Category Archives: Problems & Fixes

The problem with setting defaults

Posted on 08/06/2010 by eSearing

Suppose you have a nice little yes/no selector on a form. And while you are testing you set the default value as “n”. Someday someone will come along and switch all the values to “y” in your database, and you … Continue reading →

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JQuery DatePicker Plugin

Posted on 08/06/2010 by eSearing

I had the need for a calendar datepicker in a recent project and could not use Coldfusion’s input datefield. I am building the form on the fly and loading form elements from a database using a CFC and a bunch … Continue reading →

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Javascript User entry validation

Posted on 07/23/2010 by eSearing

I have a form with an ID input box. If the id is less than 6 characters i want to disable the submit button until it reaches the 7th character. What I found was that users sometimes Type their id, … Continue reading →

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horizontal menu challenges

Posted on 07/19/2010 by eSearing

I needed to implement a self contained Horizontal menu that shows the user which section they are in by using a highlight that is different from the rest of the menu bar. No breadcrumbs. Using coldfusion allowed me to do … Continue reading →

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Coldfusion and Pausing Javascript

Posted on 07/18/2010 by eSearing

I had an interesting problem this week. I had a page with a CFQuery, a CFLoop to output the query, and a javascript function. The problem was that the javascript function was occurring before the loop would draw the output. … Continue reading →

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