If you're questioning whether to upgrade to ColdFusion 4.5, let me put that
issue to rest for you: Yes! Even though the change from 4.0 to 4.5 is
considered only a mid-level upgrade, it's actually a significant improvement.
The enhancements in this new release are too many to cover in just one
article. This month I'll review the improvements to ColdFusion Studio; in a
forthcoming issue I'll walk you through the changes to the ColdFusion Server
and ColdFusion Markup Language (CFML).
Editor Enhancements
At first glance, ColdFusion Studio 4.5 looks much like 4.0 (see Figure 1). It
s... (more)
Well, the new millennium is finally here (sorry for those of you who thought
it started last year) and with it comes many unanswered and some unanswerable
questions.
Fortunately for you CF developers out there, your CF questions don't have to
fall into the category of unanswerable.... Send them in, and we'll get them
answered for you. Here are some recent questions to kick off the new yea... (more)
Two questions I received this month made me realize just how often we
overlook the power of Lists and the many List functions in CF.
Many times, we look at a string or other piece of data and don't even realize
that what we're looking at is actually a list. Once we realize that something
can be treated as a list, CF gives us many ways of using or manipulating that
data. Here are two perfe... (more)
This month we have three questions to consider. I like them all because
they're very practical and applicable to many kinds of applications.
I particularly like the third question about encryption methods because it
gives me an opportunity to cover two undocumented ColdFusion functions. I
hope you find my answers helpful. Keep those questions coming!
Q: My question has to do with forcing s... (more)