Monthly Archives: May 2010

JQuery Confirm

Posted on 05/25/2010 by eSearing

The standard JavaScript confirm prompt allows you to ask a question and the user can respond with ok or cancel. But suppose you want them to have the choice of sign-up and non-now? This allows you to guide the user … Continue reading →

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Create dropdown selection for last 12 months.

Posted on 05/21/2010 by eSearing

Simple Coldfusion method for creating a select dropdown form element of the last 12 months sorted descending. The report-date is formatted for oracle queries. Change the dateFormat mask to fit your needs. <cfselect name=”report_date”> <cfloop from=”1″ to=”12″ index=”x” step=”1″> <cfset … Continue reading →

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Temp tables and bad habits

Posted on 05/20/2010 by eSearing

We often have need to hold the results of a query in a temporary table so we can join or perform other tasks in later queries. <cfquery name=”Q1″ datasource=”myDsn”> select * into ##temp1 from mytable </cfquery> It is nice that … Continue reading →

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Coldfusion Wheels Framework

Posted on 05/17/2010 by eSearing

Every developer eventually begins to see the pitfalls of large applications and trying to manage all the files and processes that make up that application. At work, I am dealing with a large existing CFML application with hundreds of cfm … Continue reading →

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Notepad++

Posted on 05/16/2010 by eSearing

I just downloaded Notepad++. This is a great little text editor for when you don’t need a full blown application like dreamweaver. It opens quickly and lets you view your code for various programming and scripting languages. You can even … Continue reading →

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