Category Archives: Coldfusion

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 →

Posted in Code, Coldfusion, Snippets | Comments Off on Coldfusion Output to .txt file

Text formatted columns problems – Mdash issue

Posted on 01/06/2011 by eSearing

Mdash in Text field causes output problems when exporting to excel. Continue reading →

Posted in Coldfusion, Problems & Fixes | Comments Off on Text formatted columns problems – Mdash issue

Common Coldfusion Error Messages

Posted on 10/22/2010 by eSearing

Being the sloppy coder that I am, I often get to see the myriad of Coldfusion Error messages to indicate what I did wrong. Below is a partial list. Truncated Data – If you get truncation errors it generally means … Continue reading →

Posted in Coldfusion, Problems & Fixes | Comments Off on Common Coldfusion Error Messages

CFTextarea maxlength validation onblur

Posted on 10/06/2010 by eSearing

Here is a nifty little trick. If you have a cftextarea and you want to let users know when they have exceeded the length allowed in the database you can use the maxlength plus validation attributes. You can use validateat … Continue reading →

Posted in Code, Coldfusion, Snippets | Comments Off on CFTextarea maxlength validation onblur

CFTry and CFCatch to test database connection

Posted on 09/28/2010 by eSearing

Every once in a while our database server will be down, but the website server is fine. However, without a database, our application is not very useful. So I use this little snippet to output a custom message. I use … Continue reading →

Posted in Code, Coldfusion, Problems & Fixes, Snippets | Comments Off on CFTry and CFCatch to test database connection