Coldfusion is a programming language more properly referred to as CFML. Coldfusion was the original web application server and CFML was the language created to write scripts for this server. Originally created by Allaire, Coldfusion is an Adobe product today. Other CFML engines include Railo and ...
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Looking for code quality suggestions with my open source CFML database project
I just posted a small open source CFML project on github.com, https://github.com/jetendo/db-dot-cfc
db.cfc is a standalone CFC with 472 lines of code.
Anyone interested in reviewing the way this code ...
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A couple of basic string parsing functions
I have an app that does a fair bit of text-parsing based on free-form user inputs. In this, I run searches on the whole string, and then on the last value of the string separate from the rest of the ...
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Loading site configuration from ini file
I load in static setting via an ini file. Ini file have the benefits
of NOT being server by most web servers by default.
easier to edit than XML
even simplier than JSON
Setting get loaded in ...
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Optimizing image transfer script in Coldfusion
<cfftp connection = "myConnection"
username = "#username#"
password = "#password#"
server = "#server#"
action = "open"
timeout = ...
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Regex to get all image links - is this efficient?
I have some pretty basic Regex that scans the output of a HTML file (the whole document source) and attempts to extract all of the absolute links that look like images. Whether they are actually ...
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optimizing the code - new to coldfusion
I have the following code, but it somehow looks a bit redundant.
As I am new to ColdFusion, I am not sure how to optimize it. Can someone suggest an alternative?
<cfparam name="url.idInfopage" ...
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Reading HR-XML from DB
When I read a table with HR-XML, I tap into a view
CREATE VIEW [dbo].[vwUser]
AS
WITH XMLNAMESPACES (DEFAULT 'http://ns.hr-xml.org/2007-04-15')
SELECT UserID, login, passhash,
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Loading HR-XML PersonName into DB
I am currently loading HR-XML Person name with:
<cffunction name="commit" returnType="boolean" access="remote">
<cfargument name="UserID" required="true" type="string">
<cfargument ...
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Outgoing Message Queue
All controllers extend from base.cfc which has
// 0 -> Info, 1 -> Warning, 2 -> Error, 3 -> Fatal, -1 -> Debug (not normally shown)
void function addMessage(required string message, ...
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Can someone please check how to write it in a better way?
<cfargument name="Key" required="true" type="string" />
<cfargument name="Value" required="true" type="any" />
<cfif NOT StructKeyExists( Session, this.LOCAL ) >
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Simple Function To Turn Array Of Objects To Array Of Key Value Pairs
I have an application that has a lot of very complex objects that in most cases I only need to access an id value and a name value from. I'd like to reduce the overhead of serializing these large ...
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Should I treat direct CFC Calls differently than Page Requests?
Should I leave in <cfif reFindNoCase( "\.cfc$" , targetPage ) eq 0> or not?
I'm using ColdFusion 8.
Direct CFC calls are flushed when the method returns.
Either way onRequestEnd will stop ...
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Upload Multiple Files
I created a few form for faculty members to nominate colleagues for awards. Many of the nominations require documentation to be submitted in order to validate the nomination. I created one form then ...
