RE: CFHTTP SSL Cert

2014-04-17 Thread Brook Davies
It continues to work fine in the browser. Its pretty weird how it will work for a day and then start generating this error: AxisFault faultCode: {http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/}Server.userException faultSubcode: faultString: javax.net.ssl.SSLException: java.lang.RuntimeException:

Dynamic queries within a loop

2014-04-17 Thread Torrent Girl
Hello, I have an issue that I am hoping you all can help me with. I have a loop, in which I need to call a coldfusion query that is dynamic. I then need to call another query, based on the first query and output the results dynamically. I am stuck on this. Here is my loop and queries:

Re: Dynamic queries within a loop

2014-04-17 Thread Steve 'Cutter' Blades
Perhaps you do a cfset above the second proc cfset request.procname = course i Apply ceuPref.strCme Then reference that in the tag cfprocresult name=#request.procname# the thing that's popping out to me is your in params cfprocparam type=In cfsqltype=CF_SQL_DATE

Spam management for forms handling

2014-04-17 Thread Ben
Hi Some of the forms we use CF to email out are getting hit with spam garbage. I'm seeing patterns in them I can use to catch it now, but wondered if there is a more general approach available I'm not aware of? Thanks much! Ben

Re: Spam management for forms handling

2014-04-17 Thread Jon Clausen
+1 for the honeypot. Depending on the type of submissions you are looking to get from your form, conversion rates also increase for valid submissions over captcha-protected inputs. Jon On Apr 17, 2014, at 1:00 PM, Robert Harrison rob...@austin-williams.com wrote: You can use: 1.

RE: Spam management for forms handling

2014-04-17 Thread Robert Harrison
You can use: 1. A honey pot field (a field hidden by CSS, with an indicator to leave this field blank); if it's filled it's probably a bot, so don't process... or 2. CFCAPTCHA to generate a captcha and make the user type what's shown; send only if it's a match... or

Re: Spam management for forms handling

2014-04-17 Thread Ben
Thanks for the suggestions! Will give them a try. Much appreciated. Be On Apr 17, 2014, at 10:05 AM, Jon Clausen jon_clau...@silowebworks.com wrote: +1 for the honeypot. Depending on the type of submissions you are looking to get from your form, conversion rates also increase for

Re: Spam management for forms handling

2014-04-17 Thread Rob Voyle
Hi Ben I had this problem many years ago and didn't know of HoneyPots though I like the idea a lot. So I created a very simple Captcha. It is is easy to read and not dynamic, it is the same image all the time. You can see it at:http://www.appreciativeway.com/email.cfm?email=info It has

Re: Spam management for forms handling

2014-04-17 Thread Ben
Yes, I struggle with some of them as well. Sigh. Ben On Apr 17, 2014, at 11:25 AM, Rob Voyle robvo...@voyle.com wrote: Hi Ben I had this problem many years ago and didn't know of HoneyPots though I like the idea a lot. So I created a very simple Captcha. It is is easy to read

Re: Spam management for forms handling

2014-04-17 Thread Les Mizzell
Some of the forms we use CF to email out are getting hit with spam garbage. I'm seeing patterns in them I can use to catch it now, but wondered if there is a more general approach available I'm not aware of? Thanks much! I've had very good luck with a simple math (or other) question,

Re: Spam management for forms handling

2014-04-17 Thread Ben
Oh, that's funny! I'll have to start using Donald as a question. Great idea! Ben On Apr 17, 2014, at 12:11 PM, Les Mizzell lesm...@bellsouth.net wrote: Some of the forms we use CF to email out are getting hit with spam garbage. I'm seeing patterns in them I can use to catch it now, but

RE: Spam management for forms handling

2014-04-17 Thread Robert Harrison
Oh, that's funny! I'll have to start using Donald as a question. Great idea! But what if they answer cartoon or Disney character. That would create a very bad user experience if you tell them they're wrong ... LOL Robert Harrison Director of Interactive Services Austin Williams

Re: Spam management for forms handling

2014-04-17 Thread Peter Donahue
Hello Rob and everyone, Image captchas are undetectable by screen reading packages such as those used by the blind and loc out legitiment visitors. CFFormProtect is a far better alternative as it catches spammers in the background without requiring visitors to mess with captchas and

Re: Spam management for forms handling

2014-04-17 Thread Claude Schnéegans
+1 for the honeypot. + another one. You can also use an onclick on the submit button to fill a hidden field with some key text also hidden in your javascript. If the field is not set properly, dont process. ~| Order the

Re: Spam management for forms handling

2014-04-17 Thread Claude Schnéegans
Image captchas are undetectable by screen reading packages Exact, and anyway, do spamers really care about character recognition? Do these characters really have to look su ugly? These captchas really look ridiculous. ~|