the situation, I have 1 table. In this table there are some times two rows that should have actually been one. Here is an example to explain. Table: Name, Age, address one, address two Row 1: Steve,40,123 Anystreet,NULL Row 2:

Re: Need a little sql help...

2011-01-24 Thread Greg Morphis
How do you know the 2 Steve's are the same Steve? What if there was another Steve who was also 40 but lived elsewhere? Can you provide some more realistic data? And how you'd know they were the same Steve? or whomever? On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 12:57 PM, DURETTE, STEVEN J (ATTASIAIT)

RE: Need a little sql help...

2011-01-24 Thread DURETTE, STEVEN J (ATTASIAIT)
That was just example data... The Name is actually a distinct number letter combination. When the data is passed over to me they are supposed to pre-merge the rows into one, but they don't so I have been tasked to deal with it when the data suppliers don't. Another issue is that there are MANY

Re: Need a little sql help...

2011-01-24 Thread Dean Lawrence
Steve, Is the name ultimately supposed to be the unique key for this table? Instead of battling with these multiple records, you could create a temporary table, loop through all the records in your main table and either insert or update a record in the temp table based upon the name. Once you

Re: Need a little sql help...

2011-01-24 Thread Greg Morphis
This will work, but I second the temp table idea.. select distinct name, age, addr1, addr2 from ( select f1.name, f1.age, case when f1.addr1 is null then f2.addr1 else f1.addr1 end as addr1, case when f1.addr2 is null then f2.addr2 else f1.addr2 end as addr2

Coldfusion Standard and Load balancing env

2011-01-24 Thread Sebastian Powell
Hi, We currently run coldfusion 9 Standard on a single server, our site has grown and we are looking at adding an additional box and setup a load balancing environment for the site. Here are my questions: * Is Coldfusion Standard sufficient for this environment or will i require enterprise?

Re: Coldfusion Standard and Load balancing env

2011-01-24 Thread Dave Watts
We currently run coldfusion 9 Standard on a single server, our site has grown and we are looking at adding an additional box and setup a load balancing environment for the site. Here are my questions: * Is Coldfusion Standard sufficient for this environment or will i require enterprise?

Re: Coldfusion Standard and Load balancing env

2011-01-24 Thread Jason Fisher
As Dave notes, hardware load balancing works just fine in front of CF Std servers. The sticky session thing really is key, though, if you have any sort of session management in your applications. Another option to sticky sessions on the LB is to convert session structs to client structs

Re: Coldfusion Standard and Load balancing env

2011-01-24 Thread Sebastian Powell
Thanks great information. * I gather too application variables are unique to the server to where the session request is being called. Sebastian Hi, We currently run coldfusion 9 Standard on a single server, our site has grown and we are looking at adding an additional box and setup a

RE: Coldfusion Standard and Load balancing env

2011-01-24 Thread Bobby Hartsfield
Yes... as are server vars. .:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. Bobby Hartsfield http://acoderslife.com -Original Message- From: Sebastian Powell [mailto:bas...@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 6:10 PM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: Coldfusion Standard and Load balancing env Thanks great

RE: What's the best way to investigate a Jrun.exe spike?

2011-01-24 Thread Bobby Hartsfield
Jconsole can usually tell you a lot. .:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. Bobby Hartsfield http://acoderslife.com -Original Message- From: Philip Kaplan [mailto:pkap...@gmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2011 6:31 PM To: cf-talk Subject: What's the best way to investigate a Jrun.exe

Linkage Error - attempted duplicate class definition for name

2011-01-24 Thread Bobby Hartsfield
I have been experiencing this one in CF8 for a while now: http://cfbugs.adobe.com/cfbugreport/flexbugui/cfbugtracker/main.html?#bugId= 85391 The severity is listed as benign bug, has a workaround. but a workaround isn't mentioned. Manually changing the code when time the error happens so

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RE: Linkage Error - attempted duplicate class definition for name

2011-01-24 Thread Brook Davies
As you know Bobby, I have this problem aswell and have never been able to find a workaround. Well, I did but it's the ugliest hack you can think of. Clearing the specific templates out of the template cache manually on a scheduled task. But even with that I am still getting complaints from

Coldfusion webroot and multiple domain names

2011-01-24 Thread fun and learning
Hi All - I am new to this multiple domain thing. Am working on a project, where there multiple domain projects under on webroot. Like www.abc.com, www.def.com under one root. The folder structure is something like below: E: webroot --INCLUDES --IMAGES --image.gif --

Re: Coldfusion webroot and multiple domain names

2011-01-24 Thread Dave Watts
I am new to this multiple domain thing. Am working on a project, where there multiple domain projects under on webroot. Like www.abc.com, www.def.com under one root. The folder structure is something like below: E:  webroot    --INCLUDES    --IMAGES      --image.gif      --

Re: Coldfusion webroot and multiple domain names

2011-01-24 Thread wattw...@telarushq.com
You'll want to create an alias to the images folder between sites. What web server are you using? Sent from my HTC on the Now Network from Sprint! - Reply message - From: fun and learning funandlrnn...@gmail.com Date: Mon, Jan 24, 2011 20:02 Subject: Coldfusion webroot and multiple

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