CF Admin Not Showing Settings?
I'm running into an odd issue with CF9 admin. I just updated my local development CF9 to the latest hotfix version using David Epler's great Unofficial Updater 2 Ant script, and I wanted to verify the...
View ArticleMy Review of the iPhone 4S
I have had my iPhone 4S (on AT&T) for almost three weeks now. I upgraded from an iPhone 4. I wanted to write something about my experiences with it, since there seems to be a lot of conflicting...
View ArticleWhat I Learned Today - CFEXECUTE is not Unix-friendly
Update: Based on a conversation with Paul Kukiel, this issue does not seem to exist in Ubuntu Linux. Definitely confirmed in Solaris, unsure about other Unix flavors. For the first time ever, I needed...
View ArticleCFLOCK best practices?
I'm in need of some thoughts on CFLOCK. There's backstory to this, but to sum it up I'm fighting an uphill battle with hardware folks that think our using CFLOCK is causing server performance issues...
View ArticleWhat Should My Next Language Be?
I'm putting this one out to the crowd. I've been avoiding the painfully obvious for a long time, and I don't think I can anymore. I've been specializing in ColdFusion development since 1997. I've been...
View ArticleCF Mappings question
My Unix server is used by multiple groups. The directory names used here are fakes, but representative of the issue at hand. IBM Webshpere is the web server, with a document root set as /webhome/ CF9...
View ArticleExcel 2013 Doesn't Play nice with CFSPREADSHEET
Ran into an issue with the latest version of Microsoft Excel today. By default, it enables what is called Protected View on all files originating from the Internet. This does a variety of things,...
View ArticlejQuery Tip: changing to on() from bind() and live()
This might not be news to some, but if you are using older versions of jQuery, take note of a fairly significant change. Ran across this today reading the jQuery API docs. The bind() and live()...
View ArticlejQuery Quickie: issue with trim() in IE8
Ran across an annoying little bug in IE8. It seems that, for all other browsers and IE9+, this will work fine: var thisE = $(this).text().trim(); But if you want it to work in IE8-, you need to do...
View ArticleQuick hits - UU2 is the best friend you never knew you had
This one is for anyone administering their own CF server. If you don't know about Unofficial Updater 2, go there now and meet your new best friend. Maintained by David Epler, this project makes...
View ArticleVerity, OS X, and VirtualBox
This is a follow up entry to one I wrote about using Verity when your CF runs on OS X. Recently, I changed my virtualization engine from VMware Fusion to VirtualBox. The lone downside to this I have...
View ArticleWhat I Learned Today - Getting around AdBlock Plus
I was making small edits to my blog, adding 2 banners to my site for my hosting company and for CFBloggers. They were basic IMG tags, nothing special. But the one for Hostek was not showing up in...
View ArticleQuick Hits - A Possibly Handy Guide - CFSPREADSHEET fill colors
Lately I have been using CFSPREADSHEET on work projects. I love the tag and the associated functions. But one thing has been missing from all the associated documentation I can find. What exactly are...
View ArticleOn Frameworks, and their Evangelists
Let me start this entry with a clear statement. I have no problem with frameworks, as a rule. If asked to use one for a project, I would do so without complaint. But if given a choice, I will use my...
View ArticleMy Long Putter Isn't Going Anywhere
So, it's official. Anchored putting strokes are banned starting in 2016. Prior to this season, I switched to a long putter. Truth be told, it's the first putter I ever purchased myself. Until now I...
View ArticleWhat I Learned Today: Addendum to running CF9 and CF10 together
Before any of this makes sense, you need to understand the contents of these blog entries: Co-existence of ColdFusion9 and ColdFusion10 using Apache web serverColdFusion 9 and ColdFusion 10 Together -...
View ArticleLast Night On Twitter...
This is not one of my normal posts, be forewarned. Last night, my alma mater (Appalachian State) lost a football game to an inferior team. That's not an opinion, it's a fact backed up by the game...
View ArticleWhat I Learned Today: ColdFusion has a rounding problem
File this one under "frustration" or "confusing". It seems that our beloved ColdFusion rounds numbers with repeating decimals for you when doing division, even when you don't want it to. Consider the...
View ArticleWhat I Learned Today - CFEXECUTE is not Unix-friendly
Update: Based on a conversation with Paul Kukiel, this issue does not seem to exist in Ubuntu Linux. Definitely confirmed in Solaris, unsure about other Unix flavors. For the first time ever, I needed...
View ArticleWhat I Learned Today: IE and Cached AJAX requests
Ran into an issue today that all developers using jQuery and AJAX should be aware of. IE, as a rule, will try and cache all GET requests as much as possible. This includes AJAX requests. So if you...
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