Author Archives: eSearing

About eSearing

Webdeveloper, Photographer, political junkie.

cfdiv and bind

Posted on 07/02/2010 by eSearing

I have been using the CFDIV and BIND attribute since we switched to Coldfusion 8. This week it really came in handy. I helped a co-worker create a dropdown list that changes based on year selected. Some options were not … Continue reading →

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ColdFusion ReReplace

Posted on 06/25/2010 by eSearing

Avery useful function for dealing with strings. Uses a regular expression (RE) to search a string for a string pattern and replace it with another. The search is case-sensitive, and it has attributes you can set to control case. REReplace(string, … Continue reading →

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MS SQL, ColdFusion, and Form Naming Issues

Posted on 06/24/2010 by eSearing

I had a bug in one of my bits of code earlier this week discovered during migrating an application from a Sybase database to MSSQL database. The bug deals with how a Form element was named and called using Coldfusion. … Continue reading →

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Javascript Objects and Methods

Posted on 06/23/2010 by eSearing

I have a lovely form that allows me to add_new records, edit records, or delete records for a database table. What was missing was an extra submit button to allow me to edit an existing record and save it as … Continue reading →

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Need an Excel upload script for CF

Posted on 06/16/2010 by eSearing

Dying for our servers to be upgraded to CF 9. I am in desperate need of a file upload process for Excel. I can not use POI or anything that requires java objects (according to our hosting folks). CF9 has … Continue reading →

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