cferror question

2009-01-07 Thread John P
I'm setting up a cferror template that collects the following info. INSERT INTO Errors(HTTPReferrer, Diags, Query, Page) VALUES ('#ERROR.HTTPReferer# ', '#Error.Diagnostics#', '#Error.QueryString#', '#ERROR.Template#') I'm getting a cf error saying that httpreferrer is undefined in error. Is

Re: cferror question

2009-01-07 Thread John P
Thanks G. IIRC HTTPReferer is a CGI variable as in CGI.HTTPReferer check the docs on what vars error returns. G! ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial

inserting null values

2008-12-04 Thread John P
I have a form which is throwing the following error upon submit: Element NAME is undefined in FORM The field is set to allow nulls in the database. Is there something else I should be doing to allow a null value to be passed? Thanks

Re: inserting null values

2008-12-04 Thread John P
. if you want to insert a true NULL into the database, you'll need to do: cfqueryparam value=#form.name# cfsqltype=cf_sql_char null=#not len(trim(form.name))# / On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 8:17 AM, John P [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Error importing from .xls data

2008-11-21 Thread John P
Hi, I'm receiving the following error when attempting to import an .xls file. [ODBC Excel Driver] The field is too small to accept the amount of data you attempted to add. Try inserting or pasting less data. I've read that the data type is chosen by the ODBC driver based on the first 8

client variables log database is huge

2008-11-20 Thread John P
I suspect that there may be a problem with our ClientStorage_log database as it's currently at 11.5 gigs and has to be cleared out once a month or so. I freed 4.5 gigs of space on this server by moving files off 2 days ago and within 24 hours that space was filled again. Could this be a

Re: client variables log database is huge

2008-11-20 Thread John P
Thanks to both of you for the information. John I suspect that there may be a problem with our ClientStorage_log database as it's currently at 11.5 gigs and has to be cleared out once a month or so. I freed 4. 5 gigs of space on this server by moving files off 2 days ago and within

Re: client variables log database is huge

2008-11-20 Thread John P
Thanks to both of you for the information. John I suspect that there may be a problem with our ClientStorage_log database as it's currently at 11.5 gigs and has to be cleared out once a month or so. I freed 4. 5 gigs of space on this server by moving files off 2 days ago and within

capture url variable?

2008-09-16 Thread John P
Hi, I need to capture a url variable then add it to a redirect so my application which is changing servers will still work. Not sure where to start. Thanks, John ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and

Re: capture url variable?

2008-09-16 Thread John P
Thank you all, that's exactly what I wanted to do. cgi.query_string cflocation URL=somewhere_else?#cgi.query_string# addtoken=no / ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date

Re: Setting base url in application.cfc

2008-08-18 Thread John P
Thank you both for your suggestions, this was helpful in understanding the scopes of application.cfc. John Try setting application.urlBase in the OnApplicationStart section, unless you really want this to be in the variables scope. -Mike Chabot

Setting base url in application.cfc

2008-08-15 Thread John P
Hi, I'm interested in setting a base url in my application.cfc which I will be able to reference from all .cfm pages. I've tried it in onReqestStart and onApplicationStart and it doesn't seem to be working, I get a variable base is undefined error. cffunction name=onRequestStart

(Server returned: Connection reset)

2008-07-24 Thread John P
Hi, I'm running the developer edition of CF8 with a MS2k5 SQL server and receiving the following error on the index page. Other pages are loading using the same datasource with out the error. The site was working fine yesterday. The datasource shows connectivity from the cfide/administrator.

Re: Coldfusion 8 install question

2008-06-23 Thread John P
Thank you both for the info. John You need to add the data sources into each instance if you plan on actually using them. Unless you have a site using the default instance, you shouldn't need any data sources set up there. I may be wrong, but I seemed to remember if you added data sources

Coldfusion 8 install question

2008-06-20 Thread John P
Our server admin has set up CF8 with 4 instances. When adding data sources I have to add them to the root cfide/administrator rather than within the instance example: http:mysite.com/:portNumber/cfide/administrator. Seems like the install might be configured incorrectly, does anyone have any

Some Flash form text fields displaying white text using Vista

2008-03-17 Thread John P
Hi All, I discovered something strange with flash cfform this morning. Some of the text fields which are populated by the database are displaying the text in white while others in black, the white text is invisible on the white background. This issue appears to be related to MS Vista as I

binary data would be truncated

2008-03-17 Thread John P
I'm having a problem with a form which is giving the following error on insert of text fields which contain a paragraph or two of data. Error Executing Database Query. [Macromedia][SQLServer JDBC Driver][SQLServer]String or binary data would be truncated. This error would seem to

Re: binary data would be truncated

2008-03-17 Thread John P
Thanks for your help guys. John On SQL Server NVARCHAR can be up to 4000. Just do a Len() in the data to see if it is as long as you think it is. Adrian Nvarchar only allows 255 characters. NText is the field you want if its paragraphs you are storing. Rick Eidson The KChost Radio

Re: Some Flash form text fields displaying white text using Vista

2008-03-17 Thread John P
Is it possible to change the text color via the cfform style attribute? Have you tried using css to force the colour of the text? Might be a workaround. will ~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and

Re: changing a css file via coldfusion

2007-11-09 Thread John P
Excellent, thank you all for the suggestions. It makes sense now. I think I'll experiment with both methods just to learn the process. Sorry about the double post of the question, I couldn't find my initial submission and thought it didn't post. As always you're very helpful, thanks!

changing a css file via coldfusion

2007-11-08 Thread John P
Is it possible create a way using coldfusion which would allow the user to change the current page style by selecting a link on the page? Seems like it shouldn't be to difficult, I just can't think of how to do it. Thanks, John

changing style sheets

2007-11-07 Thread John P
Is there a way to allow the user to change the style sheet of a page using a link on the page? Thanks, John ~| ColdFusion 8 - Build next generation apps today, with easy PDF and Ajax features - download now

remove a number from a series of numbers

2007-09-12 Thread John P
Hi, Is it possible to remove a digit from a multi-digit number IE: 2007 would become 207? Thanks, John ~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade to ColdFusion 8 and integrate with Adobe Flex

Re: remove a number from a series of numbers

2007-09-12 Thread John P
I'd like to remove the 2nd Character (zero) from the left Thanks to all for your help. John removeChars(2007, 2, 1) You could start at index '3' in this case since both 2 and 3 are zeros. cheers, barneyb ~| Download

Re: remove a number from a series of numbers

2007-09-12 Thread John P
I ended up using #RemoveChars(2007, 2, 1)# Thanks! Or you could do it with any of the other methods mentioned. There are a lot of ways to do that. Robert B. Harrison Director of Interactive services Austin Williams 125 Kennedy Drive, Suite 100 Hauppauge NY 11788 T : 631.231.6600 Ext. 119

Re: reformatting data in text field

2007-07-24 Thread John P
That worked, Thanks for your help ~| Get the answers you are looking for on the ColdFusion Labs Forum direct from active programmers and developers. http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/categories.cfm?forumid-72catid=648

reformatting data in text field

2007-07-20 Thread John P
Is there a way to reformat text in a text area to add quotation marks and different line spacing? So a comma separated list: John, Tom, Frank, Bonnie, Jennifer, Richard, Sally Would become this: John, Frank Bonnie, Jennifer Richard, Sally Thanks for your help, John

rss.cfc - Getting optional elements to display in feed

2007-06-08 Thread John P
Hi all, I've successfully implemented Ray Camden's rss.cfc to create a feed from my query. I'm wondering if it is possible to get optional elements to display in the feed, or do most feed readers only display the required elements; title, link and description? I'd like to show subject and

Re: rss.cfc - Getting optional elements to display in feed

2007-06-08 Thread John P
Hi all, I've successfully implemented Ray Camden's rss.cfc to create a feed from my query. I'm wondering if it is possible to get optional elements to display in the feed, or do most feed readers only display the required elements; title, link and description? I'd like to show

Ignoring Application.cfc or .cfm

2007-06-05 Thread John P
Is there a tag I can use on my page to ignore an application.cfc in the root directory? Additionally, how many directories above the page being called will CF travel to look for an application.cfc or .cfm file? Will it look keep going until it reaches the server root directory? Thanks!

Re: Ignoring Application.cfc or .cfm

2007-06-05 Thread John P
Great, thanks Ben! John, Yep, all the way up. And to get it to ignore it, just add one in your own folder. --- Ben -Original Message- From: John P [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 05, 2007 12:29 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Ignoring Application.cfc or .cfm Is there a tag I

Custom tag for generating rss feeds

2007-06-01 Thread John P
Hi, Does anyone know of a custom tag which you can create an RSS feed from a cfquery? I've attempted to use Tom Muck's but I get the follow error. XML Parsing Error: xml declaration not at start of external entity Location: http:///rssTest.cfm Line Number 8, Column 1:?xml version=1.0 ? ^

Re: setting var inside cffunction

2007-05-17 Thread John P
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Re: setting var inside cffunction

2007-05-16 Thread John P
=password cfreturn GetIDS /cffunction But I am unable to output the new table data associated with the new column names after I invoke the component. Cfdump does work and displays the collumn names as DBADDRESS AS ADDRESS etc. Any idea what I am doing wrong? Thanks. On 5/15/07, John P

setting var inside cffunction

2007-05-15 Thread John P
, John P [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - I am attempting to use cffunction to query a database and then cfset the returned variables to a new names. I get the following error when attempting to access the page. Local variable givenname on line 19 must

Re: setting var inside cffunction

2007-05-15 Thread John P
returns column names from ldap not the variables I was attempting to reset them to. I'm confused. You're returning the LDAP query itself (via cfreturn getIDS). where do those single variables (givenname, sn, mail, etc) that you're explicitly setting come into play? On 5/15/07, John P [EMAIL

Problem using cfset inside cffunction

2007-05-14 Thread John P
I am attempting to use cffunction to query a database and then cfset the returned variables to a new names. I get the following error when attempting to access the page. Local variable givenname on line 19 must be grouped at the top of the function body. Here's my function that appears on

Re: Problem using cfset inside cffunction

2007-05-14 Thread John P
Great, thanks Charlie. you have to place your var scoped variables at the top of the function. in this case, you'd do something like: cfset var givenname = / cfset var sn = / cfset var mail = / (etc) above your cfldap call. On 5/14/07, John P [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: form data not being inserted into mssql database

2007-04-20 Thread John P
Thanks all. Carl, does cfparam as you described discretely tell CF and SQL that the insert is a numerical data type? In what instances is that advised? Why is it necessary? I've isolated the issue to a server memory problem, I believe, and solved it (I hope) by restarting the server. Thank

Re: form data not being inserted into mssql database

2007-04-19 Thread John P
Unfortunately the failed inserts are random for different users, unique fields, it's a pretty large application. I'd rather that it work correctly but I'll take your suggestion into consideration worse case senario. Could you: cfif NOT Len(FORM.CUM_GPA) cfmail to=blah type=html What the

form data not being inserted into mssql database

2007-04-18 Thread John P
Hi All, I'm maintaining a Coldfusion Application which is storing form data in an MSSQL database. We've recently received complaints from users that not all form data is being inserted to the database. The issue appears to be random. I've tested 4 times and found that only one of my fields

Re: form data not being inserted into mssql database

2007-04-18 Thread John P
Coldfusion updates that were performed were 7.0.1 and 7.0.2 I'm researching but does anyone know if these updates affected session variables? Thx John Hi All, I'm maintaining a Coldfusion Application which is storing form data in an MSSQL database. We've recently received

Re: form data not being inserted into mssql database

2007-04-18 Thread John P
is not being inserted for me, however other users have had different data that is lost. This variable is NOT being stored as a session variable. Thx John can you post the form code, insert code, and variable values that did not insert properly? On 4/18/07, John P [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

Re: form data not being inserted into mssql database

2007-04-18 Thread John P
expect) is being passed? also... you're just inserting a single record? not trying to update a particular existing record? On 4/18/07, John P [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ~| Macromedia ColdFusion MX7 Upgrade to MX7 experience time

Re: form data not being inserted into mssql database

2007-04-18 Thread John P
which might be a cause. Thx John and you're not getting any errors? the other values in the statement are inserting fine but you get an empty field for CUM_GPA? On 4/18/07, John P [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ~| ColdFusion MX7