Jeff Dierking

Recent Blog Comments By Jeff Dierking

• Strange ColdFusion URLDecode() and GetEncoding() Behavior

  Posted on Feb 6, 2009 at 5:19 PM

  @Ben I understand completely with what you are saying. However, in my current situation, I have a deep appreciation of these restrictions. I am coming in on an established application that has had many "generations" of development and many different developers - and therefor styles. I have come ... read more »

• Strange ColdFusion URLDecode() and GetEncoding() Behavior

  Posted on Feb 6, 2009 at 4:40 PM

  @Ben I found the reference that wasd in the back of my head. http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/8/htmldocs/help.html?content=Expressions_2.html#2711961 Third bullet in this case.... read more »

• Strange ColdFusion URLDecode() and GetEncoding() Behavior

  Posted on Feb 5, 2009 at 11:07 AM

  @Ben I understand your desire for simplified naming, but there are times when the implicit scope precedence does not always work as expected. In the case of arguments such as this, I have started prefixing the variables with in. So for this, I'd us inURL. What is nice about this methodology is t... read more »

• Strange ColdFusion URLDecode() and GetEncoding() Behavior

  Posted on Feb 5, 2009 at 10:22 AM

  Ben, Maybe I am confused as to this code. Are you attempting to URLDecode the entire URL structure? (ie All passed parameters in the URL (GET) scope?... read more »

• Strange ColdFusion URLDecode() and GetEncoding() Behavior

  Posted on Feb 5, 2009 at 9:31 AM

  ...; try inURL instead.... read more »

• Strange ColdFusion URLDecode() and GetEncoding() Behavior

  Posted on Feb 5, 2009 at 9:30 AM

  Ben, You'll want to use a different variable name, URL is the name of the built in structure for get elements.... read more »