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Recent Blog Comments By Derek

• Phone-Based Realtime Authentication With ColdFusion, Twilio, And Pusher

  Posted on Mar 30, 2011 at 4:26 PM

  @Ben from the time the user clicks the call me link, how long did the process take? Google voice also does this when you add new phone numbers. They only require a 2 digit code. Derek... read more »

• Ask Ben: Handling Errors With ColdFusion CFError

  Posted on Aug 19, 2010 at 10:32 AM

  So glad I found this. I think we have a circular reference on the request scope and when dumped is crashing the server. Gonna try out the TOP attribute of cfdump Hope u back up this site religiously, cause if it was lost, it would be devastating. Derek... read more »

• Strange ColdFusion Application.cfc Error Update - It Works AND It Breaks

  Posted on May 1, 2010 at 3:15 PM

  I am now having this issue as well. CF7. Happens in my subdir app.cfc which has SUPER.OnRequestStart(ARGUMENTS.Page) and this is the line that gets the error <cflocation addtoken="no" url="/signin.cfm?err=notloggedin" /> even tho like you said, everything still works. I know thi... read more »

• Ask Ben: Extending Application.cfc And OnRequestStart() With SUPER

  Posted on Apr 30, 2010 at 7:01 AM

  Hey Ben, I am using this method to extend my app.cfc in a logged in only section. I have this snippet just before the return true <cfif not StructKeyExists(session.security,"loggedin") or (StructKeyExists(session,"security") and session.security.loggedin eq 0)> <cflocati... read more »

• DreamWeaver CS3 Slows Me Down

  Posted on Jan 30, 2010 at 10:01 PM

  they will once they figure out that a Java editor is meant just for that. it stinks.... read more »

• DreamWeaver CS3 Slows Me Down

  Posted on Jan 30, 2010 at 11:55 AM

  I think I will wait for CFB 5 when it is a complete rewrite not based on Eclipse. :) I still think they need to open source Homesite or CF Studio. Rather someone take that over and charge $100 for it than use CFB for free. (which we know it won't be)... read more »

• NYC + Snow + ColdFusion + jQuery = Winter Wonderland

  Posted on Dec 20, 2009 at 11:25 AM

  haha,ur a nerd. lol. man, i moved to get away from that stuff. NYC is gonna come to a screeching halt now.... read more »

• How To Unformat Your Code (Like A Pro)

  Posted on Nov 7, 2009 at 11:25 AM

  I think it would be way easier to just use this http://www.logichammer.com/html-formatter/ He just released v3 and it rocks.... read more »

• Project HUGE: Optimum Nutrition Whey Protein - The Best Tasting, Best Mixing Protein Powder

  Posted on Aug 10, 2009 at 7:46 PM

  same one i use. I mix the extreme milk chocolate and banana and it's pretty decent. Also tried cookies & cream. Not bad, but it's still a protein shake.... read more »

• ColdFusion vs. XYZ - It Finally Got Physical

  Posted on Aug 10, 2009 at 10:43 AM

  [arnold voice]You're a funny guy, Sully. I like you. That's why I'm going to kill you last[/arnold voice]... read more »

• ColdFusion vs. XYZ - It Finally Got Physical

  Posted on Aug 10, 2009 at 10:11 AM

  you should have added that you got up and walked out with his girlfriend. haha.... read more »

• Ask Ben: Dynamic Web Root And Site URL Calculations In Application.cfc

  Posted on Jul 20, 2009 at 11:46 AM

  I am still waiting for the example with absolute path calculated. ;)... read more »

• Ask Ben: Dynamic Web Root And Site URL Calculations In Application.cfc

  Posted on Jul 20, 2009 at 11:23 AM

  @Doug, are you saying it's not best practice to mimic your Live environment to DEV and QA and/or staging? If so, I completely disagree. I think they need to mimic each other as best as possible. I know in a personal dev enviroment ur not going to have QA and staging most likely, but in a Enterpri... read more »

• Ask Ben: Dynamic Web Root And Site URL Calculations In Application.cfc

  Posted on Jul 20, 2009 at 11:14 AM

  I guessed too many ppl were pissed that they did that in XP. So they removed the limitation. Also, I believe they didn't want ppl buying XP to use as server OS. ppl won't do that with Vista. Too much overhead.... read more »

• Ask Ben: Dynamic Web Root And Site URL Calculations In Application.cfc

  Posted on Jul 20, 2009 at 11:09 AM

  oh, i should mention, I am using Vista. No IIS site limitations. If you are on XP, move along, nothing to see here. Are you using XP?... read more »

• Ask Ben: Dynamic Web Root And Site URL Calculations In Application.cfc

  Posted on Jul 20, 2009 at 11:03 AM

  Using IIS for the most part. My dev and live environments will usually mimic each other as much as possible. I always use a host name on dev like http://site1 http://site2 and use the hosts file to point them all to 127.0.0.1 and put a host header in IIS for each site. So /images i... read more »

• Learning ColdFusion 9: IsNull() And Working With NULL Values

  Posted on Jul 20, 2009 at 10:55 AM

  Would have been nice of them to make an isEmpty() like PHP. Could stop using Len(Trim())... read more »

• Ask Ben: Dynamic Web Root And Site URL Calculations In Application.cfc

  Posted on Jul 20, 2009 at 10:48 AM

  I always use absolute path on my assets.... read more »

• Am I The Only One Who Likes White Space In My ColdFusion Code?

  Posted on Jul 20, 2009 at 12:01 AM

  meh, that didn't work out, was supposed to be tons of space, but u get the idea. would love to see the code tho.... read more »

• Am I The Only One Who Likes White Space In My ColdFusion Code?

  Posted on Jul 20, 2009 at 12:01 AM

  Well ya, that's a given. ;) cfoutput var var /cfoutput lol... read more »