Apache iBATIS is a framework that can be used to abstract database interaction. Or, in the words of the about page: iBATIS couples objects with stored procedures or SQL statements using a XML descriptor. So why do I mention this? Look at this code snippet extracted from a SQL map XML file: SELECT...
My Sams Teach Yourself SQL in 10 Minutes has been released in e-book format (I do not know which edition of the book this is). You can buy the e-book version from Amazon.com .
The slides that I used in my "ColdFusion Security Essentials" presentation last month (down in Rolins, GA) are now online at http://www.forta.com/cf/resources/CFMX7_Security_Essentials.swf.
October 16th-19th, 2005, at the Anaheim Convention Center, in Anaheim, CA. More details to be posted soon to the Macromedia MAX 2005 page. Call for topics and speakers is now open .
I am not a fan of Motorola cell phones and related peripherals, but this device may be worth a look at if your car is not Bluetooth enabled. The Motorola Bluetooth blnc IHF1000 Car Kit uses the Bluetooth Hands-Free profile to act as an external voice operated speakerphone.
I mentioned this in a comment on a prior post , but it is important enough to warrant its own mention. If you are using Flash Remoting to access ColdFusion code, you may run into an issue in which ColdFusion could construct an invalid URL when appending a jsessionid. If this occurs the web server...
Detroit played host to Powered by Detroit this weekend, its first ColdFusion/Flash conference, with about 150 attendees from all over. I attended day two (today, Sunday) and presented a general session on CFMX7, and then took part in a panel along with Mike Dinowitz and Simon Horwith. Thanks to...
Conversant's SoapBox Server 2005 is a leading Windows based XMPP server, supporting text messaging, managed contact lists, secure chat rooms, and more. ColdFusion MX 7, via the XMPP protocol gateway, can interact with SoapBox Server providing messaging capabilities to CF apps, presence awareness...
Macromedia has posted Security Bulletin MPSB05-02 - Workaround available for ColdFusion MX 6.1 Updater file disclosure . This issue only effects J2EE Configuration - ColdFusion MX 6.1 for JRun4 (Updater 1) (CFMX7 on JRun4 is not effected).
The UK's National Hi-Tech Crime Unit web site is powered by ColdFusion MX. The site is running a CFMX powered CMS named NQcontent (which is also used by lots of other organizations . This one sent to me by Anthony Cooper, thanks.