Apache Derby is an open source relational database implemented entirely in Java - it has a tiny footprint (2MB or so), includes an embedded JDBC driver, and supports both simple local access as well as client-server type access. So what does this have to do with ColdFusion? Well, Jason Delmore...
We've been talking about Scorpio Eclipse extensions, and many of you have seen me using Dreamweaver with Scorpio language awareness ... but what about HomeSite (including ColdFusion Studio)? While we'll not be adding any new functionality to HomeSite, you will be pleased to know that we do indeed...
I debated posting this entry. On the one hand the story in ComputerWorld today demands a response, and on the other hand as the story is an attempt to draw traffic and readers, I'm helping by responding. But, so many of you have asked me to respond that I feel I have no choice but to do so. So ......
During last night's usergroup presentation I mentioned another new Scorpio tag, one we've not yet discussed publicly, and the tag that will now appear last in alphabetical CFML tag listings. provides access to ZIP and JAR files, supporting the following actions: DELETE deletes one or more files...
20 flights (almost all on schedule), 2 train rides (including a last minute impromptu one), 16 hotel stays (one with the added fun of being stuck in an elevator, a glass elevator make that), over 3,000 miles driven, 24 usergroup presentations, a conference and a 1/2 day seminar and several customer...
ColdFusion MX7 introduced the ability to asynchronously spawn ColdFusion requests using an event gateway. While many take advantage of this capability, it has some significant limitations, the biggest of which is that threads can only be spawned, there is no way to monitor spawned threads or wait...
I'll be presenting ColdFusion Scorpio to the Mid-Michigan CFUG in East Lansing this evening, my final in-person presentation on the U.S. portion of this tour (we're planning several online presentations for groups we could not visit in person, and Adam still has a couple of presentations coming up...
This morning Tim, Adam, and I will be presenting "The Future Of ColdFusion" at a seminar in Washington, D.C. Then we head over to the inaugural meeting of the new Capitol Hill User Group . Tim and Adam will be presenting, but I'll drop by briefly before heading to the airport for a flight to...
I am on my way down to D.C. from New Jersey. But, with the storm moving through here, my flight is delayed and it looks like it'll be delayed further. I was advised against driving down (Beltway traffic concerns), and so dashed over to the Newark Amtrak station to catch a train down to D.C....
Two great events in N.Y. yesterday, with 75 attendees in Albany and over 80 in NYC. Today we have a lunch time usergroup meeting in N.J., and then I head down to D.C. for three events, a usergroup presentation this evening, and a seminar and midday usergroup session tomorrow morning. Links to all...