HTML is very forgiving when it comes to form field names - arguably too forgiving. In fact, HTML allows form fields to not be named at all, as well as to be named using only numeric characters or including special characters. ColdFusion, however, will not be able to process form fields named this...
If your LDAP server contains column names with invalid characters (a hyphen, for example), will automatically convert them to underscores (the _ character). Although this means that the column names in your application may not match the ones on the server, this is intentional and designed so that...
Running ColdFusion 5 on Windows NT 4? Make sure that you are running Windows NT Service Pack 5 or later (5 or 6A ideally). The installer incorrectly allows installation if Service Pack 4 is installed, but running on this Service Pack is not recommended. (Applies to: ColdFusion 5)
ColdFusion's Advanced Security feature (available in the Enterprise version only) uses a database for its local policy store. By default this database is a Microsoft Access file, and Macromedia strongly recommends that to improve both performance and reliability that the policy store be moved to a...
SQL is usually not case-sensitive (unless this has been specifically enabled in the database itself). But the SQL used in ColdFusion 5's "query of queries" feature sometimes is. So, if you are running into strange SQL errors, make sure to check the case of table names and columns. (Applies to:...
ColdFusion 5 allow queries to be queries and manipulated in memory via the new "query of queries" feature. These queries are processed by ColdFusion itself, not ODBC, and so ODBC formatting functions (like CreateODBCDate()) cannot be used with them. Instead, standard formatting function (like...
ColdFusion Studio (and HomeSite) 5 features several new shortcut keys. One of these is CTRL-SHIFT-F5 which displays the deployment results pane. (Applies to: ColdFusion Studio 5)
ColdFusion Studio (and HomeSite) 5 features several new shortcut keys. One of these is CTRL-SHIFT-F4 which displays the thumbnail pane. (Applies to: ColdFusion Studio 5)
ColdFusion Studio (and HomeSite) 5 features several new shortcut keys. One of these is CTRL-SHIFT-F3 which displays the link verification results pane. (Applies to: ColdFusion Studio 5)
ColdFusion Studio (and HomeSite) 5 features several new shortcut keys. One of these is CTRL-SHIFT-F2 which displays the validation results pane. (Applies to: ColdFusion Studio 5)