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Inserting data into a database
This tutorial will show you how to insert data into a database, then have that information emailed to you and the person submitting the data.
(Thu, 01 Aug 2002 20:47:00 EST)
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Retrieving Records From a Database..
This is the basics of ColdFusion. This tutorial will demonstrate how to query a database and then display the records found.
(Sat, 03 Aug 2002 21:14:00 EST)
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Having Your Database Do The Work� not ColdFusion!
This tutorial will demonstrate how you can use the functions that come built in on your database to do the work, instead of doing the work in your code the hard way!
(Thu, 08 Aug 2002 21:18:00 EST)
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A Simple Contact Us Page�.
Learn how to create a contact page in ColdFusion.
(Tue, 13 Aug 2002 21:21:00 EST)
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DSNLess Coldfusion?
Learn how to create database connection, by skipping the old ODBC connections with ColdFusion.
(Fri, 16 Aug 2002 21:23:00 EST)
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Creating a Quick and Dirty Hit Counter
Learn how to Create a quick and dirty hit counter.
(Mon, 19 Aug 2002 19:32:48 EST)
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Creating a user athentication (Login) area.
This tutorial will demonstrate how you can create a 'member's only' area. It will show you how to log them in and how to check that they are logged in.
(Mon, 19 Aug 2002 20:26:54 EST)
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User Defined Functions....
Learn how to use User-Defined Functions in ColdFusion 5.0.
(Wed, 21 Aug 2002 15:31:37 EST)
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Validating Form Input With Regular Expressions
CF5 has added a trick for form validation based on regular expressions that many have missed. If you've ever wanted to validate form input such as email addresses and phone numbers, but have found the built-in validations of CFFORM to be lacking, here's a solution. And you don't need to be a genius with Regular Expressions to start using it.
(Sat, 24 Aug 2002 16:16:00 EST)
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Multiple dynamic drop-down selection boxes
This code allows the user to dynamically populate the contents of a select box based on a selection from a previous select box.
(Sun, 25 Aug 2002 14:11:43 EST)
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Count Active Users On Your Site.
Have you ever wanted to display a count of how many people are on your web site at any given moment? This tutorial will demonstrate to you how to achieve just that. It will count your web site's active sessions and allow you to display them to your visitors.
(Sun, 25 Aug 2002 14:38:38 EST)
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Create a WORD Document with ColdFusion!
This tutorial will demonstrate how you can use ColdFusion and COM Objects to create a Word Document.
(Sun, 25 Aug 2002 14:52:26 EST)
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Creating a Newsletter System....
This tutorial will show you how to create a fully automated system to allow visitors to subscribe and unsubscribe to your newsletter, and for administrators to send out a newsletter to all the registered users.
(Fri, 06 Sep 2002 18:22:11 EST)
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A brief demonstration of Fusebox 2.0
This is a brief demonstration on how to use Fusebox 2.0 Methodology.
(Fri, 06 Sep 2002 21:54:36 EST)
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A quick intro into the world of Custom Tags!
The following tutorial will briefly touch over Custom Tags and show you what they are, how you use them, and how they benfit you by using them.
(Fri, 06 Sep 2002 23:44:58 EST)
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Using Query String Values....
This tutorial will demonstrate how to use query string values instead of form values.
(Sun, 15 Sep 2002 04:09:00 EST)
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Previous / Next n Records
This tutorial demonstrate how to implement 'Previous' & 'Next' into your existing results page.
(Tue, 17 Sep 2002 09:21:02 EST)
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The CFAPPLICATION tag and Session variables..
In order to use session variables, first you have to instruct the Cold Fusion server that you wish to use them. Here's a tutorial on how to do just that!
(Tue, 17 Sep 2002 09:31:13 EST)
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Alternating Row Colors!
This tutorial will demonstrate how to alternate row colors when outputing your data.
(Tue, 17 Sep 2002 21:55:14 EST)
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Using PayPal's IPN with ColdFusion!
This tutorial will demonstrate how to implement the PayPal IPN (Instant Payment Notification) into your e-commerce applications to accept credit cards in real time!
(Wed, 25 Sep 2002 23:02:05 EST)
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Clearing your session variables!
This tutorial will demonstrate how to clear your applications sessions variables with just three lines of code!
(Fri, 04 Oct 2002 01:10:24 EST)
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ColdFusion and .INI Files!
This tutorial will demonstrate how to use .INI files with ColdFusion. Perfect for users wishing to create administration areas for existing software titles that are INI file driven (i.e. FTP Servers).
(Fri, 04 Oct 2002 06:21:20 EST)
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Getting Data Into Flash With ColdFusion!
More and more developers are becoming aware of creating dynamic applications with Flash and Cold Fusion. Now the question is, 'How do I get external data into my Flash movie and what are my options?'. There is not one simple answer to this question since there are a few ways to accomplish this.
(Wed, 09 Oct 2002 11:08:20 EST)
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Sending multiple attachments with CFMAIL!
This tutorial will demonstrate how to send out multiple attachments with <cfmail>.
(Fri, 11 Oct 2002 15:49:31 EST)
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Creating, Altering and Deleting database tables with ColdFusion.
This tutorial will show you how to create, modify and delete database tables easily with ColdFusion.
(Mon, 14 Oct 2002 08:24:14 EST)
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Inserting FORM data into multiple database tables!
This tutorial will demonstrate how you can use one form a user fills out to insert into multiple database tables.
(Tue, 15 Oct 2002 08:45:28 EST)
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Implementing FORM Error Checking On Your Pages!
This tutorial will show you two two ways you can implement error checking, to ensure that your users are actually entering the required fields on your forms!
(Wed, 16 Oct 2002 10:22:25 EST)
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Automatically adding CF comments in blank document
All the books on CF tell you to comment your code. And yet, when you create a new CF file in Dreamweaver MX, you have to add the standard comments manually every time. Not anymore!
(Wed, 16 Oct 2002 13:31:22 EST)
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Using Arrays in ColdFusion To Properly Display Data....
This tutorial will show you how to use arrays to display data properly in ColdFusion.
(Mon, 28 Oct 2002 15:32:04 EST)
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Automatically Adding Smiles To Your Messages!
This tutorial will show you how you can add smiles to your messages on the fly!
(Tue, 29 Oct 2002 12:28:18 EST)
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Reading your IIS Log Files with ColdFusion!
This tutorial will show you how you can parse through your IIS (web server) log files and insert the values into a database, therefore allowin you to display real-time stats to your visitors (i.e hits this week, etc..)
(Mon, 04 Nov 2002 15:50:43 EST)
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Using CFRegistry to Add Your IP To CF Debug IP List!
This tutorial is intended to show you how to use the ColdFusion tag <CFRegistry>. This tutorial will show you how to add your current IP to the IP Debug List in the ColdFusion Administrator.
(Wed, 06 Nov 2002 21:52:17 EST)
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Using <CFPOP> and creating an email client for POP3 Email Reading!
This tutorial will show you how to create a mail system for your site. It will allow you to get your email from a POP3 server, view your inbox, then view the message (with attachments), reply and delete that message as well.
(Thu, 07 Nov 2002 21:45:44 EST)
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Send Page Url to A Friend
A simple script where a user can click a link that will take the current templates url and pass it to a email form which they can than fill in with their friends emails addresses to send their friends your site address.
(Sat, 23 Nov 2002 07:58:33 EST)
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Advanced Form Checking
This tutorial places the submitted form values into a session, than error checks them. If there is an error it will show the form again with the previous values the user entered pre-entered in the form. It will also tell the user which form fields had errors in them.
(Tue, 26 Nov 2002 16:50:47 EST)
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Advance uses of CFMAIL and CFMAILPARAM
Make your email messages stick out in the users inbox with barely any effort
(Tue, 26 Nov 2002 19:43:32 EST)
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Changing site color scheme
Add some personalization to your pages by letting the user pick their own color scheme. It's really quite simple and the benifits are awsome. This tutorial shows you how to set up your pages to use a dynamicly included scheme. It will also show you how to create all the pages neccessary to administer the color schemes.
(Fri, 29 Nov 2002 16:53:28 EST)
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Dynamic Sorting
This tutorial shows the basics of allowing your end-users to dynamically sort the order in which they view your records. You can have as many sort orders as you have fields viewed!
(Thu, 05 Dec 2002 23:10:18 EST)
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Dynamic Image Gallery
You will be shown how to display the images in the desired number of columns and desired number of records per page with minimal coding. When the thumbnail image is clicked on it will open another window with the large image and image description under it.
(Sun, 08 Dec 2002 13:56:15 EST)
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Duplicate Data Checking
This tutorial uses a opt-in mailing list as an example. After the end-user enters their information the information goes to an action page which checks to see if the users email address already exists in the database. If it exists it lets them know and will not enter the duplicate data, if it does not exist it enters them into the mailing list.
(Mon, 09 Dec 2002 09:57:58 EST)
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Trouble Shooting Cookies that work for you, One Possibility
I had had created a login that used cookies to give access to an area of the web site. The owner of the web site could not login to the area using Windows NT, but upon testing I could always login with my windows 98 system. I could not figure out why the NT system would not login, but I could. It seemed to be a coding error by the site owner, since other sites could be logged in to. Some time later I stumbled upon the answer.
(Mon, 09 Dec 2002 12:02:34 EST)
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Recordset Paging in Cold Fusion
This will pull a predefined number of records from a database, allow the user to change the number of records to be shown, and write the 'NEXT' or 'BACK' (or both) buttons at the bottom of the page. Thus allowing the user to 'surf' through the database. See it in action at http://freecfm.com/t/tentonhead/ and click on the 'CTCS' link when you get there. The HTML for this page has changed a little since I first did this (so it validates as XHTML1.1) but the CFML remains as it is in this snippet.
(Mon, 09 Dec 2002 13:30:51 EST)
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Database Dates (between ranges)
This deals with database dates: (1)inserting a properly formatted date into the database, and then (2)pulling a query from the database between a date range defined by 2 text boxes.
(Mon, 09 Dec 2002 14:31:04 EST)
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Aliasing Your SQL Statements
Many developers I have talked to are not aware of the ability to create an 'alias' in an SQL statement, concatenate, and even add strings into your SQL statements. A little work up front in the SQL can cut out a lot of tedious coding in the &lt;cfoutput> tag.
(Tue, 10 Dec 2002 23:20:18 EST)
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Frameless Frames in CF
The appeal of frames and the continued use is -- to leave one constant item on a part of the page. However clever, they are a pain to code, setting targets and defining the columns and then there that scroll bar thing. Here is an easy way to create the illusion of frames on your page.
(Wed, 11 Dec 2002 09:19:40 EST)
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Navigation as an include file
Create an include file (custom tag) for your navigation to help make maintenance easier! This include file lights up the button depending on where the user is at in your website, and is XHTML 1.1 validated! If you need to edit your navigation, just do it in 1 place, the include file! Javascript included :)
(Thu, 12 Dec 2002 10:00:51 EST)
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Creating Relationships with ColdFusion
This tutorial shows how you create Relationships between tables to speed up queries and decrease the overall size of the database
(Fri, 13 Dec 2002 12:13:02 EST)
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Replacing "enter" key with "<br>" tag
This little piece of code will transform those pesky 'enter' keys in a textarea into '&lt;br>' tags so your users input is printed out properly in your html page.
(Fri, 13 Dec 2002 13:08:41 EST)
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Guest Book (Part 1 / 2)
This Guestbook is part one of a two part tutorial. This part deals with the guest book itself the second part will build a administration area for this guestbook. The guest book submits to two tables in a mySql database the first table being for the actual guest book display template and the second table to be used for an opt-in mailing list.
(Fri, 13 Dec 2002 17:07:53 EST)
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Checking for submitted form fields
This sets all of the submitted form fields and values into a list then loops through the list of fields and values.
(Fri, 13 Dec 2002 19:15:36 EST)
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Make a generic email form processor
This code will process any form submitted and email the submitted form fields excluding the submit, the redirect, the hidden, and the required fields; to the designated recipient.
(Fri, 13 Dec 2002 19:21:25 EST)
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Count Down
Easy CFM file that counts down from a distant date to the present. Can show how many days, months, or years.
(Fri, 13 Dec 2002 22:46:18 EST)
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IP checker
Checks to see where the user came from and then decides where to send them.
(Fri, 13 Dec 2002 22:56:03 EST)
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Auto Event Emailer
Queries the database everyday and sends an email automatically when certain events happen.
(Fri, 13 Dec 2002 23:12:25 EST)
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Creating Databases in MS SQL2000
How to get your Data into MS SQL2000 and interface with Coldfusion in 34 Easy Steps!
(Sun, 15 Dec 2002 13:22:18 EST)
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Print your web pages on the fly!
This tutorial will demonstrate how use ColdFusion, Javascript and Style sheets to create the perfect Printing Machine! ;)
(Sun, 15 Dec 2002 15:06:21 EST)
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Securing Your Dynamic Applications With CFLOGIN
MX based view of secuirty ... contains components and infrastructure to support/manage users from both admin and user perspectives as well as an in-depth look at securing your apps at the application level, page level, and data level.
(Tue, 17 Dec 2002 15:58:48 EST)
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Simple dynamic calendar
Simple and effective code to output an endlessly dynamic calendar using just basic ColdFusion functions
(Tue, 17 Dec 2002 17:11:25 EST)
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Creating a Link Management System
This quick tutorial, shows you how to creat a Link system, that will count the amount of hits that your links create.
(Tue, 17 Dec 2002 18:04:09 EST)
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Creating a Voting System
This is a very quick tutorial on how to create a voting system for page relavances and other such things from a scale of 1 to 5!
(Sat, 21 Dec 2002 10:08:46 EST)
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Easy automatic debugging
Extend the use of the new &lt;cf_dump> tag in CF5 to display any and all ColdFusion and CGI variables.
(Sat, 21 Dec 2002 11:48:18 EST)
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Guest Book (Part 2 / 2)
This is part two of my guestbook tutorial, in part one we created the actual guestbook. In this part we will now look at creating an administration area for our guestbook. In this admin area we will be able to edit and delete guestbook entries as well as add or delete administrators.
(Sat, 21 Dec 2002 19:21:16 EST)
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Creating Dynamic Image Galleries
A tutorial showing you how you can upload one Full sized picture, and have a thumbnail automatically created for you, along with descriptions of the image!
(Tue, 24 Dec 2002 15:17:22 EST)
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Creating Dynamic Bar Charts
A tutorial showing you how you can create a dynamic bar chart!
(Tue, 24 Dec 2002 15:18:49 EST)
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The Easiest Way to make a form!
This is by far the most easiest and simplest way to make a form and update it to the database, very low maintenance and very very quick!!
(Tue, 24 Dec 2002 18:16:07 EST)
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Creating an ODBC Connection within ColdFusion MX Server...
This tutorial will show you how to create an ODBC (Database) connection from within your ColdFusion MX Administration Area.
(Mon, 06 Jan 2003 04:18:21 EST)
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Writing your first custom tag
A step by step guide on writing your first custom tag
(Mon, 06 Jan 2003 13:24:58 EST)
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Changing the Developer Edition IP Address
This article gives background and instructions on how to change the IP used in the Developer Edition of both CF5 & MX. You can link through to my site at www.defusionx.com
(Wed, 08 Jan 2003 04:10:34 EST)
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Writing CFC's and Web Services
This will help you understand what a CFC and a web service is, and get you started on writing your own
(Wed, 15 Jan 2003 15:58:40 EST)
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Introduction to Stored Procedures
This will help you get started on writing stored procedures. A good place to start and understand how they are written.
(Fri, 17 Jan 2003 19:13:05 EST)
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CFSCRIPT Intro
An introductory look at CFSCRIPT. Rules, some basic syntax, and a couple of examples of loops and conditional processing.
(Sat, 18 Jan 2003 17:59:09 EST)
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Adding an indexed Search to your site (Part 1)
It is very easy to set up and create a professional search function much like a real search engine. Use Verity Collections and the &lt;CFSEARCH> tag to create fast search forms for your web sites.
(Sat, 01 Feb 2003 05:00:00 EST)
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Interacting Flash with Cold Fusion (Insert Data)
This tutorial will allow you to interact Cold Fusion with Flash, by using a simple language into flash. Creating an insertion data form.
(Mon, 03 Feb 2003 18:07:24 EST)
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CaSe SensitiVe password logins!
This tutorial will demonstrate how to verify users passwords to be CaSe SensiTive so add another layer of security to your applications!
(Wed, 05 Feb 2003 17:52:11 EST)
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SE Friendly URL's
Get the search engines to really dig deep into your site by replacing the ? and & in your dynamic URL's with /. Tricks the SE bot into thinking it's a regular folder and eats up your content!
(Wed, 12 Feb 2003 14:01:37 EST)
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Flash Remoting in 10 minutes
A quick look at how fast and easy Flash Remoting is to use.
(Wed, 12 Feb 2003 14:20:11 EST)
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Show Source to Friends
Not really a tutorial but some code to help you solve programming problems by showing your code online to your friends or associates.
(Tue, 18 Feb 2003 10:27:55 EST)
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Shout Box [LIVE]!
Ever want a place where people can chat or post their opinions? Ever heard of a shout box? This tutorial will give you an easy example of having a shout box on your site.
(Sat, 22 Feb 2003 14:18:01 EST)
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In Search of Dynamic Dependent Lists
Example of how to dynamically populate a drop-down list from database tables based on a selection in another drop-down list.
(Mon, 24 Feb 2003 14:31:55 EST)
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Automatically Determine URL and File Path of Application
A handy timesaver - Automatically determine the URL and file path to the root of any application, this allows you to easily transfer sites from development to production servers without having to modify settings.
(Thu, 06 Mar 2003 06:15:48 EST)
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Easy XML creation in 2 minutes
This tutorial describes the easy application of the tag CFXML to creates XML documents. It helps a lot to integrate XML to your sites
(Thu, 06 Mar 2003 20:41:40 EST)
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Combining two queries into one..
This tutorial will demonstrate how to create a query from two different queries based from two separate datasources. This is the easiest way to combine your data.
(Mon, 10 Mar 2003 23:54:56 EST)
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Preventing People From Leeching Your Images!
This tutorial will show you how to load your images from an actual .cfm page. Therefore, allowing you to prevent people from using your content on their web sites.
(Fri, 14 Mar 2003 07:19:15 EST)
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Customer Complaint System
this is just a customer complaint tracking system i put together with coldfusion. i got alot of help from easycfm.com so i figured i would get back with an app. its using an access database to store usernames and passwords. did all of the login authentication code myself because my damn server behaviors were not taking. copy the dbase somewhere and use the HCCTS datasource name enjoy
(Sun, 23 Mar 2003 11:59:28 EST)
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Calculating imag size
Ever wanetd to know the size of an uploaded image so that you can store in the database, or check if it falls into allowed sizes etc.
(Mon, 31 Mar 2003 10:11:50 EST)
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Have web site errors emailed to you
This tutorial will allow you to enable sitewide error handling with CFERROR. Look like a real professional and display your own custom error page when an error has occurred, instead of the default Cold Fusion page. Not only that, once the error page has been displayed, the details of the error will be automatically emailed to you.
(Mon, 31 Mar 2003 11:12:11 EST)
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Dynamic Template Delivery (DTD) in FB3 (Fusebox 3) and as a CFC...
This tutorial will demonstrate how to speed up development and simply your life by using template delivery in FuseBox and CFC's.
(Thu, 03 Apr 2003 12:01:06 EST)
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Get A Folder Size Using ColdFusion and FSO...
This tutorial will demonstrate how you can get the size of a folder (and sub folders) using ColdFusion and Windows File System Object (FSO).
(Tue, 08 Apr 2003 17:40:47 EST)
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Password encryption for increased security using keys
You might have already noticed that even database servers like Microsoft's SQL Server 2000 have no method of hiding even password fields from prying eyes. Instead passwords are stored as plain text. Not good. Even Microsoft Access provides a way to mask fileds you would prefer not to be easily read. Not so SQL Server - and probably quite a few other database servers suffer the same issue. This is easily rectified however using two handy functions built-in to ColdFusion, from at at least version 5.0 and above (I think they were in 4.x also). I've developed the following code using CFMX updated 3.
(Mon, 14 Apr 2003 02:22:19 EST)
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Display random images each time a page loads or is refreshed
This tutorial will show you how easy it is to display an unlimited number of images randomly on your pages. Each time a page is loaded or refreshed a random image will load.
(Tue, 22 Apr 2003 12:53:53 EST)
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WHOIS Search
This will show you how to make a simple WHOIS search that can be easily added to any site.
(Sun, 27 Apr 2003 20:19:01 EST)
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Getting Live Half-Life Stats From ColdFusion
Tutorial that goes into more depth than you really want to know about using ColdFusion to get live game stats from any Half-Life/Counter-Strike game server for your website.
(Wed, 30 Apr 2003 05:27:39 EST)
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RMA on RIA
This tutorial shows you how to serve banner ads directly into Rich Internet Applications. With the evolution of Macromedia Central, now is the time for companies to receive Return on Investment on Rich Internet Applications
(Wed, 30 Apr 2003 21:33:23 EST)
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File Upload Size Checker
When you allow file uploading... Set a File Max Size and reject the file if it is too large. Others will check it after it is uploaded.. then deletes it if too large.. but not this... it won't let them even upload a single bit... if it is too large!
(Mon, 05 May 2003 16:39:44 EST)
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Adding an indexed Search to your site (Part 2)
The long overdue part two of adding a verity search function. This part demonstrates how to index the information in your database so that it becomes usefull too.
(Mon, 05 May 2003 22:08:14 EST)
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What version of CFMX is my host running?
As of writing this there are four flavours of CFMX, for Windows at least, floating about. You may know what version YOU are running but what about your hosting provider? Run the code below to find out.
(Wed, 07 May 2003 21:42:32 EST)
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Creating a Chat System in ColdFusion without using a database!
Have you ever wanted to have your own chat room? This tutorial will help you have one, but the best thing about this tutorial is that you will not need to use any type of database!
(Sat, 10 May 2003 17:27:05 EST)
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Do you want to remember your members?
This tutorial will show you how to you can provide your members with the ability to save their username and password into memory, so they dont have to type it in everytime the want to log in to your web site.
(Tue, 13 May 2003 07:08:21 EST)
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Flash Remoting in over Ten Minutes
Well, we have covered the basics. Let's continue the series and explore many of the options available to us in SQL. Then, in future tutorials, we can cover error handling and more advanced functionality.
(Wed, 14 May 2003 10:49:27 EST)
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SlideShow Revisited
Going back to the beginning. Our first tutorial 'Flash Remoting in under Ten Minutes' isn't as efficient as it could be. This time round, we cut out 60% of the code, including the database!!!
(Wed, 14 May 2003 16:32:24 EST)
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Using an image as a Data Pipe! (Example creates editable data grid!)
Have you ever wanted to accomplish server side tasks without ever leaving the current page? I'm not talking hidden frames, I'm talking about using JavaScript to process cfm templates without ever leaving the page!
(Thu, 15 May 2003 14:21:31 EST)
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Simple Regular Expressions
It's a first in a three part tutorial on Regular Expressions, what they are, simple uses for them and also a test at the end. It goes through simple matching, start and end of strings, grouping and the | (OR) operator.
(Fri, 16 May 2003 11:10:23 EST)
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9 Day Weather Forecast
This will retrieve the 9 day weather forecast for the specified ZIP code.
(Fri, 16 May 2003 23:19:27 EST)
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Automatically build a FORM using SQL Server system tables
Use SQL server's system tables to automatically create a form to insert data into your database.
(Mon, 19 May 2003 14:46:12 EST)
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The better way to handle session variables
You can use these simple loops in place of many lines of code to clear out or delete session variables
(Mon, 19 May 2003 16:42:51 EST)
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Scope your variables
Increase performace and readability by always scoping your variables
(Mon, 19 May 2003 17:28:13 EST)
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Create dynamic PDFs on the fly, and email them too
Create dynamic PDF's on the fly and automatically send them as attachments. There are a bunch of people out there that claim to have this elusive process figured out, or to have a wonder-tag that does it all for you. Well, I tried a lot of them, and the results were always less than desirable, if you want to call them results. However, through this trial and error, I was able to take the good points of some of these failed attempts, and piece them together into a working solution. Right off the bat, this is a solution for those of you who have the ability to install software on your own hosting server or, those of you who can convince your web host to install a little harmless application for you.
(Sun, 25 May 2003 12:06:50 EST)
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ColdFusion Mad Libs - Part I
A silly but fun time-waster that you can easily include on your Web site. You might be surprised at how addicting it can become :)
(Thu, 29 May 2003 04:35:36 EST)
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ColdFusion Mad Libs - Part II
You've finished the first Mad Libs tutorial, but you feel like there's something missing. Of course there is! You want to be able to save the final output to a database to let your visitors browse through other user's stories. Includes a bad-words filter for the more conservative among us :)
(Thu, 29 May 2003 04:37:13 EST)
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to cfqueryparam or not to cfqueryparam
It's been out there since ColdFusion 4.5...most of us have heard of it...few of us use it. Here are some compelling reasons why you should get into the habit of using the &lt;cfqueryparam> tag.
(Thu, 29 May 2003 04:45:50 EST)
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Dynamic Column Output (Part One)
Have you ever wanted to display your &lt;cfoutput> content in rows of 3 columns? If you ever wanted to specify the number of columns per row within your &lt;cfoutput> content, here's the tutorial for you.
(Thu, 29 May 2003 20:26:25 EST)
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Dynamic Column Output (Part Two)
This tutorial picks up where the Dynamic Columns tutorial left off, showing you how to not only output your data in a specified number of columns, but how to do it while still publishing well formed HTML.
(Sat, 31 May 2003 17:35:51 EST)
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Remote File Management
Manage text-based files on your server from any Web browser. Create a new file, edit a file, or delete a file. Can be a life saver if you're on the road, and find an error in some of your code that needs a quick fix.
(Tue, 03 Jun 2003 15:24:39 EST)
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Small difference that can cause big troubles!
Trying to restrict certain pages of a CF MX Site via server behaviours isn't every time an easy task!
(Wed, 11 Jun 2003 13:12:58 EST)
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Memory allocation error
How to restart the ColdFusion service automatically when certain errors occur.
(Fri, 13 Jun 2003 17:12:22 EST)
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Secured Login with Flash Remoting
A small tutorial on how to send data securely from Flash to verify a user login using Remoting.
(Mon, 16 Jun 2003 14:14:00 EST)
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Save your visitor's clickstreams
A nifty little custom tag that will allow you to save a visitor's clickstream through your site, as well as display it back to them (with links). Did I really just say 'nifty'?
(Mon, 16 Jun 2003 18:58:47 EST)
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Grouping Output in CF
How to group cfquery output in order to effectively display relational database data. Includes an overview of how to output nested groups as well.
(Tue, 17 Jun 2003 20:17:41 EST)
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User Friendly Webmail Client
This is an expansion of Pablo Varando's Email client, I heard a few folks say that they had problems viewing the attachments in the way that Pablo's tutorial outlined it, so I came up with a new way.
(Thu, 19 Jun 2003 18:20:23 EST)
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Nested Custom Tags
This tutorial explains how to use nested custom tags in ColdFusion. It also presents one 'basic quiz' in CF MX where nested custom tags show an interesting behavior
(Mon, 23 Jun 2003 06:18:24 EST)
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Zip Code Radius
Ever wondered how sites are able to return stores that are within a certain radius of your own zip code?
(Sun, 29 Jun 2003 19:05:44 EST)
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Insert data with Flash Remoting and Cold Fusion MX (RIA)
This tutorial has the purpose to teach people how to develop a simple way to insert data into a database using Flash Remote and Rich internet Application concepts. Helping developers to be at the most top of the new technology.
(Tue, 01 Jul 2003 22:37:13 EST)
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Adding form results to a file (not database)
A very simple tutorial that explains how to add information submitted from a form into a logging file. Very simple, yet lots of possibilities. Important for the beginning CFM programmer
(Thu, 03 Jul 2003 13:31:33 EST)
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Delete Records From Your Database With ColdFusion!
This tutorial will demonstrate how to delete records from a database via your website using ColdFusion.
(Fri, 04 Jul 2003 17:49:25 EST)
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Why have my CFFORM's suddenly broken - using CFFORM in a hosted environment
If you are using the CFFORM tag in a shared hosting environment, and why wouldn't you as CF form elements can be very useful, you may now be receiving obscure JavaScript errors when your form loads. Never fear, the solution is a simple fix to an annoying problem
(Tue, 08 Jul 2003 01:24:15 EST)
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Color Picker
Sometimes, you want to be able to change the color of something on your page. Be it one item, or every item on the page. Using this simple color picker, you can create admin areas that can allow you or your visitors to pick their own colors and the value is automatically inserted into a text field.
(Sat, 12 Jul 2003 12:22:05 EST)
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Creating a file content crawler with ColdFusion....
This tutorial will show you how to make a file content crawler with ColdFusion to find specified documents in a folder and its children folders. (Similar to find files or folder in Windows(c) Operating Systems 'find' feature).
(Sat, 19 Jul 2003 14:40:07 EST)
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Boolean Saves Time, and Space
Boolean values are excellent ways to save on precious coding time when you are using a boatload of IF statements in an application. Having only 2 possible states allows you to kind of cheat on creating your IF statements and minimize redundancy.
(Thu, 24 Jul 2003 17:06:47 EST)
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Random Image
Here is a random image display. You can even upload it to the server. Uses a database.
(Fri, 25 Jul 2003 20:21:41 EST)
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Add a newsfeed to your site
Use the Moreover news service to add a news feed to your site using cfhttp and wddx in 5 minutes!
(Sat, 26 Jul 2003 22:46:35 EST)
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The easiest method for multiple dynamic and dependant drop down lists, period.
The first EASY method for creating multiple, dependant, database driven drop down select boxes... Honestly!
(Sun, 27 Jul 2003 02:25:18 EST)
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Dynamic Sorting with CFSWITCH
Quickly and easily sort and order records in your database using a cfswitch in your query. Great technique for admin areas of your site, or just allowing visitors to sort the fields they want.
(Sun, 03 Aug 2003 04:31:12 EST)
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arrays and structures - part 1
part one of a three-part tutorial designed to gently introduce you to the world of complex variables.
(Mon, 11 Aug 2003 00:48:40 EST)
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arrays and structures - part 2
part two of a three-part tutorial designed to gently introduce you to the world of complex variables.
(Mon, 11 Aug 2003 00:49:28 EST)
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arrays and structures - part 3
part three of a three-part tutorial designed to gently introduce you to the world of complex variables.
(Mon, 11 Aug 2003 00:50:25 EST)
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What is the ID for the record I just inserted?
This tutorial will demonstrate how you can get the ID of the record you have just inserted without having to connect to the database again!
(Mon, 11 Aug 2003 08:50:49 EST)
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Another Random Image Selector
I have seen a couple random image scripts here and there. Most require you to have a list of the images stored in a database somewhere or actually a switch statement with all the images listed there... This code will read a directory, pull all jpg's and choose a random one everytime to be displayed. Alot of my clients have wanted random images. THis is the easiest way I came up with to do it. This way when they want another image in the rotation... all you have to do is upload it to the image directory and its ready to go.
(Tue, 12 Aug 2003 15:36:06 EST)
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Random String/Password Generation
This is a custom tag I wrote that generates a random string at the set number of characters using the characters you decide on Alpha AlphaNumeric or Numeric Uppercase, lowercase, mixed case... It will create a variable that you name as you wish and call however you'd like. It is a small example of how to create a custom tag and will hopefully send someone in the right direction. It is also fully functional and has come in handy quite a few times. Enjoy and as always.. Have Fun!
(Tue, 12 Aug 2003 15:50:42 EST)
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JavaScript Form Validation
Yes, I know we're a ColdFusion site...but ColdFusion does not live in a vacuum. We have to know SQL, HTML, CSS...and sometimes...JavaScript! This tutorial focuses on using JavaScript (in lieu of cfform) to create client side form validation (and explains why writing your own is better than using &lt;cfform>).
(Thu, 14 Aug 2003 23:56:59 EST)
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CF 'Best Practices'
Some tips and techniques that I've picked up over the years. I don't maintain that these are 'official' or 'absolute'...they are simply my preference and things that have worked for me. I would like to share them here, and leave you to make the decision as to whether or not they fit in your 'code arsenal' :)
(Fri, 15 Aug 2003 01:55:51 EST)
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A Basic Calendar Application to Build on
I have seen quite a few people looking for prebuilt calendar apps but the people I wrote this for are the people who wanted a headstart in building their OWN custom calendar app. It is very basic and does nothing more than display the currently selected month/year's calendar and give links to the PREVIOUS the NEXT month's calendars by using The DateAdd() function. Basically the backbone of any calendar app. Enjoy. and as Always.. HAVE FUN!
(Fri, 15 Aug 2003 11:08:34 EST)
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Random Images In a Few lines of code
Ever wanted to run random images on your site, but didnt want tons of code? Here you go, every time the user refreshes the image is changed.
(Fri, 15 Aug 2003 14:49:10 EST)
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Helping users obtain their passwords
Your site requires your visitors to log in. of course, some of your visitors are going to forget their passwords (ok, most will forget their passwords). You don't want them to have to send you an e-mail, and then wait for a response. They need immediate access. &lt;br>&lt;br> This tutorial shows two methods by which you can accomodate them.
(Thu, 28 Aug 2003 12:31:59 EST)
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DSN-less Connection to Access / Uploading documents
Describes a solution to a connection problem from CF to MS Access.
(Mon, 15 Sep 2003 14:54:01 EST)
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Basic Calculator
This is a tutorial to build a simple calculator for your web pages. You should get it pretty easily as you browse through the code.
(Tue, 14 Oct 2003 17:41:54 EST)
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Form Validation and Flow -- One Technique
A technique for displaying, validating and processing forms.
(Mon, 03 Nov 2003 15:30:29 EST)
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An E - Rolodex System
Quick and easy way to sort and list your contacts by last names, in two really really simple steps. Almost everybody who uses a data-driven website has a database containing some information about the users. I had a database table called 'contact' in which user's first name, last name, address, zip, email, phone, fax.... everything was listed. If you do have something like that and wish to draw and group your contacts by say last names, maybe you will find this tutorial useful.
(Fri, 07 Nov 2003 14:38:05 EST)
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Parsing XML With ColdFusion MX
Want to know how to parse XML with ColdFusion with ease and very basic concepts? Then this is the tutorial for you.
(Sun, 09 Nov 2003 21:17:46 EST)
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Multiple related select boxes through ColdFusion and JavaScript
Many tutorials give information on relating select boxes, but this one actual gives information on not only relating multiple selects, but also how to duplicate those related selects multiple times in the same form.
(Fri, 28 Nov 2003 21:03:58 EST)
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Using ColdFusion for things other than serving web pages
Sometimes, ColdFusion can be used to do tasks that you wouldn't have normally thought of. This tutorial examines one such incident and the ColdFusion solution.
(Fri, 28 Nov 2003 21:07:23 EST)
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Using ColdFusion Functions to clean up code
In another tutorial inspired by a co-worker, I look at the ability to clean up code using CF Functions in CF5 and CFMX.
(Fri, 28 Nov 2003 21:10:24 EST)
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Changing the form submission page on the fly!
This tutorial is not ColdFusion oriented, but covers a great trick to allow you to submit a single form to a variety of different pages on the fly.
(Mon, 01 Dec 2003 17:15:38 EST)
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Slighty better search
Someone on the forum posed a question a short while ago asking how to create a more advanced search function using a + symbol as a separator. So I created this advanced search function. This search function is just slightly better than a normal search as it adds the ability to separate two keywords with a + symbol. Lets start with the search form.
(Thu, 04 Dec 2003 16:04:58 EST)
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Advanced Server-Side FORM Validation
An advanced set of customizable tags for validating FORM values on the Server-side using User-Defined Functions
(Mon, 15 Dec 2003 01:09:57 EST)
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integrate UPS tools with coldfusion
This tutorial teach you how to integrate ups tools into your site. The code allows user to enter the destination's zipcode and get the shipping rate instantly.
(Wed, 17 Dec 2003 22:53:27 EST)
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Every Week has a Wednesday
This tutorial serves two purposes. First it demonstrates how to create a function that is usable in CF5, CFMX and CFMX6.1. It also demonstrates a math and logical way to determine the number of weeks in a month without looping.
(Wed, 24 Dec 2003 22:47:23 EST)
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Processing XML/RSS feeds with ColdFusion MX
This tutorial will show you how to parse XML files (RSS Feeds) with ColdFusion MX and it uses an EasyCFM.COM Feed for example [Feed: 5 Most Viewed Tutorials]. It shows you how to call it via CFHTTP all the way to parse and display your records!
(Sat, 27 Dec 2003 20:21:41 EST)
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Dynamically add and remove a 'please wait' message to your complex pages
You can use a combination of &lt;cfflush> and javascript to show a message on the screen while processing a large data set (or any other long-running task), and then remove the message when the task is complete.
(Tue, 13 Jan 2004 13:09:09 EST)
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Improving Application Performance (Part 2)
Not all queries can be saved as an application variable. For Queries that do not meet the checkpoints in my previous tutorial there is another way to improve performance. Query Caching is another way to save data and eliminate unnecessary queries. This is for queries that are more dynamic in nature.
(Mon, 12 Jan 2004 13:41:57 EST)
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Improving Application Performance
One thing I am always trying to do is speed up my applications. As my site grows in size and complexity I find that I spend a fair amount of time re-coding pages because of a new technique I just learned. I wish I had learned about these techniques long before, and thereby allowing me to create more effective code. In this tutorial I'll try to explain some problem areas that I have identified, and some of the things you can do to improve performance.
(Mon, 12 Jan 2004 13:02:20 EST)
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Databaseless hit counter with visitor information
DSNless hit counter/visitor logger with images as the numbers
(Thu, 15 Jan 2004 14:28:05 EST)
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Creating your very own RSS XML Feeds with ColdFusion MX!
Have you ever wanted to create your very own RSS XML News Feeds? This tutorial will show you how to create an RSS feed that will allow you to syndicate your web site and allow the world to easily use your data!
(Thu, 15 Jan 2004 23:22:53 EST)
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Add One-To-Many (Parent/Child) Data From a Single Form
Set up a single form to add multiple records to parent/child database tables. This example uses a parent table for a home, with child records for each resident.
(Sun, 18 Jan 2004 13:27:31 EST)
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Format your date in spanish.
This is a custom tag to translate the regular english output of a date into spanish like (20 de Enero de 2004) and as you want it to be.
(Thu, 29 Jan 2004 01:04:53 EST)
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Delete Multiple Database Records Using A Checkbox
Select multiple records for deletion just by checking a box next to the record listing.
(Tue, 10 Feb 2004 14:11:39 EST)
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Correct Content (document) serving!
This tutorial will demonstrate how to correctly serve documents via ColdFusion and allow you to correctly name the download as you see fit!
(Tue, 10 Feb 2004 15:21:57 EST)
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Custom Tag for Multiple Related Text Boxes
hi, I saw some tutorials on may sites which show how to develop related select boxes using cold fusion and javascript. Many of them were titles 'Multiple Select Boxes' which was a bit un-appropriate as they did not really show how many levels of heirarchy they would cover. So, I finally decided to develop a custom tag that would help developers to simply implement a 'n' level of select boxes using hierarchial data. thanks, Saurabh
(Wed, 11 Feb 2004 07:29:42 EST)
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Column View Output
Ever wanted your data to be output in a column view such as mailing labels are? Use this code and change only a few lines and your data will be output in a table with 3 columns and as many rows as you have data. A great alternative to the standard row based view. Very easy to modify.
(Wed, 25 Feb 2004 06:48:23 EST)
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Multiple Reports with One SQL Statement
Your boss wants multiple reports from your database and he wanted them 5 mintues ago. This is a quick way to write one SQL statement but be able to query your database multiple times while specifying what values you want it to return.
(Thu, 18 Mar 2004 10:43:32 EST)
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Website Monitor
Do you have a website that you'd like to monitor but would rather not pay outrageous fees to some company? This simple script will monitor uptime for you website. It is the barebones version and can be easily modified into something highly useful.
(Wed, 24 Mar 2004 08:20:53 EST)
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Background Color Changer
Simple list of links to: 1. Change the background color of current page. 2. Demonstrate CFParam and URLEncodedFormat (both of them can be life savers!) 3. Provide hours of fun for the easily amused (I'm guilty as charged).
(Thu, 25 Mar 2004 16:21:42 EST)
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User Authenication - ADMIN area
This script provides a simple admin area for the login script written by Pablon on this site. You can list, add, change pass, and delete users.
(Mon, 29 Mar 2004 11:43:59 EST)
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Keep your CFML in a database, then CFMAIL it!
I came up with this solution after building an email marketing application with content management built in. I found that if I had CF code in my html pieces that were stored in the database, it would not get processed by the server after the contents of the field holding the HTML and CF were used as the body of an email.
(Tue, 30 Mar 2004 23:49:25 EST)
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Form processor with individual link email
This tutorial shows how to process a form and generate a random string that is put on the end of a link. When the user clicks the link it goes to their personal page.
(Wed, 31 Mar 2004 03:09:57 EST)
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Use checkboxes on update pages
Do you have an update page and want to use checkboxes on the page? This tutorial will go over the two steps needed.
(Wed, 31 Mar 2004 03:23:40 EST)
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Mutli-Word search for best result
We think that we have the right search function! But we don't have. Lets see I what I am trying to say. For example: You are trying to find a tutorial about javascript validation. when you search 'javascript validation' results comes '0'. But they have tutorial about validation and they stored it as 'JavaScript Form Validation'. If you want to see it at search result page you must write in order as it is in database or indexes.. let's see how we can get correct search results.
(Mon, 05 Apr 2004 21:16:43 EST)
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Enter-Update same form
I hate creating duplicate forms where one is for entry and an identical one is for udpating. This code lets you use one form for both purposes.
(Wed, 07 Apr 2004 07:31:45 EST)
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Dynamic Last Date Modified?
This tutorial will demonstrate how to display the date a web page was last modified to your visitors dynamically.
(Mon, 12 Apr 2004 23:16:18 EST)
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Search Engine Bot Notifier
This code detects the most common user agents (web browsers) and notifies you via email if it is not a recognized user agent as defined in the code. Usually this will be a bot of some sort. Extrememly useful for tracking how often Google, Yahoo, etc visits your site. It will email you the bot and a reverse IP lookup url with the IP appended so you can verify if it is a 'good bot' or a 'bad (spam) bot' (then you can block that IP or stop processing of the page). Use this in your home page or as an include file throughout your site. Nothing fancy it should work on MX also although I have not tested it there.
(Wed, 14 Apr 2004 11:57:24 EST)
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Currency Conversion using Web Services
A very simple currency convertor that uses the latest exchange rates through the available Web Service
(Wed, 21 Apr 2004 16:54:21 EST)
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Database Order Inquiry
A quick one page file to do a simple database query to check the status of a databased order. Includes javascript form validation.
(Mon, 26 Apr 2004 22:59:00 EST)
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A plot to plot a line
I had no work one day due to a worm attack on our servers, thus a plot to plot a line on a graph was hatched in my empty mind. These files show you, how to plot a line using no database, no java, no long wait times for aplet loading, just 3 tools, Loop, table and text.
(Thu, 06 May 2004 11:17:40 EST)
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Querying a Query
This will show you how to query a query. It also demonstrates how to use the datediff function and how to find an average.
(Thu, 06 May 2004 16:29:08 EST)
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Reset a Lost Administrator Password
If you've lost the ColdFusion MX Administrator password all is not lost. It can be reset it by altering a variable in one of the system files and restarting the ColdFusion process.
(Mon, 10 May 2004 15:57:26 EST)
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CF_Hitcounter
This is a custom tag example that will show you how to create a ColdFusion Counter!
(Sun, 16 May 2004 08:51:53 EST)
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Automatic Form Generator
This is not a tutorial as such, more like an application that you can put in a directory. It could boring if you use the CF editor, to pick 'cfform' fill its attributes, then pick 'cfinputs' one by one. fill out those attributes... one by one, then change tabs and pick the 'submit' button... so on and so forth. Even if you code in a note pad, it might get lengthy to code individual element. Wouldn't it be nicer to code all these elements at once, then just copy the code and paste it in your editor?
(Thu, 20 May 2004 16:58:06 EST)
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A random password generator
RANDOM PASSWORD GENERATOR SCRIPT ! I know there is a random password tutorial here already. This is just another way to do the same. I think this is a little easier to understand. Refresh it to generate a new password string everytime !
(Mon, 24 May 2004 14:16:25 EST)
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Feeding a Query
A simple approach on how to create a query object from RDF/RSS feed. Further, when news are in HTML format, how to get them using Regular Expressions.
(Tue, 25 May 2004 09:06:46 EST)
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Getting Coldfusion Server Metrics
The often forgotten function GetMetricData() function returns the same info as the cfstat utility.
(Thu, 03 Jun 2004 02:45:45 EST)
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Getting the TimeZone name
CFML's function GetTimeZoneInfo will give you timezone offsets, and day light savings time information, but if you want the name of the timezone your ColdFusion server is in you can use java's TimeZone class.
(Thu, 03 Jun 2004 02:52:37 EST)
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How can I enable Unicode-aware storage and display in ColdFusion MX?
I have yet to see a truly complete tutorial on this subject, although Armin Danesh's 3-part Unicode article on CommunityMX comes pretty close. He covers stuff I don't here (like mySQL data connections), and you'll find it worth spending US$6 to buy his articles; especially since he takes the time to explain things, and this is only a quick list of do's and don'ts.
(Thu, 03 Jun 2004 02:57:59 EST)
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How Can I Throttle Down CFMAIL's Speed? (and why the hell would you want to do this?)
Its strange to discuss a procedure that makes a ColdFusion function less efficient. Especially in light of how well the ColdFusion MX 6.1 CFMAIL tag works (up to 1,000,000 messages per hour). Nonetheless, some realities in this world are inescapable, and doing this will fix one of them.
(Thu, 03 Jun 2004 03:00:44 EST)
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How Can I Safely Upload Files?
Use CFFILE to allow file uploads that are restricted in size and by MIME type, with friendly error messages.
(Thu, 17 Jun 2004 17:47:25 EST)
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Advanced Calculator
I have posted a 'Basic Calculator' tutorial here. That was more like a representation of how you would calculate with a paper and a pencil. You provide INPUT A then a MATHEMATICAL OPERATION like a '+' or a '-' and then an INPUT B. This is more a represntation of how you would use a regular hand-held calculator complete with buttons for NUMBERS, OPERATIONS and CLEAR TEXT.
(Fri, 18 Jun 2004 12:08:19 EST)
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Lightning Fast Forms and Form Handlers
How to build dynamic forms and form handlers from the database tables that access and interact with them. Can be used with any Cold Fusion datasource. Uses good examples of a dozen or more Cold Fusion functions.
(Wed, 30 Jun 2004 15:59:07 EST)
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Remote Reboots with ColdFusion MX
This tutorial will tell you how to reboot your server without even logging in.
(Sun, 18 Jul 2004 11:15:17 EST)
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ColdFusion Shopping Cart
Learn how to create a ColdFusion Shopping cart.
(Tue, 20 Jul 2004 00:12:07 EST)
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Creat a ColdFusion collection with the cfcollection tag
Creat a ColdFusion collection with the cfcollection tag
(Sun, 22 Aug 2004 17:34:22 EST)
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Populating A Year Select List
I was recently creating a registration form that asked users for there year of birth. Instead of creating a select list with over 100 options I wrote this to save time.
(Tue, 24 Aug 2004 16:31:09 EST)
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"processing page, please wait", made easy!
This bit of code will allow you to output a percentage readout to your users very easily using javascript. Works great in IE or Mozilla, and once you know how to use this, you can do a TON of other things interactivly!
(Thu, 26 Aug 2004 14:39:54 EST)
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List Driven Dynamic Fields
This article demonstrates how to create dynamic HTML controls such as checkboxes, select boxes, and radio groups without a database.
(Fri, 27 Aug 2004 09:41:04 EST)
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Displaying an advertisement before your front page loads using 1 file (enhanced parameters) easy short steps! Live Example Inside!
In this tutorial we will learn on how to display an advertisement before the page loads using 1 file. This will explain on how to simple set the cookie and the other parameter that is needed. All using 1 file and just a few lines of code!
(Sun, 29 Aug 2004 18:04:50 EST)
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Shopping Cart with Arrays & Structures/E-Commerce - Part 1
Teaches how to build a full shopping cart system utilizing arrays and structures - the most used method. Also includes important and useful e-commerce scripting and information.
(Tue, 31 Aug 2004 22:28:51 EST)
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Shopping Cart with Arrays & Structures/E-Commerce - Part 2
Teaches how to build a full shopping cart system utilizing arrays and structures - the most used method. Also includes important and useful e-commerce scripting and information.
(Tue, 31 Aug 2004 22:30:37 EST)
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Shopping Cart with Arrays & Structures/E-Commerce - Part 3
Teaches how to build a full shopping cart system utilizing arrays and structures - the most used method. Also includes important and useful e-commerce scripting and information.
(Tue, 31 Aug 2004 22:31:39 EST)
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Custom Tag - Card Expiration Date
This tutorial lets you save time when you need dates for credit card processing.
(Wed, 08 Sep 2004 09:10:20 EST)
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Easy URL Management
This article presents the method that I use to manage URL parameters.
(Thu, 09 Sep 2004 11:00:25 EST)
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Using WDDX (part 1)
WDDX is one of the neatest features natively available in ColdFusion, but tends to get overlooked. Learn how to harness this awesome tool.
(Fri, 10 Sep 2004 15:50:20 EST)
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Getting the identity value of a record inserted
This tutorial will help beginners find the identity field value of a record they have just inserted, without using a separate query!
(Fri, 10 Sep 2004 16:26:07 EST)
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Rename uploaded file
I use this code snippet to upload files from a web form and rename any that have spaces in their file name to use underscores instead.
(Sat, 11 Sep 2004 10:32:46 EST)
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Undefined variables
This tutorial will help solve the most common undefined variable issues. It is written for the beginner coder in terms that make scopes easily understandable by anyone.
(Sat, 11 Sep 2004 13:17:08 EST)
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Color Scheming with Ease!
This tutorial will show you how to easily change your color scheme with just one click.
(Sat, 11 Sep 2004 22:27:06 EST)
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Part 1: Understanding and Using CFCs (with OOP and database interaction)
In this multipart series of tutorials we will go over the usage of CFCs. We will go over the basics and how to apply OOP techniques to CFCs for maximum code re-usability. We also go over using our CFCs for interaction with the database.
(Mon, 13 Sep 2004 16:41:25 EST)
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Part 2: Understanding and Using CFCs (with OOP and database interaction)
In this multipart series of tutorials we will go over the usage of CFCs. We will go over the basics and how to apply OOP techniques to CFCs for maximum code re-usability. We also go over using our CFCs for interaction with the database.
(Mon, 13 Sep 2004 16:56:26 EST)
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Part 3: Understanding and Using CFCs (with OOP and database interaction)
In this multipart series of tutorials we will go over the usage of CFCs. We will go over the basics and how to apply OOP techniques to CFCs for maximum code re-usability. We also go over using our CFCs for interaction with the database.
(Mon, 13 Sep 2004 16:57:42 EST)
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Part 4: Understanding and Using CFCs (with OOP and database interaction)
In this multipart series of tutorials we will go over the usage of CFCs. We will go over the basics and how to apply OOP techniques to CFCs for maximum code re-usability. We also go over using our CFCs for interaction with the database.
(Mon, 13 Sep 2004 16:58:26 EST)
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Part 5: Understanding and Using CFCs (with OOP and database interaction)
In this multipart series of tutorials we will go over the usage of CFCs. We will go over the basics and how to apply OOP techniques to CFCs for maximum code re-usability. We also go over using our CFCs for interaction with the database.
(Mon, 13 Sep 2004 16:59:03 EST)
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The Easiest Method for "Previous | Next" Recordset Navigation (aka - Recordset Paging)
This tutorial provides a simple and quick way for CFers to add Recordset Navigation to their websites. This is the easiest way I could come up with to accomplish the 'Previous Page | Next Page' kind of navigation that is needed by so many, yet understood by so few.
(Wed, 15 Sep 2004 10:09:28 EST)
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CFMX and SQL Server Data Transformation Services (Part one)
How to use coldFusion in conjunction with SQL Server Data Transformation Services
(Wed, 15 Sep 2004 21:44:33 EST)
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Cashing in on Amazon with ColdFusion and Web Services
A swift introduction to Web Services. Followed by some Amazon magic. A little Britney Spears. Ending with some detailed examples and tips on how to get information from Amazon!
(Thu, 16 Sep 2004 21:13:32 EST)
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get fedex rates from your server
If have online store or you are planning to have one; then you must give estimate or real number of shipping charge(I am only talking about FedEx). There are few ways to do this. Like using FedEx ship API writing some script(or using XML injection ) to request rates from FedEx servers. But there is big handicap; FedEx shipAPI is slowing down your application and sometimes their servers are down. Which all doesnt sound good for e-commerce business. This little code is calculating 100% accurately all kind of FedEx services. and there is no handicap because it is running from your server. The only thing you need to is you should call fedex and ask for zone list for your zip code. I have attached database file which is for my location.
(Sat, 18 Sep 2004 14:14:52 EST)
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Using arrays to make a timetable for classes
By using an array you can create a timetable that lists your classes by the hour for a day. By adding a database you can make the timetable dynamic.
(Fri, 17 Sep 2004 18:44:42 EST)
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CFMX and SQL Server Data Transformation Services (Part two)
How to use coldFusion in conjunction with SQL Server Data Transformation Services
(Wed, 15 Sep 2004 21:44:33 EST)
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Collecting Handwritten Signatures with Coldfusion
This article explains how a ColdFusion programmer can collect written signatures via a web page and then convert the signature to jpg format for display.
(Mon, 20 Sep 2004 10:04:10 EST)
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Dynamic SQL Search
This tutorial will teah you how to make a search page and a results pages by searching on multiple fields. The SQL will be built dynamically so only fields that have data entered in them will be processed. I am also going to add a cool method of grouping matching records using SQL.
(Thu, 23 Sep 2004 01:29:48 EST)
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Export table to CSV file
This tutorial will explain how to export a data table to a csv file. Excellent if you want to export a mailing list from your web site to an e-mail software of some sort.
(Sat, 25 Sep 2004 19:09:09 EST)
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Part 6: Understanding and Using CFCs (with OOP and database interaction)
In this multipart series of tutorials we will go over the usage of CFCs. We will go over the basics and how to apply OOP techniques to CFCs for maximum code re-usability. We also go over using our CFCs for interaction with the database.
(Mon, 27 Sep 2004 21:23:18 EST)
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Part 7: Understanding and Using CFCs (with OOP and database interaction)
In this multipart series of tutorials we will go over the usage of CFCs. We will go over the basics and how to apply OOP techniques to CFCs for maximum code re-usability. We also go over using our CFCs for interaction with the database.
(Tue, 28 Sep 2004 09:22:16 EST)
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Running commands on an AS400 with ColdFusion
Shows you how to easily send commands to an iSeries AS400 from ColdFusion! Post any questions and I will get back with you asap. :)
(Tue, 19 Oct 2004 10:34:38 EST)
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Simplified Application Deployment
This article describes how I use a cfswitch statement to make deployment fast, customizable, and easy.
(Tue, 19 Oct 2004 11:27:32 EST)
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Ordering a 2 dimensional array
This tutorial will explain how to order a 2 dimensional array and delete duplicate values.
(Fri, 22 Oct 2004 09:59:55 EST)
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Create and email ZIP files on the fly!
This tutorial will allow you to zip up a file or files on your server and email them to you. The whole tutorial runs to less than 20 lines of code!
(Thu, 28 Oct 2004 17:32:42 EST)
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Automatically Query To CFM
This is a custom tag application. The cf_QueryRender custom tag takes your query arguments and gives you a final page table and all...
(Fri, 29 Oct 2004 10:26:01 EST)
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A Mp3 Streaming Server
This is a small application that shows you how to create an MP3 streaming server.
(Mon, 08 Nov 2004 15:37:09 EST)
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Build a List, Get a Tree
How to create an outlined tree from &lt;ul> and &lt;li> tags, CSS and JavaScript
(Tue, 09 Nov 2004 11:19:20 EST)
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Breaking down your query results into pages (Paging Tutorial)
I havent come across a 'paging' tutorial on this site. I know there are JavaScripts available that help you achieve this, and the DataSet object in VB.Net comes with paging. All you do is 'enable paging'. But how do you do it in ColdFusion ?
(Tue, 16 Nov 2004 17:09:27 EST)
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A DataSet just like VB.Net
This tutorial shows you how to create a 'dataset' just like the one in VB.Net In VB.Net you would create a dataset with 'edit' button in an extra column. Once you click 'edit', you get an option to 'update', 'delete' or 'cancel edit mode' This is just like a cfgrid tag. Although a cfgrid tag lets you bulk insert, bulk update or bulk delete, the dataset object does it one by one. But cfgrid is slower, and may give users Java errors, depending on their browser settings.
(Wed, 17 Nov 2004 17:05:45 EST)
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Easy Thumbnails:
Thumbnails with one line of code.
(Sun, 26 Dec 2004 18:46:46 EST)
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How to read and write Traditional Files.
Why you need the files, why can't I use database, well for Simplicity, Efficiency, and Customization only choice is Traditional Files. You need them when you want to store the click values that the number of user visited your sites and read them.
(Tue, 28 Dec 2004 09:18:33 EST)
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Automatically send email upon registration
After new member submits sign up form, automatically send a Welcome!!! email with their log-in credentials and other info.
(Tue, 28 Dec 2004 16:54:14 EST)
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Using Coldfusion to Import CSV Files
A simple script that imports CSV files into backend databases. Easily adaptable for importing CSV files to any type of backend database. Easily extendable. Sample CSV file included.
(Wed, 29 Dec 2004 17:12:40 EST)
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A way to dynamically upload,rename,store,retreive,drill-down and display images or .swf files
The complete code logic needed to upload,rename,store,retreive,drill-down and display images or .swf files with the appropriate code to support the files type.
(Thu, 30 Dec 2004 18:08:44 EST)
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Random Banner
This will show you how to create a banner rotation app. It will track the # of views and clicks. It can display flash or image files.
(Fri, 31 Dec 2004 10:58:35 EST)
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Creating a Client-Server Guest Book with Macromedia Flash and ColdFusion
Build a Flash app with a ColdFusion back end using the Data Connection Wizard and DataGrid Column Editor.
(Sat, 01 Jan 2005 15:32:58 EST)
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Dynamic time and date for your pages
Have you seen the 'www.EasyCFM' page closely? On the main page, top right, there is a place for time, and top left a place for day-date. Ever wonder how Pablo does it ? This is not a ColdFusion tutorial. Its JavaScript.
(Wed, 05 Jan 2005 11:50:46 EST)
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Never change your copyright date again
This is jus a simple little script that will automatically update your copyright information and uses a to - from scheme display it if the start date and end date are not the same.
(Thu, 06 Jan 2005 16:15:34 EST)
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Using XMLHTTP to populate a DIV layer
I will show you how simple it is to send a request using XMLHTTP and return a resulting web page into a DIV layer, without ever leaving the page you are viewing!
(Fri, 07 Jan 2005 08:34:09 EST)
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Using CFLDAP to Query or Modify Active Directory
The CFLDAP command gives you the ability to query Active Directory to pull out (or insert) information into AD. Once place it has been useful in our organization is for creating an online directory and keeping it up to date. This can also be used to check an account against active directory for authorization
(Wed, 12 Jan 2005 14:43:19 EST)
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Slick Little Tell-A-Friend Feature
Add this one page tell-a-friend file to your website and begin letting your visitors promote your site for you. Very easy to set up. Can be cfincluded anywhere on your site. Visitors just fill in their friends email address and click the send button. The rest is taken care of. Simple one click functionality for your visitors. Automatically sends an email, containing anything you wish, to your visitors friend.
(Thu, 13 Jan 2005 14:27:07 EST)
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Searching FULL-Text using MS SQL Server 2000
A better way to search full text than Verity for developers using SQL Server 2000 as there back-end database.
(Thu, 13 Jan 2005 20:52:44 EST)
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Record Counts of Database Results
This tutorial is designed to show you how to get a record count of the results returned by your database query. It also show you how to then chart those results.
(Fri, 14 Jan 2005 11:05:53 EST)
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Write CFCHARTs to a file directly!
This .cfc will let you write a flash, jpg, or png chart to a file, to be displayed on any page (or printed, emailed, etc). Can fix issues with charts randomly not displaying properly.
(Fri, 14 Jan 2005 11:38:34 EST)
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Choosing the Number of Columns to Display Your Data
This tutorial shows how to display queried data in a determined amount of columns instead of the default one column
(Fri, 14 Jan 2005 17:26:14 EST)
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Jelly Button
This quick tutorial teaches you how to create a button with Fireworks MX.
(Sat, 15 Jan 2005 17:55:59 EST)
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Mach-ii for newbies - part1 Getting started
The first in a series of tutorials explaining how to develop applications with the mach-ii framework. Written by a mach-ii newbie himself, this tutorials take on kind of a collaborative learning aproach.
(Sat, 15 Jan 2005 01:41:44 EST)
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Your first CFC !!!!
A simple and detailed of your first CFC. Great documentation of each step taken. A must for newbies!!!
(Sun, 23 Jan 2005 10:32:58 EST)
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Calling a DTS from Cold Fusion
This tutorial describes how to call a MS SQL DTS package from a cold fusion page using COM rather than a stored procedure.
(Mon, 24 Jan 2005 09:07:47 EST)
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View Source Code of Another Site!
View the Source code of another site with just a few simple lines!
(Fri, 28 Jan 2005 11:51:59 EST)
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JRun Metrics Logging
Since the release of ColdFusion MX, the preferred method of installation involves the use of a J2EE server. At my company, we use the bundled JRun 4 J2EE application server. One of the nicer features of this product is the ability to generate a custom log file that contains server metrics. In this tutorial, Ill demonstrate how you can enable these custom JRun performanace metrics that are easily imported into an excel spreadsheet.
(Fri, 28 Jan 2005 17:21:34 EST)
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ColdFusion Performance Profiling
Do you use the getTickCount() method to measure your CFML applications performance? There is a better way. Since the release of Coldfusion MX, the entire ColdFusion server has been built using Java. In this tutorial, well examine how a Java Servlet Filter can be used to measure the performance of your CFML application pages.
(Fri, 28 Jan 2005 19:23:25 EST)
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Dynamic Menu Generation
This tutorial is meant to teach how to create dynamic menus in which the user can select multiple lines and then have those lines reselected if they return to the same form.
(Fri, 04 Feb 2005 16:29:06 EST)
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CFLOGIN MADE EASY
This will show how you can validate a user then use CFLOGIN and determine the users admin level within the Application.cfm file. Not hard whatsoever. This one is correct Pablo.
(Sun, 06 Feb 2005 13:32:15 EST)
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Use MS Outlook in your templates
A way to link directly to MS Outlook on your local machine thru you CF Templates.
(Mon, 07 Feb 2005 12:37:50 EST)
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Catch dynamically created form values
When you dynamically create a list of form elements it is sometimes hard to catch the values of those forms to use for database insertion. This tutorial describes how you can do this.
(Wed, 16 Feb 2005 05:28:25 EST)
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FOR XML and Cold Fusion
This script demonstrates how to dump FOR XML query data to the screen as xml in Cold Fusion
(Sun, 20 Feb 2005 13:22:49 EST)
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Charge Credit Cards using Authorize.net and ColdFusion
I have seen many shopping carts on the web that make thousands of dollars a month just processing your e-commerce transactions. Now you too can cut out the middleman and save a few bucks or build your own processor and make a few bucks. This example uses Authorize.nets AIM implementation.
(Mon, 21 Feb 2005 13:08:15 EST)
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Dynamically Add Rows To a Form
Adding lines to a form dynamically using javascript and CF. User enters data, clicks Add Another, the page reloads. It keeps the data from line 1 and adds another blank row that is ready for data entry.
(Mon, 21 Feb 2005 16:30:24 EST)
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how to format a date/time using bind
here is a long way but the only one i found to format a date/time using the &lt;cfformgroup type='repeater' query='queryname'&gt;
(Thu, 10 Mar 2005 16:10:45 EST)
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Building a Suggest List with XMLHttpRequest
Avoid huge dropdowns! This tutorial shows how to dinamically create a suggest list as long as the user fills a form field. Like &lt;a href='http://www.google.com/webhp?complete=1&hl=en'>Google Suggest&lt;/a>!
(Fri, 11 Mar 2005 13:41:52 EST)
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Remove junk characters from form input
When users cut & paste form Word to your form problems can occur. This removes the junk and replaces it with known chars.
(Sat, 12 Mar 2005 10:04:25 EST)
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Email Module and You
A simple email module tutorial that anyone can use and expand on.
(Tue, 15 Mar 2005 12:02:08 EST)
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Installing coldfusion with apache
This tutorial will explain in detial how to install coldfusion mx 6.1 on a linux server, apache 2, and shows you how to make them work together.
(Mon, 21 Mar 2005 03:30:25 EST)
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Mach-ii for newbies - part 2
Continuing where part 1 left of - this one deals with reading, updating and deleting database records the mach-ii way.
(Thu, 31 Mar 2005 03:45:08 EST)
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Creating Static HTML Pages from Dynamic Pages
Static HTML can help reduce the load on the server. This helps resources be used for other things that you may possibly need. Creating static HTML in ColdFusion is a simple task and can simply be done by following this tutorial.
(Thu, 31 Mar 2005 18:45:03 EST)
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RSS Feed from Yahoo News
Bring the power of Yahoo News into your site. Everyone wants to bring updated news content to their sites. With this easy quick script, you can bring in yahoo News into your site, easy.
(Fri, 15 Apr 2005 12:05:19 EST)
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(x)html compliant dynamic columns display
This tutorial will show you how to display yout query results in a horizontal format x number of columns without loosing (x)html compliance. It may look slightly more complicated than others you may have seen, but this example provides full html and xhtml compatibility by cloasing all end tags and properly nesting td and tr.
(Thu, 21 Apr 2005 16:27:54 EST)
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How to Dynamically Generate Static HTML Files Using Coldfusion
This tutorial shows the user how to create static html files using Coldfusion instead of using dynamic cfm templates. The tutorial illustrates this technique by creating a fictional mini site containing links to movie reviews and the actual movie reviews.
(Tue, 03 May 2005 10:44:55 EST)
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Show results in pages like google
(only spanish) This tutorial shows how modify the traditional dreamweaver MX recordset explorer in a fun google page results. For Coldfusion MX 6 and upper.
(Thu, 05 May 2005 12:07:22 EST)
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ColdFusion MX 6.1 Installation on Linux (Ubuntu -- Hoary Hedgehog)
I have tried hoards of websites on how to install coldfusion on Fedora Core 3 with apache webserver. For some reason the connectors always failed. I had 'Ubuntu' on my laptop, basically because 'acpi' suspend/hibernate actually works. I decided I might try to install CF there to find out what was going wrong. Surprisingly everything worked like a charm. Make sure you use 'apt-get install apache2' before you try this. BEST OF LUCK ....
(Tue, 10 May 2005 22:12:12 EST)
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UPS XML address verification with Coldfusion
Why need UPS address validation? Answer is; to provide time and transit information to the customers. UPS needs right City State and Zip Code to able give time and transit information. I have submitted another example which I have combined time&trasit information with rating, also tracking tutorial. You should know that this tutorial is made for my needs. If you want to expand, please visit www.ec.ups.com and download instruction. Dont afraid of size the booklet:) you will only need the request inputs and response outputs. It is easy to use. I will suggest you use cfdump to see all variables you get from ups servers. I hope these will save your hours.
(Thu, 12 May 2005 02:55:19 EST)
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UPS XML Time&Transit+Rates with Coldfusion
This is complete rating and Time&Transit tutorial for UPS. to use this you must provide verified address. I have added another tutorial which shows how to verify an address. You should know that this tutorial is made for my needs. If you want to expand, please visit www.ec.ups.com and download instruction. Dont afraid of size the booklet:) you will only need the request inputs and response outputs. It is easy to use. I will suggest you use cfdump to see all variables you get from ups servers.
(Thu, 12 May 2005 03:46:37 EST)
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Flash forms
This tutorial gives an introduction to flash forms which can be implemented using Coldfusion 7.0
(Mon, 16 May 2005 14:15:27 EST)
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Dynamic textbox and progress bar for your pages
The principle of this tutorial is similar to 'Dynamic time and date for your pages' tutorial. Except that this one generates messages, and that one updated time. Read on, you will get the hang of it....
(Thu, 19 May 2005 16:24:01 EST)
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Getting ColdFusion Studio for Linux
I like using HomeSite+ for windows, and I am getting used to Dreamweaver Mx. But I still need something just as good for Linux. For some reason, I couldnt get 'wine and Dreamweaver Mx' to work. So I 'Googled' a bit and stumbled upon Eclipse and cfEclipse. Here is how to set it up.
(Wed, 25 May 2005 20:09:00 EST)
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How to create a dynamic sitemap for a database-driven website
This tutorial demonstrates how to create a dynamic sitemap for a database-driven website with ColdFusion
(Tue, 31 May 2005 01:48:57 EST)
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Generate a unique number from current date and time
This is a function that generates a 14-digits unique number from the current date and time. You can use this number as a unique ID for your database records.
(Tue, 31 May 2005 06:40:25 EST)
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ultra easy calender picker
ultra easy calender picker
(Mon, 06 Jun 2005 00:16:45 EST)
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Using Arrays for Your Sites Security
You must have a basic understanding of Arrays! This tutorial will showe you how to implement many security checks with 1 database field using Arrays.
(Wed, 22 Jun 2005 15:59:33 EST)
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Fusebox 4.1 For Beginners Part 1
This four part series will introduce cf beginners to the fusebox frame work and help them get a grasp of this powerful technology.
(Mon, 04 Jul 2005 16:31:20 EST)
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Fusebox 4.1 For Beginners Part 2
This four part series will introduce cf beginners to the fusebox frame work and help them get a grasp of this powerful technology.
(Mon, 04 Jul 2005 16:31:53 EST)
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Fusebox 4.1 For Beginners Part 3
This four part series will introduce cf beginners to the fusebox frame work and help them get a grasp of this powerful technology.
(Mon, 04 Jul 2005 16:32:09 EST)
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Fusebox 4.1 For Beginners Part 4
This four part series will introduce cf beginners to the fusebox frame work and help them get a grasp of this powerful technology.
(Mon, 04 Jul 2005 16:32:23 EST)
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Switching in between languages
I use this code to switch from one language to another on my site.
(Thu, 07 Jul 2005 10:07:43 EST)
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Replacing Ugly Text With Nice Text Graphics
This tutorial will show you how to replace a text string with letter graphics. This is very nice and includes a zip file with all source ready to run. This also includes an active interactive example right here on the tutorial.
(Fri, 15 Jul 2005 04:32:23 EST)
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Re-usable form submission cleaner
This process details the usage of a flexible cfinclude which cleans up form fields, if they exist. Using StruckKeyExists to test if the form field was submitted keeps the include from ever throwing an error, even if called directly.
(Mon, 22 Aug 2005 22:41:38 EST)
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Reordering database entries
Do you need to display information or website navigation in the order you want and not the order it was entered into the database, this tutorial will show you just how to do that.
(Thu, 01 Sep 2005 12:11:02 EST)
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Integrating & Customizing Google Maps Using the Google Maps API
Rather long introduction to using the Google Maps API to incorporate Google Maps into your applications
(Tue, 06 Sep 2005 12:18:22 EST)
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Delete files and folders in a specified path!
This tutorial will demonstrate how you can delete all files and sub-folders in a specified folder using ColdFusion and Windows!
(Wed, 07 Sep 2005 13:44:57 EST)
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Reading JPEG Exif data with ColdFusion and Java
How to read EXIF and IPTC data from a JPEG image.
(Fri, 16 Sep 2005 05:06:39 EST)
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Building an Editable Grid with AJAX and ColdFusion Components
This tutorial shows how to change an HTML table into an editable grid using JavaScript, XML and ColdFusion Components. No more page reloads! Its easy! Its simple!
(Fri, 16 Sep 2005 07:27:13 EST)
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DNS-less connection to MySQL
Ever wondered if there was a way to bypass setting up a datasource for every mySQL database? This tutorial shows you a simple way to connect to the mySQL server, directly from your page, using a small cffunction.
(Fri, 16 Sep 2005 19:08:59 EST)
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Reordering database entries � Version 2
Do you need to allow your end user(or yourself) to move items in your database from one position to another or from the top to the bottom etc, Like the order to display articles or re-prioritize items in a list.
(Wed, 21 Sep 2005 05:46:22 EST)
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Easy Pagination With MySQL and ColdFusion
This tutorial will show you how to implement easy and effective pagination in your ColdFusion application. This works great for breaking up and displaying large query results one page at a time.
(Fri, 14 Oct 2005 22:55:38 EST)
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Stop automated form submission by using Image Verification
This tutorial will show you how to stop automatred form submissions by generating a random image that must be verified before the form is submitted.
(Thu, 20 Oct 2005 06:06:10 EST)
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DHTML Tabs (Part 1 of 2)
Visual tab control generator - Creates an interface that loads all the data in each tab in a single page request. This allows the users to click on each tab in the interface and instantly see the data on that tab without waiting for it to load.
(Wed, 26 Oct 2005 12:38:36 EST)
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Extensionless Coldfusion
Ever wanted to be like google and run your scripts without an extension? This tutorial shows you how with Apache or IIS!
(Thu, 27 Oct 2005 10:51:43 EST)
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Turning up the heat in Fusebox 4.1
This tutorial teaches you some methodology and new xml tags you can use to create complex, but easy to use application in the fusebox framework.
(Thu, 27 Oct 2005 11:41:51 EST)
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Design Your Database
Dynamic websites use a database to store content and to extract the relevant information where needed. This article explains the main concepts related to using and designing databases, and presents some guidelines and best practices in database naming.
(Wed, 09 Nov 2005 04:58:57 EST)
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Simple Database Remote Management
Add, Alter and Drop Tables and Columns remotly via a simple form. WARNING: First tutorial from a beginner!
(Fri, 11 Nov 2005 18:23:31 EST)
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Authentication system (encryption and Update profile capabilities)
This is a good base system to start with if you want to add password encryption and user management on your site.
(Mon, 14 Nov 2005 14:01:17 EST)
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Preparing the Invoices compatable to Quickbooks(IIF format)
Hi, This tutorial is all about the how to format & prepare the ecommerce invoices into Quickbooks where it will create a tabbed delimeted text file (IIF) which is compatable to import into quickbooks which reduces the manual entreies in to Quick books each invoice. the code file is a real time file i hope this is useful for your ecommerce applications mail me if any questions thank you suresh pagidipati sureshpagidipati@yahoo.com
(Thu, 01 Dec 2005 05:39:45 EST)
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Intro to Amazon web services
Learn the basics of building your own eCommerce site using Amazon.coms web services and Cold Fusion.
(Sat, 03 Dec 2005 22:41:50 EST)
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DNS-less connection to MySQL (Part 2)
Ever wondered if there was a way to bypass setting up a datasource for every mySQL database connection? This tutorial shows you a simple way to connect directly to the mySQL server from your page using a small cffunction. Features examples, as well as support for inserts, updates, and deletes.
(Thu, 08 Dec 2005 14:04:43 EST)
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Simple Image Manipulation Tool
This tutorial will tech you how to check if a image has been resized, if it has leave it alone, if it hasnt resize it and add a _sm prefix on the begining of the filename.
(Thu, 15 Dec 2005 20:11:00 EST)
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Toggling Trusted Cache from your application
An easy way to clear the trusted cache without logging into CF admin.
(Fri, 23 Dec 2005 07:48:54 EST)
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Creating a User Login Area Using a CFC
This tutorial will show you how to create a user login area using a CFC. This is just a basic idea which can easily be modified to fit your needs
(Sun, 08 Jan 2006 11:07:30 EST)
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Tips and Tricks for Building Secure Web Applications
Security is definitely of great concern for both every web developer and web user. This article discusses some of the things you should keep in mind in order to build secure web applications. Learn how to build account activation, use random keys, validate input and protect sensitive information in your site.
(Mon, 09 Jan 2006 04:49:17 EST)
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QueryStringSet
Replaces or Adds a variable with its value on a cgi.Query_String alike. It supports multiple values at the same time separated by commas
(Wed, 11 Jan 2006 02:08:23 EST)
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Breaking down your query results into pages (Paging Tutorial) Part-II
This is an extension to my last tutorial 'Breaking down your query results into pages (Paging Tutorial)' which is posted here on www.easycfm.com In the last tutorial, you could retrieve a dataset with a &lt;cfquery>, then use a technique to seperate the results over several pages. It simply ; - took the total 'recordCount' - divided that with the 'number of records per page' - then displayed the number of pages at the bottom of the table. This is a little more sophisticated than that. Read on...
(Wed, 11 Jan 2006 17:29:32 EST)
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Side By Side Product Comparison
This Tutorial will show you how to allow your web sites users to select items to compare side by side. Your items could be anything from products for sale to statistical information. Users can add and remove Items or Products to compare in a table. A great feature for sites seilling products, especially products with many variations for models in a series.
(Thu, 12 Jan 2006 23:09:23 EST)
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Building Excel Spreadsheets via XML
Building Excel spreadsheets using Microsofts SpreadsheetML XML dialect.
(Tue, 24 Jan 2006 20:18:37 EST)
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Adding Multiple Records to a Table and much more.
Alright, this one is long at first, but once you get the hang of it, it can be really useful. Basically, we are going to create a 3 page application that will allow us to choose the number of people to add to a database, enter these peoples info onto a second page, and add all the records at one time to a database on page three.
(Wed, 01 Feb 2006 01:20:57 EST)
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Network Device Checker
Network Device Checker
(Sat, 11 Feb 2006 23:01:15 EST)
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Dual Select Box
The very easiest way to make a dependant drop down menu
(Tue, 14 Feb 2006 18:16:35 EST)
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Dynamic Content Map
This will diplay a map of links to your product categories and subcategories using 1 db table. Also includes advanced features.
(Fri, 03 Mar 2006 10:49:36 EST)
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Matching Similiar Strings in CFMX
An example of how to match similiar strings using a combination of SQLServer and CFMX.
(Fri, 03 Mar 2006 19:48:34 EST)
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Banning the spam
Internet spam is on the rise, and more importantly spammers are targeting your sites comment forms. They are looking for the trackback urls to fool search engines into ranking their website higher in the search results. When this started to happen to me, I wanted to sent out emails to the offenders demanding that they stop. Unfortunatly the spam is being generated by bots and programs not some pimple faced kid behind a keyboard. Banning IP addresses is not enough and rarely works since intelligent spammers hide their true identity anyway. Next approach... Banning Keywords used by the offending sites. Thats where this tutorial comes in.
(Wed, 15 Mar 2006 10:20:49 EST)
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Shrinking My SQL Server Transaction Logs!
I wanted to create a tutorial on something that will make your life easier. This tutorial is on SQL Transaction logs and how to make them smaller. This will save you time and money because of disk usage! I hope this helps your site go faster!
(Thu, 16 Mar 2006 22:36:30 EST)
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List a Data Collection by Letter
This goes through creating a site that you can navigate a lot of records, by the first letter, like a music or movie collection http://www.killtheheart.com
(Sat, 18 Mar 2006 15:27:07 EST)
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RSS Feed to CF Query
This quick and easy function converts an RSS feed XML document into a coldfusion query for you to easily loop through and use on your website.
(Tue, 28 Mar 2006 11:09:56 EST)
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Meta Tag Management with ColdFusion
Need a quick way to manage your meta information? Frustrated with tags mistakenly deleted by page updates? This handy script will help you keep track of and easily update your meta data.
(Wed, 29 Mar 2006 21:11:11 EST)
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Display an XML weather feed on your home page
Consume and display an XML weather feed. Cache the results to minimize http calls, and use xmlSearch and Xpath to parse the results.
(Fri, 31 Mar 2006 00:34:40 EST)
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Limiting UserID�s to One Login at a Time
Describes the mechanics of not allowing the same user to login from two diferrent machines.
(Fri, 31 Mar 2006 14:41:16 EST)
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ColdFusion on a Stick
How to Create a Portable 'Plug n Play' CF Application
(Fri, 31 Mar 2006 15:24:21 EST)
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Pass complex data in a hidden form field with Base64
Use Base64 to pass html or large blocks of text in a form post without using session variables.
(Fri, 31 Mar 2006 23:52:01 EST)
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Quick and Dirty Contact Forms.
This is just a simple way to dynamicly generate contact forms without the need for a database.
(Sat, 01 Apr 2006 12:34:26 EST)
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Grids binding and cfform with CF 7
out to bind CFGRID in Coldfusion 7.
(Wed, 12 Apr 2006 17:08:09 EST)
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CFCs in Fusebox
This final part in the tutorials about fusebox 4.1 will explore the use of CFCs.
(Tue, 25 Apr 2006 17:13:26 EST)
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Highlight
This cfscript highlights a substring in a string.
(Mon, 01 May 2006 08:33:03 EST)
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E-mail Scramble
This simple CFC scrambles your e-mail into ASCII-equivalent characters, reducing the chance of your e-mail being phished by bots and spiders significantly.
(Sun, 09 Jul 2006 17:11:11 EST)
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Creating Secure instances with CFMX 7 Multi Server
How to create secure islocated JRUN instances using ColdFusion MX 7 multi server. This allows each instance to be securely isloated from others to get arounnd the JAVA security issues that cannot be cured with sandboxing.
(Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:53:44 EST)
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Complete site encryption!
This tutorial will show you how to encrypt an entire site by recursively working though the folder structure encrypting all the cfm files and copying any non-cfm files whilst keeping the directory structure intact.
(Sun, 16 Jul 2006 08:11:38 EST)
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Using command line executables to help leverage ColdFusion�s incredible power!
Ever wanted to do something a little more than what ColdFusion was capable of doing? Kind of a broad question right? What about scan files for viruses? Spell check form fields? Create websites in IIS? Apache? You can pretty much do whatever you want 'in' ColdFusion!!!! Well that is not exactly true, but you can use ColdFusion to get your OS (operating system) to do whatever you want.
(Tue, 18 Jul 2006 17:29:02 EST)
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Deleting Session When User Leaves Your Page
This tutorial will show you how to delete sessions when a user closes the browser.
(Tue, 18 Jul 2006 19:08:30 EST)
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Integrating PayPal�s IPN with ColdFusion
This will let a user buy something from your site using PayPal. Then you will get automatic instant notification of payment. This will also show you how to modify a database to reflect the payment and send the user a receipt.
(Thu, 20 Jul 2006 00:50:56 EST)
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Using Flash Remoting to take your CFForms Farther
This tutorial shows you how to make a remote connection to a cfc using actionscript for your cfforms.
(Sat, 22 Jul 2006 21:23:09 EST)
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Easy Way to Pass Flash Form Values to CF
This is an Easy tutorial that will provide you with a step by step process on how to pass form values from a Flash ActionScript file to a Coldfusion Page using the LoadVars Object.
(Thu, 27 Jul 2006 12:54:34 EST)
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Simple Suggest List using Scriptaculous
This tutorial shows the suggest list (auto complete) idea using the built in functions in Scriptaculous with a CF data page. Working example at: http://www.brixontech.com/examples/webtwo/autocomplete/index.cfm
(Sun, 30 Jul 2006 20:57:20 EST)
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Use ColdFusion to track your Google ranking! (while obeying the
This tutorial explains how to write a CFC to invoke and interact with Googles SOAP Search API to find your google ranking for your targeted keywords. I labeled this tutorial as 'Intermediate' but anyone could follow (even if that means cut/paste!)
(Wed, 02 Aug 2006 14:29:02 EST)
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Task Scheduler without the Administrator
See link for tutorial and files: http://www.brixontech.com/examples/scheduler/index.cfm The scheduled task manager in the ColdFusion Administrator can be replicated outside of the administrator. You can add, update, run, and delete scheduled tasks from a tag and you can list all tasks using the unsupported ServiceFactory class.
(Fri, 11 Aug 2006 21:01:37 EST)
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Easy Table Sort / Page using AJAX
Table sort and paging using AJAX calls to fill a div that will be the container for the table. See the following page for a live demo. http://www.brixontech.com/examples/table/index.cfm
(Sun, 13 Aug 2006 16:01:29 EST)
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Remember the Cow: Recursion in ColdFusion (one line breadcrumbs and sitemaps!)
This tutorial digs deep into recursion in ColdFusion, and provides practical solutions to real-world development issues: breadcrumbs, sitemaps, and select box options.
(Mon, 21 Aug 2006 19:51:25 EST)
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Creating an OO Data Factory!
This tutorial will show you how to create an OO Data Factory that will allow you to easily extend your applications to multiple database servers.
(Fri, 25 Aug 2006 11:25:38 EST)
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Obtaining the ID of the record you just inserted
This tutorial will show you how secure ways to obtain the ID of the record you inserted, not just the last ID inserted. The tutorial covers this technique in MS Access, MSSQL and MySQL.
(Mon, 28 Aug 2006 16:34:09 EST)
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Coldfusion Master Pages
Use ASP.NET-style master pages to replace your header/footer files for web page layout
(Wed, 30 Aug 2006 14:14:16 EST)
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Coldfusion Powered Flex
So as I am sure you are aware, Flex 2 hit the ground running recently. Have you been kicking yourself for not getting a head start on learning? Well for all the people who thought it was just a fad, this tutorial is here to save the day. I hope by reading and working through this tutorial you will get a general but firm understanding of simple to advanced workings of Flex.
(Thu, 31 Aug 2006 02:08:04 EST)
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Image Manipulation Using Image.CFC
This tutorial will show you how to use Image.cfc. I demonstrate several examples of how you can create Image verification for forms, scale down images, watermark images, add text to images, and performing multiple operations to an image.
(Thu, 31 Aug 2006 13:29:54 EST)
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Boost your applications performance with cached CFCs
When using the cfinvoke tag or the CreateObject function on your pages, it adds CPU time to process the requests to load all of those objects into memory. Under load this can make quite a difference in your page response times. One way to get around it is to put those objects into a shared scope so they only get instantiated once. This will save memory and CPU time on your server.
(Thu, 31 Aug 2006 23:51:13 EST)
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Allow 0 length numeric fields in SQL
This will show you how you can submit 0 length numeric fields via SQL.
(Wed, 04 Oct 2006 13:48:22 EST)
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Form with 2 Submit Buttons
An easy way to have a form with 2 or more submit buttons where each one does a different thing. One can count a rows in a DB, then next can actually submit the query. Possibilities are limitless.
(Mon, 09 Oct 2006 07:25:40 EST)
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CF Mini Database Driven Calendar
I know there are a few calendars on the tutorial list, but everyone of them has someone asking how can I link to my database. I will show a simple solution to do this with examples.
(Fri, 10 Nov 2006 09:45:10 EST)
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Adding smillies and htmltags in textarea input field by simply clicking on the images.
Heres a rather simple Tutorial on how to add smillies and or htmltags in your textarea inputfield. Just picture this: You want people to fill out a (Comments / chat) textbox. And you want the users to be able to insert smillies and/or htmltags in the text just by cliking on the smillie image and use the buttons for the htmlTags. When doing so it will add the apropriate shortcode, which will later be replaced by the actual image and or htmlTag, after you have submitted the form. I also added a piece of code where you can add the text in a MS Access Database in this Case. It all works in combination with a simple Javascript.
(Fri, 24 Nov 2006 08:34:45 EST)
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Secure Pablos User Authentication Login
Secure Login Password using Pablos User Authentication with Javascript Cryptography
(Sun, 03 Dec 2006 09:07:14 EST)
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Actionscript Basics in CFFORM
This tutorial teaches some basic ways to achieve effects using actionscript with your flash forms.
(Tue, 27 Feb 2007 15:00:56 EST)
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Parsing Feedburner Feeds with CFML
There were a few RSS parsers on this site, but none worked with Feedburners feed. So I rewrote them to make it work.
(Sun, 18 Mar 2007 03:04:17 EST)
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Simple URLs
This tutorial explains how to do simple urls like: http://www.domain.com/username Or http://www.domain.com/page_name. It is different from doing Search Engine Friendly urls (like http://tutorial90.easycfm.com/) because this doesnt convert urls. In a way it unconverts a url by taking advantage of a 404 missing page.
(Mon, 19 Mar 2007 23:10:38 EST)
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Simplify form development and processing
Have you ever wanted to have a quick way to process just about any form in coldfusion? If you can apply some simple standards to your database and to your form elements, then this tutorial makes it easy for you to rapidly develop and deploy your application. Note, some developers will frown on it because it does not draw on stored procedures where efficiency can be gained in your application, but sometimes you just want to get it working - you can let the hard core programmers use the prototype to make it work more efficiently. They will like you for using less code.
(Thu, 22 Mar 2007 16:42:54 EST)
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Simply form processing through a single template
Have you ever wanted to have a quick way to process just about any form in coldfusion? Whether it is by direct submission of a form by submit or through AJAX, you can apply some simple standards to your database and to your form elements, then this tutorial makes it easy for you to develop and deploy forms in your application.
(Sat, 24 Mar 2007 08:18:30 EST)
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ColdFusion Content Injection
Inject customized content into predefined messages by adding specially formatted placeholders in the message.
(Wed, 28 Mar 2007 17:01:28 EST)
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Validating Multiple Email Addresses.
The Tutorial is reagarding the checking of the multiple email addresses. This is a server side coding using the ReFind and the Replace Functions.
(Fri, 06 Apr 2007 09:02:37 EST)
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Displaying Random Quotes
A very easy way to display a random quote each time the page is loaded.
(Thu, 26 Apr 2007 23:29:44 EST)
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Set Credit Card Years Forever
I downloaded a tutorial for populating a year select list and made some changes that I think will be helpful to you. Once you set it up, you don�t have worry about it anymore. It will populate itself with the years from current to whatever number of years you want. &lt;cfparam name='fromYear' default='#DateFormat(Now(),'yyyy')#'> &lt;cfset toYear=#fromYear# + 5> &lt;select name='cardYear'> &lt;option value='0' &lt;cfif fromYear eq '0'>selected&lt;/cfif>>Select Year&lt;/option> &lt;cfloop index='year' from='#DateFormat(Now(),'yyyy')#' to='#toYear#' step='+1'> &lt;cfoutput> &lt;option value='#year#' &lt;cfif fromYear eq '#year#'>selected&lt;/cfif>>#year#&lt;/option> &lt;/cfoutput> &lt;/cfloop> &lt;/select>
(Mon, 14 May 2007 12:32:01 EST)
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Creating a Random String
This tutorial will teach you how to create a random string.
(Fri, 21 Sep 2007 06:26:42 EST)
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Simple Web Page Translation Widget
Make a Simple Web Page Translation Widget Using Google Translate
(Sat, 03 Nov 2007 11:48:37 EST)
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Simple "Call Me Back!" SMS Alert
Send a Text-Message to Cell Phone or Pager from Your Website
(Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:53:28 EST)
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Using CFIMAGE to Watermark an Image
Using Coldfusion 8 and Using CFIMAGE to Watermark an Image. http://www.damonledet.com/tutorial/index.cfm/name/cfimagewatermark
(Thu, 22 Nov 2007 21:21:27 EST)
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How to greet your users on their birthday
This tutorial uses a couple of date/time functions and database query results in order to get your DBMS to greet your users when their birthday dates match the current date.
(Wed, 02 Jan 2008 21:06:16 EST)
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Sending e-mail with Flex and ColdFusion
I demonstrate as sending e-mails integrating Flex and ColdFusion
(Fri, 04 Jan 2008 21:06:16 EST)
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ColdFusion tutorial to export from database to RSS
Always wanted to export items from your existing database into RSS with ColdFusion and syndicate it, but don't know how? Well, this is your lucky day! We�re going to show you how you can easily export your database records to RSS.
(Sat, 05 Jan 2008 00:57:49 EST)
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ColdFusion tutorial to create same hash as CF, but in MS SQL!
How cool would it be, being able to create the same MD5 hash as ColdFusion, directly in the MS SQL RDMBS?
(Sun, 06 Jan 2008 01:28:46 EST)
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Making a Forum
In this tutorial we will learn how to make a forum from scratch.
(Wed, 16 Jan 2008 06:54:59 EST)
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Yet Another Dynamic Drop Down Tutorial
Another tutorial which demonstrates an easier method of making dynamic drop down menus. It uses multidimensional arrays.
(Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:26:52 EST)
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Creating a chat system with Flex and Coldfusion
This tutorial will cover both the Flex and Coldfusion areas of a chat application that uses the users computer to store the entire chat log and coldfusion only stores the 5 newest messages.
(Wed, 06 Feb 2008 22:57:18 EST)
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Editing with a Flex Datagrid
Would you like to learn how to edit the information in a Flex 2 DataGrid directly? All the examples I�ve seen proceed by data binding TextInputs to a DataGrid as part of a form. I�ve written this tutorial so that you can change the information right in the DataGrid cells.
(Thu, 21 Feb 2008 12:52:14 EST)
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Displaying Tag Restrictions on ColdFusion Server
This Tutorial will show you how to display tag restricitons with Sandbox Security enabled.
(Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:47:28 EST)
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Dynamically Generating HTML Table Columns & Rows
Dynamically Generate and HTML Table with a Dynamic Number of Columns and rows.
(Thu, 03 Apr 2008 09:28:23 EST)
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The best way to show categories (and their children, and their children and those children)
Today I ran by a forum post on EasyCFM.COM (see it here) that asked for help in displaying categories. This can be tricky; especially if you have many parent/child relationships. So I thought I would post a blog entry talking about the best way I have found to do this... Here goes nothing..
(Sat, 06 Dec 2008 22:54:32 EST)
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Creating an AIR Game
We all want to create cool applications. Maybe you already have one in mind, but don't know how to get from start to finish. This tutorial introduces you to the AIR API and how to use it to create a simple game of chance using Flex components and a little actionscript. Below is the final product before compiling it into an AIR app. Use Flex Builder 3 to import this application so you can review it and make changes as you see fit. View Flex Builder 3 Help Docs to find out how to import an application. You can also download the final AIR application to play with. Make sure you have downloaded and installed the AIR Player from Adobe first.
(Sat, 06 Dec 2008 23:08:44 EST)
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