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Recent Blog Comments By Jim

• ColdFusion Bug: Arrays, ArrayLen(), And Implicit Structs

  Posted on Mar 26, 2009 at 6:18 PM

  Hi Ben, I think you're right, it is a bug. It looks like the array is trying to reference the array at zero. Try this code: <cfset arrData = ['']> <cfset arrData[(arrayLen(arrData)+1) - 1 ] = { Foo = "Bar" }> <cfdump var="#arrData#"><cfabor... read more »

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

  Posted on Jan 27, 2009 at 1:19 PM

  Good post Ben. It's a use for Pivot tables that I haven't thought of. Just to add to Ben's discussion, if you're running SQL 2005 or higher, you can use the built-in pivot function to by-pass some of the temp table logic. You can check out the function and some examples here: <... read more »

• My 1,000th ColdFusion Post - What It Means To Me (And Free Prizes)

  Posted on Jan 23, 2009 at 4:18 PM

  I write apps in a variety of languages, and I can honestly say that Coldfusion is one of my favourites. It has the most baked in goodness, and makes it easy to roll out new code.... read more »

• Deleting ColdFusion Scheduled Tasks With CFThread And CFSchedule

  Posted on Dec 29, 2008 at 6:46 PM

  Hi Ben, I'm wondering if you have had any experience using alternative scheduling software? I recently took a look at Quartz ( http://www.opensymphony.com/quartz/ ), and I may end up using in one of projects. I really li... read more »

• Ask Ben: Checking Domain Name Availability Using ColdFusion

  Posted on Nov 25, 2008 at 8:08 PM

  "Isn't the data they're pulling similar to a screen scrape as far as being subject to change?" The standard output is static, and the registrars are less likely to change the output as say, a website. If you want to shortcut this, and if you're using windows, try downloading the EXE,... read more »

• Ask Ben: Checking Domain Name Availability Using ColdFusion

  Posted on Nov 25, 2008 at 7:13 PM

  Hi Guys, You could always try the free tool from zone edit. link: http://www.zoneedit.com/whois.html source: http://www.zoneedit.com/d... read more »

• Ask Ben: Hiding Customer-Specific Image Paths

  Posted on Nov 13, 2008 at 5:38 PM

  Ah, I see now. The author is trying to implement a security model, not a obfuscation model. Having said that, there's no reason the author can't use both tools. Plus it would save the two costly listLast function calls. for instance: Isapi re-write rule: RewriteRule ^/... read more »

• Ask Ben: Hiding Customer-Specific Image Paths

  Posted on Nov 13, 2008 at 5:00 PM

  Hi Guys, I know CF can do this, but why? It's like using a fork to eat soup. Sure you can do it, but it's slow. Check out Isapi rewrite / mod_rewrite, if you're using IIS / apache. You can set up rules to 'mask' URLs. If you're using isapi rewrite, the rule in this case would be s... read more »

• OOPhoto: Initial Thoughts On Handling Security In An Object Oriented Application

  Posted on Sep 30, 2008 at 1:23 PM

  Hey Ben, I'm not too sure if you read this: Dos and Don'ts of Client Authentication on the Web - http://www.usenix.org/events/sec2001/fu/fu_html/ I found it to an enlightening read, albeit a bit off t... read more »

• Ask Ben: Streaming Binary Data From The Database (BLOB) To The User Using ColdFusion

  Posted on Sep 11, 2008 at 6:23 PM

  Hi Ben, A few questions. 1) Is there a reason you didn't use the result attribute, and use the IDENTITYCOL variable to grab the id? 2) Do you know if it's possible to store java classes as binary objects in the db? Thanks, j... read more »

• Katie Maher Rocked My World

  Posted on Jun 19, 2008 at 1:08 PM

  Looks like a good marketing opportunity.... read more »

• June 1st 2008 - National Regular Expression Day! (Post A Comment, Win A Prize)

  Posted on May 28, 2008 at 6:35 PM

  I dig the regEx. I'd love to win the 2b regex shirt. -j... read more »

• Converting A ColdFusion Query To CSV Using QueryToCSV()

  Posted on May 19, 2008 at 1:50 PM

  Hi Ben, I noticed that you store column values as a struct, as opposed to looping over the list. You stated that you do this for speed reasons. I found this not to be true. I took your example code and re-wrote it to use lists instead of structs. Running the example, there w... read more »

• Kinky Solutions Valentine's Day Give Away

  Posted on Feb 5, 2008 at 2:59 PM

  Melissa, I like teh sex. 2 weeks.... read more »

• Advice On Balancing Cohesion, Packaging, And God Objects?

  Posted on Aug 22, 2007 at 7:05 PM

  If you're looking to model it after something, check the cFlicker app. I thought it was a fairly organized way of extending components. http://chris.m0nk3y.net/projects/CFlickr/ Anyone else have code sample they'... read more »

• Sandra Clark Rocked My World

  Posted on Jul 11, 2007 at 2:40 PM

  If you'd like to learn some of the more advanced features of CSS, and brush up on your XHTML, check out CSS Mastery: Advanced Web Standards Solutions - http://www.friendsofed.com/book.html?isbn=1590596145... read more »