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: Q:I understand the importance of using CFLOCK with the S... (more)

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. Many of you have taken the ColdFusion classes offered by Allaire...and many of you haven't. If you have, you probably ... (more)

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. Another goal is to give y... (more)

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 Firs... (more)

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 cove... (more)