Author Archives: eSearing

About eSearing

Webdeveloper, Photographer, political junkie.

CFFILE action failure – check the directory path

Posted on 03/28/2011 by eSearing

Encountered an interesting error today after move from CF8 to CF9 the following code produces a path for a directory in which you can use CFFILE actions <cfset thisPath=ExpandPath(“/”)> <cfset thisDirectory=GetDirectoryFromPath(thisPath)> <cfset RootPath=”#thisDirectory#”> However you need to output the rootPath … Continue reading →

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Say Hello!

Posted on 03/18/2011 by eSearing

Looking at the stats for this site I see folks from several countries. If you have any feedback about the site or have questions you need answered, take a minute and say hello by replying to a post. The mosts … Continue reading →

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my pond journal

Posted on 01/22/2011 by eSearing

This is my latest personal website. It is a journal about building my pond and what I hope to be a japanese style garden. Constructed entirely in WordPress twenty ten theme with minor modifications to CSS and images. Please visit … Continue reading →

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Coldfusion Output to .txt file

Posted on 01/19/2011 by eSearing

A couple of methods I use to output a file from the browser to .txt. Write your query as normal. Then use one of the two output methods below. CF8 – Output as comma delimited with quotes. Note, without quotes … Continue reading →

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Javascript, CSS2, and Display Table Row

Posted on 01/11/2011 by eSearing

I have a requirement to show/hide a new form variable based on year selected for the year 2011. I initially tried wrapping the table TR tags inside of a DIV in the form. <div id=”togglethis” style=”none”> <tr> <td><label>Mylabel</label></td> <td><input type=”text” … Continue reading →

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