Rob Brooks-Bilson's BlogA blog for ColdFusion and other topics
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Going on VacationI'm heading off for a relaxing two week break from reality. My wife and I, along with some friends, are heading to the U.K for a week, followed by a week in Malta. No cell phones, no Internet, and most importantly, no work!
Needless to say, I ...
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2004-06-01T08:09:27-07:00Announcements,TravelBlackstoned - O'Reilly Drops ColdFusion MX TitleWith all the current buzz over Blackstone (the next version of ColdFusio MX), I decided to shoot an email over to my editor at <a href="http://www.oreilly.com">O'Reilly</a> to gauge their interest in having me write the 3rd edition of my book <a href...
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2004-05-21T11:45:00-07:00Announcements,ColdFusionMy Blackstone WishlistI know several people have already blogged CF MX 7 (Blackstone) feature requests, but I figured I'd share the list of features I've been compiling. This list represents enhancements that I along with many other developers have been asking for, some o...
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2004-05-12T14:39:39-07:00ColdFusionJoin The CFCDev Mailing ListIf you are interested in ColdFusion Components (CFCs), and aren't already a member, you might consider joinging the <a href="/listserv.cfm">CFCDev mailing list</a>. This moderately trafficed list (avg 35 posts per day) currentl...
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2004-05-12T08:52:03-07:00Announcements,ColdFusionCFC Bean Generator Extension for Dreamweaver MXAdam Crump, one of the guys on my team has released a Dreamweaver MX extension he created called <a href="http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/exchange/index.cfm#view=sn121&viewName=Dreamweaver%20Extension&loc=en_us&authorid=0&page=0&scrollPos=0&subcati...
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2004-04-30T11:29:26-07:00ColdFusion,Mach-II,DreamweaverGoing to San Diego - Mach-II at SDCFUGAdam Crump and I are heading to San Diego next Tuesday (5/4) to visit the <a href="http://www.sdcfug.org">SDCFUG</a>. <a href="http://www.corfield/org">Sean Corfield</a>, Macromedia's Director of Architecture is giving a presentation on the use of <...
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2004-04-30T11:18:55-07:00ColdFusion,Mach-IIMach-II/qForms GotchaMy team has been in the process of moving/porting a suite of ColdFusion applications to our new data center. The current apps were originally written using CF 2.0, and updated bit by bit through ColdFusion 4.5.1. We're now migrating them to CF MX 6...
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2004-04-29T11:00:54-07:00ColdFusion,Mach-IIBack To Basics: An SQL GotchaI took a call from our help desk last night around midnight. One of our users in Asia had called in reporting an error in one of our applications. I checked our error logs, and sure enough there was an error - an SQL error: SQL0117 - Statement con...
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2004-04-27T08:00:18-07:00ColdFusion,DatabaseJTOpen 4.3 ReleasedIBM released <a href="http://www-124.ibm.com/developerworks/downloads/index.php?group_id=29">JTOpen 4.3</a> today. JTOpen is an opensource Type IV JDBC driver for accessing DB2 running on the IBM iSeries midrange computer. Version 4.3 adds several ...
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2004-04-13T09:18:12-07:00ColdFusion,DatabaseMax 2004 OPEN Call for SpeakersI know this has already been blogged, but I just want to mention that this year's Macromedia MAX confernece has an <a href="http://www.macromedia.com/macromedia/events/max/">Open Call For Speakers</a>. This differs from past conferences in which onl...
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2004-04-12T10:28:38-07:00AnnouncementsSteve Rittler BloggingI'm happy to see that Steve Rittler, long time <a href="http://www.phillycfug.org">Philly CFUG</a> manager, has entered the world of blogging with his <a href="http://blogs.phillydev.net/srittler/">State of Independence</a> blog. Steves a really gre...
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2004-03-05T10:03:09-07:00Announcements,ColdFusion,Flash,Flex,General Development7 New CFCs at www.CFCZone.orgCFCZone has recieved several submissions of new CFCs over the past several weeks. I've actually had a few free moments to update the site, the results being 7 new CFCS. Rather than go into all of the details here, <a href="/cf...
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2004-03-01T09:03:50-07:00Announcements,ColdFusionJTOpen 4.2 Is OutAlthough this isn't really *new* (the driver was released about a month ago), I never got around to blogging it. For those of you who connect ot an AS400/iSeries with CFMX, you might be interested to know that IBM released version 4.2 of JTOpen, the...
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2004-01-27T09:21:00-07:00ColdFusion,DatabaseLooking for a Decent Open Source Streaming MP3 Server?If you are looking for a decent java based open source streaming MP3 server, check out <a href="http://www.streamsicle.com/" target="_new">Streamsicle</a>. A coworker of mine turned me on to this. It's pretty sweet and has absolutely nothing to do ...
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2004-01-22T11:40:34-07:00MusicAnyone Connecting to DB2 on OS/390?A fellow ColdFusion developer is having database connectivity issues connecting CFMX 6.1 to DB2 on an IBM OS/390. I was wondering if any of you other ColdFusion developers out there were connecting to that platform and could offer up some help as fa...
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2004-01-12T15:39:13-07:00ColdFusion,Database