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Screwy issue when defining a string. (cfif within a cfset)

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:51:00 -0400

I was browsing through some tickets in Jira today when I found a couple of bugs related to tables not displaying correctly in MSIE. When I found an example, it basically looked like a <TR> tag had not been closed correctly. When I viewed the source HTML, imagine how surprised I was to find a <cfif> statement gumming up the works. [More]

SQL approach to Showing Every Nth Record

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:19:00 -0400

Earlier today, Ray Camden posted a quick ColdFusion-centric solution to showing only the Nth records of a query. His solution is fine, but I wonder how it would perform for large queries on a site under high load. Here's a database-centric solution that pulls back every Nth record, allowing CF to just display the final record set. [More]

Adobe MAX 2008 Day 2 Overview

Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0400

Since I'm so late in covering the rest of my MAX trip, I'll just hit the highlights and link to extended coverage elsewhere. [More]

Adobe MAX 2008 Day 1 Overview

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 23:00:00 -0400

The first day of MAX was so very interesting. Even though there were more attendees than last year, the layout of the Moscone West convention center made for a much better experience. The Unconference sessions that ran alongside the official sessions weren't just the icing on the cake. Sometimes they were the cake (not a lie). [More]

CF_Underground & Adobe MAX 2008 Day 0

Mon, 24 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0400

Before MAX even got underway, I spent an afternoon at Adobe HQ with a bunch of other ColdFusion die hards. Apparently, the plethora of ColdFusion sessions available at MAX weren't enough for some of us. Afterwards, beer! [More]

A few updates before heading to Adobe MAX

Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:36:00 -0400

First, let me apologize for the recent lack of posts. I've been working on a number of projects at work and I just haven't been able to find the time for blogging. I just uploaded some tweaks to the site's layout. Please let me know if anything's out of whack. [More]

Adobe MAX 2008 BoF: Addressing the ColdFusion Developers' Skills Gap

Fri, 14 Nov 2008 18:16:00 -0400

If you're going to MAX this year, make sure to check out the Bird of a Feather (BoF) meetings Monday night (11/17). These are informal, 50 minute meetings where we can discuss various issues and get to know each other while eating pizza and having a few beers. [More]

Remove duplicate list or array elements using ColdFusion and Java

Wed, 22 Oct 2008 19:53:00 -0400

I've been working on a new feature for my company's main application. Basically I need to associate some data with a list of students. The list of students is generated from existing class rosters. Since students can be in more than one class, it's possible the same student gets selected twice. So how can I quickly remove any duplicates and store only the unique list of students? [More]

RoundArch is looking for Flex and/or J2EE developers

Fri, 17 Oct 2008 18:53:00 -0400

I got an e-mail from Josh Berling at RoundArch in Chicago. He's looking for Flex and/or J2EE developers wanting full time or contract work. I met him at last year's MAX and seems like a great guy to work with. He's definitely a Flex guru and the work I saw was really cutting edge. [More]

TexFlex - Dallas Flex Camp - October 17, 2008

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:50:00 -0400

This morning, John Campos from the Dallas Flex User Group announced that "Miller & Associates is throwing TexFlex, a Dallas Flex Camp in conjunction with Adobe." It's only $25 to attend and there's only 300 spots, so sign up ASAP. http://flex.org/events/2008/08/27/texflex-dallas-flex-camp

Using jQuery with ColdFusion to handle form field values

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 00:00:00 -0400

More often than not, you're placing ColdFusion (or any server-side language) code within HTML to set pre-existing values of a form. You can cut down on tons of excess server-side code by setting those values using Javascript. Here are a few examples of how you can use jQuery with ColdFusion to set form values. [More]

The Mach-II Primer has a new home

Wed, 06 Aug 2008 01:00:00 -0400

A few weeks ago, Peter J Farrell from the Mach-II team asked if I would contribute the Mach-II Primer to the project's main Wiki. It took me about 30 seconds to agree. [More]

Yo Adrian! / OOCF 7.3.1: How does my bean get a new ID when calling Create()?

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 01:00:00 -0400

Justin Treher asks: "Yo, Adrian. I see that you are using autonumber for your tables. Whenever you run the CREATE method in the DAO you are just returning true. How does the application get the ID?" [More]

Minify your Javascript bloat with Scriptalizer

Thu, 10 Jul 2008 12:37:00 -0400

Aaron Lynch, one of the brains behind InstantSpot.com has just launched a new ColdFusion tag, as well as a website that allows you to compress multiple Javascript files into a single, minified file. [More]

Check All Checkboxes with JQuery

Wed, 09 Jul 2008 22:16:00 -0400

I've been working with JQuery quite a bit lately and I'm aggravated that I didn't pick it up sooner. Someone on the DFW CFUG mailing list asked for a quick example of why they should use it. Another post on the JQuery list asked how to create a "Check All" box using JQuery. I decided to expand on the "check all" example I posted to the CFUG list to show how things have progressed from old school Javascript to JQuery. [More]