By Bruce Van Horn I don't know about you, but February is going to be a very busy month for me. Not only is there plenty of CF work to keep me busy, but my wife, my son, and I are eagerly awaiting the birth of baby boy number two! Nevertheless, I have questions to answer and one revision to make on a p... Jan. 31, 2003 12:00 AM EST Reads: 10,796 |
By Bruce Van Horn Can you believe it's December already? 2002 was certainly a year of big changes for many CFers as Macromedia released the new MX products. Many of us scrambled to come up to speed on the new changes in CFMX. However, the fundamentals of CF programming didn't really change. Nov. 19, 2002 12:00 AM EST Reads: 10,299 |
By Bruce Van Horn Greetings. I hope all of you who attended the DevCon last month enjoyed it, and came away with some great tips and tricks. This month's column is short, but hopefully addresses some problems that you've encountered recently. Keep those questions coming! Oct. 22, 2002 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 11,028 |
By Bruce Van Horn September means summer is over and we all get back to work or back to school. And for those of us who have been out of school for a very long time, I hope you always look for opportunities to learn something new. Send me your questions if you get stuck! Aug. 23, 2002 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 8,921 Replies: 1 |
By Bruce Van Horn Wow! Can you believe it's June already? The last few months have been blurred by the flurry of excitement around the new MX products announced and released by Macromedia. As you'll see from the first question, I'm very excited about the new CFMX product. I know you'll like it once you ... May. 30, 2002 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 9,632 Replies: 1 |
By Bruce Van Horn 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... May. 2, 2002 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 9,086 |
By Bruce Van Horn 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 somethi... Apr. 8, 2002 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 9,287 |
By Bruce Van Horn Sometimes I take for granted just how cool ColdFusion really is! The other day one of my programmers asked me how to do what I thought was a fairly easy task. When I showed him the four lines of CF code he needed, he said, 'ColdFusion rocks! It would have taken me 50 lines in PHP to do... Mar. 11, 2002 12:00 AM EST Reads: 9,773 Replies: 1 |
By Bruce Van Horn We're only two months into 2002 and it's already shaping up to be a very busy year for ColdFusion development. I hope you're experiencing the same thing. If so, don't forget we're here to help you with all your CF-related issues. This month I have two questions for you. Feb. 5, 2002 12:00 AM EST Reads: 7,230 |
By Bruce Van Horn Before you read this article look at your calendar. That's right: it's December already! Where did 2001 go so fast? The first year of the new millennium was definitely not one of those 'ho-hum-nothing-much-happened' years. It was a busy, exciting, turbulent, and tragic year for most of... Dec. 3, 2001 12:00 AM EST Reads: 7,237 |
By Bruce Van Horn Thanks to all of you for reading this column every month and for sending in questions. Whether or not they get printed, keep 'em coming! I enjoy the interaction and trying to help solve your CF problems.This month I have room to address only two questions. Both of them, I think, are im... Nov. 1, 2001 12:00 AM EST Reads: 6,683 |
By Bruce Van Horn Q:What's OnRequestEnd.cfm? A:OnRequestEnd.cfm is the twin brother of Application. cfm. When the code inside a file named Application.cfm is automatically included at the beginning of every .cfm file in the same subdirectory (and any directory below, provided that there isn't another Ap... Oct. 4, 2001 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 8,417 |
By Bruce Van Horn I hope that all of you are enjoying your summer and getting in plenty of R&R. If you aren't, I hope you have at least upgraded to the new CF Server 5.0. Aug. 8, 2001 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 8,950 |
By Bruce Van Horn We have some more good questions to tackle this month. We'll look at Client variables, a pesky CFMAIL problem, and ways to delete Session variables. Jul. 11, 2001 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 7,377 |
By Bruce Van Horn Thanks again to those of you who have sent in questions or comments about this monthly column. If you'd like to see an archive of previous questions and answers, please visit www.NetsiteDynamics.com/AskCFDJ. Jun. 7, 2001 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 8,530 |
By Bruce Van Horn Well it's April already! Can you believe it? If you're like me, you've got a full-blown case of 'spring fever' and it's hard to concentrate on CF code. But spring is also a time for new projects and pressing deadlines. Mar. 30, 2001 12:00 AM EST Reads: 7,610 |
By Bruce Van Horn It looks as if this month's column is all about functions. In the questions and answers below we'll look at RandRange(), ListLen(), ListAppend(), GetTickCount(), and the ever-elusive Soundex() functions. Feb. 22, 2001 12:00 AM EST Reads: 8,148 |
By Bruce Van Horn My thanks to those of you who've read this column and let me know that it's actually helped. Even more thanks to those who've sent in questions - keep them coming! Here are some of the most recent ones. Jan. 27, 2001 12:00 AM EST Reads: 8,985 |
By Bruce Van Horn 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. Dec. 26, 2000 12:00 AM EST Reads: 7,595 |
By Bruce Van Horn 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. Dec. 26, 2000 12:00 AM EST Reads: 7,795 |
By Bruce Van Horn Thanks to those of you who sent in questions recently. I hope the answers you received from me or other members of the Allaire training team were helpful. For our readers, here are a few of the questions that were submitted: Nov. 27, 2000 12:00 AM EST Reads: 7,089 |
By Bruce Van Horn Welcome to the second installment of this column. If you're a new reader, the purpose of the column is to give you another source for your CF-related questions. Oct. 30, 2000 12:00 AM EST Reads: 7,313 |
By Bruce Van Horn It's been a long time since we announced this column back in May, but it's finally here! The purpose of the column is to expose you to some of the questions that Allaire's trainers are asked in the classroom and, hopefully, to give you the right answer. Oct. 5, 2000 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 6,609 |
By Bruce Van Horn I often hear ColdFusion developers and some of my colleagues who do training for Allaire say things like, 'Don't just walk away from MS Access_run!' While I think I know much of the rationale for a statement like that, I still feel I have to come to its defense. The Bad News First! Apr. 3, 2000 12:00 AM EDT Reads: 11,546 Replies: 1 |
By Bruce Van Horn 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. Mar. 16, 2000 12:00 AM EST Reads: 6,641 |
Bruce Van Horn is president of Netsite Dynamics, LLC, a certified ColdFusion developer/instructor, and a member of the CFDJ International Advisory Board.
