I'm working on an application that requires an autocomplete field on a search form. The application is CFML on Railo 3.3. I'm using jQuery UI autocomplete and have implemented the lookup on the ser...

I have several queries that I cache using the cachedwithin="#CreateTimespan(...)#" attribute of the cfquery tag. There are times when I need to clear the cache (or just re-execute the query to get ...

Been going over my predecessor's code and see usage of the "request" scope frequently. What is the appropriate usage of this scope?

i am using the latest version of railo, and am trying to get the per-application mappings to work. this is what i am doing: <cfcomponent name="MyApp"> <cfset THIS.Name = "MyApp"> &lt...

I want to create a flowchart in OpenOffice Draw. Since there's a lot of steps to show (and may change in future) but I can extract the data, I want to automate the creation with the following step...

My goal is to have port 80 and 81 listen and serve content from two distinct paths. I'm looking at replicating what I used to do with IIS and creating websites on specific ports. I took the base c...

As with all development, CFML via ColdFusion, Railo or OpenBD we run into common programming problems. For these problems must programmer turn to patterns (or anti-patterns). However the classic re...

An attempt to capture notable differences between implementations: Adobe ColdFusion Railo Open Bluedragon (I'm aware of Smith, but don't believe it's still active). Include CFML and platform ...

I'm working on a site that still has a lot of scripts in ColdFusion. I need to move it to a new server. I much prefer Apache/Linux instead of IIS/Windows. I've seen some info here and there about r...

I am developing an app right now which creates and stores a connection to a local XMPP server in the Application scope. The connection methods are stored in a cfc that makes sure the Application.XM...

I'm using custom SMTP servers and would like to verify the connection when user enters his own server credentials. Exactly the same type of check as Adobe CF and Railo allow to do when adding mai...

The following works fine in CFMX 7 and CF8, and I'd assume CF9 as well: <!--- 'conn' is a JDBC connection ---> <cfset stat = conn.createStatement() /> <cfset rs = stat.executeQuery(...

The docs aren't entirely clear on this - is there a difference between these variables? On IIS at least they appear to be identical, but I don't want to rely on that if it might be different under ...

This has been one of the biggest obstacles in teaching new people ColdFusion. When to use # is ambiguous at best. Since using them doesn't often create a problem it seems that most people gravitat...

Google does not really deliver much content (or my query sucks). Has anyone made the switch and can share the experience?

I am coding in ColdFusion, but trying to stay in cfscript, so I have a function that allows me to pass in a query to run it with <cfquery blah > #query# </cfquery> Somehow though, when I...