February 28, 2005
I was scheduled to be in the Washington DC area all week this week, but am stuck in bed with the flu and a respiratory infection. I am told that I look pathetic and sound even worse. Fun stuff, huh? I was also supposed to speak to the MDCFUG tomorrow night, but obviously won't make it now. In all...
February 27, 2005
Brian Kotek's Builder.com story on CFMX7 is now online (also carried on TechRepublic ).
February 27, 2005
I wrote an article for Macromedia's Edge newsletter on Flash Forms and Flex, explaining the similarities and differences, and clarifying when to use each. The article entitled ColdFusion MX 7: Creating Flash Forms with Ease and Flex-ability is now online (see section 2).
February 26, 2005
UK CFer John Beynon has posted a very useful document that could help you justify ColdFusion Enterprise (over Standard).
February 24, 2005
Government Computer News is running a story entitled Apps on tap about tools and products to use to bring Web Services based applciations online, and gives an example of ColdFusion being used at the San Diego County Department of Child Support.
February 22, 2005
I just finished my last session in Amsterdam, thus wrapping almost three weeks of International ColdFusion MX 7 launch activities (in Japan, England, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, Belgium, and the Netherlands). The past 17 days have been a blur of flights hotels and taxis, interviews and briefings...
February 21, 2005
If you have not tried this one yet, you must. Really. This is one gem that has, for the most part, slipped under the radar. ... In addition to the actual query, can return a structure containing query information (including the SQL executed).
February 21, 2005
I am in Amsterdam now, the last stop on this European launch tour. I presented ColdFusion MX 7 in Brussels this afternoon, at a CF Seminar attended by crowd of 120. Less than a dozen of those present had seen CFMX7, so the content was fresh for most. I have now presented CFMX7 hundreds of times to...
February 21, 2005
Judging by how often this one comes up, there seems to be much confusion and need for clarification. So ... ColdFusion MX 7 can execute compiled .cfm files, Java bytecode instead of CFML source. All editions of ColdFusion can compile CFML source for deployment, and all versions of ColdFusion can...
February 20, 2005
There are lots of product TechNotes on the Macromedia site, and their individual URLs can be long and unwieldy. To make accessing specific TechNotes easier, you can use /go/ URLs, in the format /go/tn_nnnnn (assuming you know the TechNote ID, that is). For example, to access TechNote 17883 you can...