JeffG

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• Ask Ben: Removing Duplicate List Items While Maintaining Original List Order

  Posted on Jan 20, 2009 at 7:23 AM

  @Ben, @Jon Yes in the current format the Java solution is case sensitive. The CF arraySort() will also sort the array "text" or "textnocase" so that you can really control the results should you want to sort them.... read more »

• Ask Ben: Removing Duplicate List Items While Maintaining Original List Order

  Posted on Jan 15, 2009 at 12:48 PM

  I could not resist - Here is a version without cfloop based on java It will allow you to retain the original list sort or to sort any way you want. It is based on posts I have read from: Adrian J. Moreno and Ben Nadel Links to those posts are at the bottom <cfset strList = "1,1,2,3,4,1,3,5,5,1... read more »

• Zen, Motorcycle Maintenance, And Producing Software

  Posted on Nov 21, 2008 at 10:15 AM

  @Daren - You have a point. I like to think that as developers we exist to solve a problem. That means we address the needs and end goals of the client. In that process we need to avoid torturing the people we serve. The Tao De Jing says that "We are the ocean." Lao Tze was speaking of management ... read more »

• Zen, Motorcycle Maintenance, And Producing Software

  Posted on Nov 21, 2008 at 9:23 AM

  I wholeheartedly agree. For many years I have preached the following... Software needs to make the clients life better. Otherwise the application has missed the mark. People need to feel that the tools they are given streamline a process and save them effort. Getting stuff done should be fun, not w... read more »