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Recent Blog Comments By Ben Mueller

• Comparing ColdFusion Struct Equality With Java

  Posted on Oct 5, 2011 at 10:54 AM

  I should follow up and say that perhaps this post wasn't the right place for my comment, given that it's really a problem with how CF handles JSON, and not with the Equals() function. Had I done a little more Googling prior to posting, I would have seen that the CF community has its fair share o... read more »

• Comparing ColdFusion Struct Equality With Java

  Posted on Oct 4, 2011 at 5:20 PM

  Looks like others have hit the same issue I've just hit, having to do with Boolean variables. I was attempting to serialize a structure to JSON, then deserialize the data and compare the deserialized version to the original structure, like this: <cfset myStruct = { bla = "hel... read more »

• A Big Hole In My Understanding Of ColdFusion Scheduled Tasks

  Posted on Aug 15, 2011 at 6:51 PM

  @Lawrence, Sorry for the delay. On vacation. I'd suggest updating a database record immediately before you start the routine to set a status like "task in progress". Then, execute the task. When the task is done, update the status to "complete". If your task ta... read more »

• A Big Hole In My Understanding Of ColdFusion Scheduled Tasks

  Posted on Aug 13, 2011 at 7:59 AM

  @Lawrence, Sorry. How long does it take each scheduled task to execute, approximately? I'm guessing longer than a standard page request?... read more »

• A Big Hole In My Understanding Of ColdFusion Scheduled Tasks

  Posted on Aug 12, 2011 at 2:52 PM

  @Lawrence, Take it as a given that I don't know your system, nor what you require, so my advice might be no good. However, I'd suggest something like: Have script A set up to run at 1AM, B at 2AM and C at 3AM. At the completion of each script, update your "scheduledTasks"... read more »

• A Big Hole In My Understanding Of ColdFusion Scheduled Tasks

  Posted on Aug 12, 2011 at 2:19 PM

  @Lawrence, I would personally keep a record of scheduled tasks in a database, including information about when they should execute, when they last executed, and dependencies. I'd think it would be pretty straightforward to write CF code around that.... read more »

• A Big Hole In My Understanding Of ColdFusion Scheduled Tasks

  Posted on Aug 3, 2011 at 10:06 AM

  @Ben, (-;... read more »

• A Big Hole In My Understanding Of ColdFusion Scheduled Tasks

  Posted on Jul 24, 2011 at 2:31 PM

  nuts... read more »

• A Big Hole In My Understanding Of ColdFusion Scheduled Tasks

  Posted on Jul 24, 2011 at 2:08 PM

  @raymond. which Ben gets the +1. (-;... read more »

• A Big Hole In My Understanding Of ColdFusion Scheduled Tasks

  Posted on Jun 29, 2011 at 4:39 PM

  As for the issue of running multiple scheduled tasks, I tend to set up a single scheduled task in the CF Administrator which runs every 5 minutes (ish). When that task runs, the page that's called looks at a table of tasks to determine which, if any, should be run. For example, a "cleanup... read more »