Which is the faster way to check whether or not a string is empty, or ? The commonly held view is that it is the latter, but, after a heated debate today on the subject of optimization, I decided to test it for myself. The result? Almost no difference at all, in fact, I had to run the test...
I opted not to installed ODBC support when I installed ColdFusion MX 6.1, and of course, now I need it. I discovered an installer that looked like it should do the trick, but it didn't, and a reinstall of CF did not seem to work either. The solution? Here it is (courtesy of Mike Nimer): 1: Locate...
Another nice find (this one shared by Phil Costa, ColdFusion Product manager). mySPIKE (at http://myspike.wharton.upenn.edu/) is the Wharton School of Business portal site powered by ColdFusion MX (running on Windows). The application is classic portal; lots of customizable windows in tabbed...
I've recently received several email questions about using Access with ColdFusion MX on Windows 98 or ME. The ColdFusion MX Administrator does not list Microsoft Access as an available driver type when ColdFusion is running on Windows 98 or ME. But, if you do need to work with Access, don't...
I love bumping into .cfm extensions on sites that I had no idea were using ColdFusion. My latest find is NEC-Mitsubishi (at http://www.necmitsubishi.com/). I was reviewing monitor specs (for a new LCD monitor) and discovered that almost the entire site is ColdFusion; product specs, company info,...
ColdFusion has integrated debugging features, and has for a long time. Most CF developers rely heavily on ColdFusion's ability to append debug output to generated pages, and tags like and and are also used when debugging code. cfstat and PerfMon integration provide some visibility into the CF...
I'll be in Europe later this month to take part in a series of partner briefings on ColdFusion MX 6.1 and Studio MX 2004. We'll be in Germany (Nürnberg), Belgium (Antwerp), France (Paris), and England (London). Details and registration information are posted at...
I'll be speaking to the Japan ColdFusion User Group in Tokyo on September 17th, and to the UKCFUG in London on September 24th. Details of both events will be posted to my home page as soon as I have them. If you're in either neighborhood, drop by.
I have recently been spending countless hours tinkering with regular expressions (for a project that I'll blog within the next few days, I hope). ColdFusion has great regular expression support, but the REFind() and REFindNoCase() functions annoy me no end. I like that I can opt for a position and...
The following tip was sent to me by Ben Cline, and is posted verbatim. Thanks Ben. Ben writes ... I found something lacking in the Macromedia documentation and nearly everything I’ve read about CF. It’s the use of XSL parameters. I found a way to successfully do this, and have tried to...