Phil Duba

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• ColdFusion Optimizing Case Study: Writing Orders To A CSV File

  Posted on May 4, 2007 at 11:01 AM

  I'd put #Chr(13)##Chr(10)# as the delimiter to get it on separate lines.... read more »

• ColdFusion Optimizing Case Study: Writing Orders To A CSV File

  Posted on May 4, 2007 at 9:33 AM

  I did something similar at my previous job but I used the ArrayAppend() method. I did a blog post a while back: http://www.philduba.com/index.cfm/2006/10/20/Improving-Performance-Concatenating-Large-Strings. The string buffer method is good to. In my testing there wasn't a discernible difference b... read more »

• Ask Ben: Limit File Upload Size In ColdFusion

  Posted on May 2, 2007 at 9:50 AM

  I agree Ben. I had problems in a CMS where CSS files were being uploaded that weren't of mime type text/css, but something else entirely. This was the piece of code I used as a starting point: http://developer.fusium.com/code/ (it's about half-way down) and just added as I needed.... read more »

• Frameworks vs. Object Oriented Programming

  Posted on May 2, 2007 at 9:41 AM

  Seems to me you are using a page-controller framework. Ultimately, that's what spaghetti code is, but if you componentized your business logic for reusability into some type(s) of object(s), you are using the Page Controller and Object Oriented techniques. So I would say you are an OO programmer.... read more »

• Ask Ben: Limit File Upload Size In ColdFusion

  Posted on May 2, 2007 at 9:39 AM

  Ben, it's the ACCEPT attribute, and it would only list accepted mime types. I forgot where I saw it, but I know someone has a mime type structure built with most of the common types already.... read more »

• Am I A Senior Programmer?

  Posted on Apr 13, 2007 at 2:56 PM

  I disagree that a senior developer needs to lead a group of developers. To me, that's the definition of a Lead Developer or Technical lead. To me, a senior developer is one who has gone the entire gambit of requirements gathering, design/architecture, development, internal testing, uat, and support/... read more »

• Fireworks CS3 Review Over On FireworksZone

  Posted on Apr 4, 2007 at 3:26 PM

  I'm right there with you Ben. I feel overwhelmed when I look at Photoshop. I like the easy interface of FW and how simple things seem to be.... read more »