Monthly Archives: August 2010

Reserved words and Coldfusion

Posted on 08/23/2010 by eSearing

I ran into an interesting issue today. I had form variables whose names ended in _date. When i was testing I output the form variables using CFDUMP and they appeared in the list of variables passed. However when trying to … Continue reading →

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Task lists and Documentation

Posted on 08/13/2010 by eSearing

I tried something new on a recent project. I used the MS Outlook tasklist to keep track of things to add, change, update, or fix in my project. Since I work in a rapid development group I do not have … Continue reading →

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Select option [0] value

Posted on 08/10/2010 by eSearing

I have an application that allows the user to look up order detail. When they click on that order number they can open a trouble ticket. I pass most of the order information to the trouble ticket which is built … Continue reading →

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cfselect and query values

Posted on 08/09/2010 by eSearing

Similar to binding to a cfc but binding with a query on the same page. Notice the query and value attributes and how they relate to the query. I added an ” All” as a default. <cfquery name=”get_last_names” datasource=”mydsn”> select … Continue reading →

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Coldfusion cfoutput grouping

Posted on 08/09/2010 by eSearing

The cfoutput tag has a group attribute that lets you group your data for reports. The outer most cfoutput must have the query name and the group but the inner groups can not have the query name. In the following … Continue reading →

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