CFCamp 2019 Speaker Twitter List
It worked pretty well having the ColdFusion Summit 2019 speaker list (https://twitter.com/dakuwan/lists/cfsummit-2019-speakers) so i decided to to do the same for the CF Camp 2019 speakers. This list...
View ArticleThoughts on the ColdFusion Specialist Program Exam
So, I blogged about the online part of the ColdFusion Specialist program and the in-person section. What about the exam? So as I mentioned in my notes on the in-person section of the program, the...
View ArticleNote to Self: IIS 10 Pre-Requisites for ColdFusion 2018
This is more of a note to self than anything… I need it because a.) this isn’t the sort of thing I do frequently enough to commit to memory and b.) because a Google Search for “IIS Installation...
View ArticleAfter Upgrading to Update 5 on CF2018, pages randomly won’t load.
Question… since upgrading to Update 5 on CF 2018, I’m randomly getting this screenshot when loading CF pages. Refreshing the page makes it load properly. I’ve re-run the wsconfig.exe. It’s on a...
View ArticleColdFusion Builder – Dark Mode
In Coldfusion Builder (my version is 3.2), there is a built-in option for a “Dark” theme. I happen to prefer “Dark-Mode” themes, especially on my laptop and phones for battery savings and I find it...
View ArticleA fix for the error: ColdFusion was unable to create an image from the...
If you may be running a CFML image processing tag or function, which obtains its source image from a URL, you might get this error, “ColdFusion was unable to create an image from the specified source...
View ArticleOn converting from application.cfm to application.cfc
This topic may seem like (very) old news to many readers, but there are still folks (perhaps thousands) who for one reason or another have some CFML app where they have still not made the shift from...
View ArticleMoving from DI/1 to Wirebox in a FW/1 application
I wanted to leverage some of the extra power that Wirebox gives me over DI/1 so decided to have a go at switching from DI/1 to Wirebox. This is what I learnt. Before I start digging into this, this...
View ArticleEvent Gateway Instances – How verify is running ?
Hi team !! I’m newby of this blog, this is my very first post …. I’m a problem, i’ve activate 4 istance of Event Gateway to send SMS via SMTP, all works fine but, i would like to verify if they are...
View ArticleShould you convert all your CFQUERY sql to stored procedures? A different...
If you have legacy code, you likely have lots (if not all) of your SQL in CFQUERY tags. Perhaps you have wondered if (or been told) you should convert all that SQL into stored procedures (called via...
View ArticleHelp us get CFML / ColdFusion added to CodeWars Website
Help us get CFML / ColdFusion added to CodeWars CodeWars is a cool site for practicing/training to improve your coding skills. I use the site for JavaScript often and it would be awesome if CFML was...
View Articlehow can ı make a total number the end of list?
ı must make a salary list and the end of page(under of the list number) ı wıll show the number.like a excell. how can ı write with coldfusıon?help please. for exp: 1 =10 2=20 30 The post how can ı...
View Articleis anyone there ??
i am looking for a little coding help that i haven’t been able to figure out – i’m in kansas city and there aren’t any groups here – if you are still there can someone respond please The post is anyone...
View ArticleColdfusion 2018 Auto Lockdown tool
How long should it take to install the lockdown tool? I have 4 websites in IIS and it has been stuck at 100% for an hour. Installing… Change permissions of IIS website: The log stopped populating...
View ArticleBest Practices for Secure Password Storage in ColdFusion
In today’s post, I want to discuss best practices for storing passwords securely. The examples I will provide are directed towards ColdFusion development. However, this is not limited to ColdFusion;...
View ArticleJava 11 License with ColdFusion 2018 on Virtual Server in a Cluster
Within an Internal Cloud in our organisation we have ColdFusion 2018 Enterprise Edition installed. If the CF2018 is for a specific number of virtual cores but not all the physical cores in a cluster...
View ArticleMore on today’s CF update, and the importance of securing CAR files
If you saw the news today (July 14, 2020) about the new updates for CF2018 and 2016, you may have read seen the new admonition (a “strong recommendation”) from Adobe that one should be careful to...
View ArticleAdobe ColdFusion Security Best Practices (Server Auto-Lockdown)
Most security features and protocols focus on prevention. Firewalls, security analyzers, and proper coding all keep hackers away. And sometimes, unfortunately, security breaches still occur. A hacker...
View ArticleSAML in ColdFusion
This blog post is going to be about how to implement a simple SSO application using ColdFusion SAML. To know more about SAML in general, go through the OASIS SAML documentation:...
View ArticleJava Keystore – CFHTTP / JSON
Hello All- I have a routine that uses cfhttp to send JSON to a credit card processor. This only generates invoices, not moving CC info. The system will build the JSON, then send it using CFHTTP. *Most...
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