November 10, 2003
Having problems using the ColdFusion Administrator file browser on Windows 2003? The problem is likely the lack of a JRE as explained in this new TechNote: http://www.macromedia.com/support/coldfusion/ts/documents/admin_jre.htm.
November 8, 2003
ComputerWorld Australia (http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php?id=1014291142&fp=16&fpid=0) is running a story on how a ColdFusion based open-source content management system is saving the Australian Film, Television and Radio School thousands of dollars. The CMS is FarCry created by our...
November 6, 2003
Brian Kotek has posted a nice little article on CFMX 6.1 on Builder.com (http://builder.com.com/5100-6371-5093805.html). Nothing radical or new here, but some useful little examples and code snippets.
November 5, 2003
takes the URL of the WSDL file for the Web Service to be used. That URL is retrieved by ColdFusion via an HTTP call, and that HTTP call takes time. To improve the performance of Web Service invocation you may save the WSDL locally and then use a local URL in . The remote Web Service will still be...
November 4, 2003
Looks like I'll be in Louisville, KY on December 2nd, and that sounds like a perfect opportunity to meet the local CFUG/MMUG. The event and link have been posted to my homepage. See you there!
November 4, 2003
ColdFusion expert (and long time CF Studio user) Simon Horwith has written an intriguing article on using Dreamweaver MX 2004 with ColdFusion. He presents some very compelling ways to extend Dreamweaver for ColdFusion use, and even confesses "the truth is that the more I use Dreamweaver MX 2004,...
November 3, 2003
A cf-talk subscriber today wanted to know where to obtain a "Powered by ColdFusion MX" button from. The Macromedia Web Buttons are somewhat buried on the site, so I thought I'd share the URL here in case others wanted it to: http://www.macromedia.com/macromedia/style_guide/buttons/. You'll find...
November 1, 2003
Honestly, I have never needed to do this myself, but apparently many ColdFusion users have, and several have asked me for advice in the past few days. So ... If you were to store CFML source code in a database so that it may be retrieved via a simple database query, what would be the best way to...
October 23, 2003
The syntax for calling Oracle (8.1 or higher)stored procedures which return reference cursors in Macromedia ColdFusion MX is different from that of previous versions of ColdFusion. A new tech note on this subject has been posted at...
October 23, 2003
Which web server technology powers the US Federal Government? Most Government sites are private and behind firewalls, but the public face of the .gov domain hold valuable clues. A search on Google looking for specific file extensions (use "allinurl:cfm site:.gov", for example) yields the following...