Need to stop and start ColdFusion MX from the command line? The bin directory (beneath the ColdFusion root directory) contains batch files or scripts to stop and start ColdFusion as needed. (Applies to: ColdFusion MX)
ColdFusion does not allow words that are part of SQL to be used as column or table names. If you do have tables with invalid names you may still perform queries against them using query-of-queries, but you'll need to escape them first by enclosing them in between [ and ]. (Applies to: ColdFusion MX)
and are used to create business charts in ColdFusion. Charts are usually data driven and utilize a passed query as the data source. But for greater control, and to chart specific data points, you may manually provide data using one or more tags within a tag pair. (Applies to: ColdFusion MX)
The ColdFusion Migration Wizard is run the first time the ColdFusion MX Administrator is executed. To force it to run again on Windows set registry key HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESOFTWAREMacromediaInstall DataNeomigrate to 1, on Unix boxes create a file named "upgrade" in the ColdFusion bin directory (the...
The tag is used to embed a Java applets in your Web page. This tag has always been usable only within tags, but ColdFusion MX now allows the tag to be used anywhere - not just in forms. (Applies to: ColdFusion MX)
User-defined functions (UDF’s) may return a single result via the tag (or the return statement if using ). To return multiple results place them in a structure as name=value pairs and then return the structure. (Applies to: ColdFusion MX)
Within a user-defined function (UDF) arguments may be accessed in two different ways – by simply specifying the argument name (either with or without the ARGUMENTS prefix), or as elements of an array named "arguments" (the first element would be argument[1]). (Applies to: ColdFusion MX)
As a rule, don't use two digit years - full four digit years are much safer. But if you do use two digit years, be aware that ColdFusion MX has changed the way they are processed. In CF5 and earlier years 0-29 are previous century and 30-99 are current century. In CFMX years 0-20 are previous...
To specify hexadecimal numbers for use within a regular expression format the number as xdd where dd is the number. Octal numbers may be specified the same way using ddd. (Applies to: ColdFusion MX)
ColdFusion MX uses UTF-8 as its default character encoding as this encoding can handle both ASCII and Unicode correctly. CF5 (and earlier) used ISO-8859-1 encoding, and this change could affect the way some upper ASCII characters are displayed. If you run into this problem you can force CF to use...