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Recent Blog Comments By Jules Gravinese

• Man Down: Proof Beyond A Reasonable Doubt That Women Are Better At Everything By Dan Abrams

  Posted on Apr 4, 2011 at 3:36 PM

  Well then... why did it take a man to write this book? =P... read more »

• The ColdFusion Application Server Tagline Contest ($50 Amazon Gift Card)

  Posted on Jun 27, 2010 at 1:42 AM

  Here's my batch... ColdFusion Application Server: Because Ben said so, that's why. Is gooder'n grits. Save money on the bull, ride a codeboy. It's so powerful you'll lose your right leg! ColdFusion Application Server: Easier to use than Adobe Fireworks, apparently.*<... read more »

• NYC + Snow + ColdFusion + jQuery = Winter Wonderland

  Posted on Dec 20, 2009 at 12:14 PM

  You write neater in snow than I do on paper! Out on the island we got close to 2 feet. I shoveled half my driveway and stopped for a break. Oh well, still beats coding in PHP =)... read more »

• Using CSS Fixed Position Elements Across Browsers

  Posted on Oct 15, 2009 at 1:49 PM

  Hey Ben, check this out. I'm using fixed positions of PNGs with transparency for a fading effect on content when you scroll: http://2009.webveteran.com/ Click "about" for a page with more scrollable content.... read more »

• Ask Ben: Enforcing An SSL (HTTPS) Connection Based On Request

  Posted on Jul 28, 2009 at 11:20 AM

  @Ben, My mind always thinks 'ecommerce' when I hear SSL. But of course SSL is ideal for extranets, too. Following the thought of ecommerce... the largest way a visitor comes to the site is through a search engine. If you want to force visitors to use a certain protocol, then the best... read more »

• Ask Ben: Enforcing An SSL (HTTPS) Connection Based On Request

  Posted on Jul 28, 2009 at 10:14 AM

  Hi Ben, Food for thought: <cfset local.url = local.protocol & application.domainName> <cfif cgi.script_name neq '/index.cfm'> <cfset local.url = local.url & cgi.script_name> </cfif> <cfif cgi.query_string is not ''> <cfset lo... read more »

• MySQL 3/4 - com.mysql.jdbc.Driver And allowMultiQueries=true

  Posted on Mar 27, 2009 at 9:07 PM

  Yes, thats why I like it so much. So why bother with an auto incrementing ID?... read more »

• MySQL 3/4 - com.mysql.jdbc.Driver And allowMultiQueries=true

  Posted on Mar 27, 2009 at 4:33 PM

  I'm confused by your method. Doesn't the client still have the PKID, and use it to gain access to order information? They could then still tamper with it - no?... read more »

• MySQL 3/4 - com.mysql.jdbc.Driver And allowMultiQueries=true

  Posted on Mar 27, 2009 at 3:03 PM

  @Will Tomlinson, Use incremental IDs for order IDs and folks know how many orders were placed, and try to snoop on other orders. Sorta like project/invoice and check numbers. My good client can see month to month how many other invoices I've generated besides theirs. And I can see how... read more »

• MySQL 3/4 - com.mysql.jdbc.Driver And allowMultiQueries=true

  Posted on Mar 26, 2009 at 8:25 AM

  @Thilo Hermann, My opinion on that is, to not use auto incrementing IDs - use UUIDs instead. But I'm sure Mr. Nadel is tired of that discussion =)... read more »

• MySQL 3/4 - com.mysql.jdbc.Driver And allowMultiQueries=true

  Posted on Mar 25, 2009 at 4:33 PM

  Make sure your queries are sanitized. Most SQL injection attacks use the ability to do multiple queries per connection.... read more »

• Ask Ben: Selecting A Random Row From A Weighted, Filtered Record Set

  Posted on Jan 27, 2009 at 10:48 AM

  Great info. I could have used this in the past! Why would you want to select the women with the most weight first? :P... read more »