Story in The Globe and Mail today (http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040315.gtonfolio0315/BNStory/Technology/) on a just announced product named Onfolio, a content aggregation application that runs inside of Internet Explorer. And who is Onfolio's founder? None other than J. J....
You've seen the Oracle ads: faster, cheaper ... and it "never breaks". Oracle servers never break, great. But I just noticed some fine print at the bottom of the ads, and I quote: "Note: 'Never breaks' inidicates that when a server goes down, your system keeps running." Well, I am so glad they...
I wrote this function for someone who needed to programmatically obtain a list of datasources and whether or not they could be verified. I've discussed the use of the Service Factory before, but this is another nice example, and so I thought it worth sharing. GetDataSources() returns a query...
ODBC access in Macromedia ColdFusion MX and higher is provided through the use of the DataDirect SequeLink Server software, which runs under the Windows services labeled ColdFusion MX ODBC Agent and ColdFusion MX ODBC Server. This new TechNote (at...
Several of you wrote to tell me that you tried to buy my new "Sams Teach Yourself Regular Expressions in 10 Minutes" (see http://www.forta.com/books/0672325667/) from Amazon.com, only to be told that it was backordered. Indeed, Amazon.com ran out of their entire stock within a day (which is why the...
It had to happen, several readers have found typos in my new "Sams Teach Yourself Regular Expressions in 10 Minutes", and so the errata is now online (link at the bottom of http://www.forta.com/books/0672325667/.
JRun: http://www.macromedia.com/software/jrun/ Studio (DW, FL, FW, FH): http://www.macromedia.com/go/studioupdates
A hotfix that corrects bugs in the Duplicate() and GetHTTPRequestData() functions has been posted at http://www.macromedia.com/support/coldfusion/ts/documents/duplicate_hotfix.htm.
Two days after is started shipping, my new "Sams Teach Yourself Regular Expressions in 10 Minutes" made it onto the Amazon.com Bestsellers list, debuting at #3 in the "Computers & Internet" category. (#1 is a title on Mac OSX, #2 is on Adobe Photoshop, #4 is on Windows Server 2003, quite a...
Microsoft, AOL, EarthLink, and Yahoo filed six lawsuits today against hundreds of individuals accused of sending spam (in violation of the "can spam" legislation signed into law on January 1st, 2004). Story at...