New getFieldLengths method for DataMgr
October 28, 2008
Steve Bryant has release DataMgr 2.2 Beta recently, which includes several new features and enhancements. One of the new features is getFieldLengths(). So what is this method for? Read more »
Maximum list values for cfqueryparam
October 22, 2008
I've just managed to get ColdFusion 8 to blow up MS SQL Server 2000! This is the error message I was getting: [Macromedia][SQLServer JDBC Driver] The DBMS returned an unspecified error. The command code was 0. Read more »
IISPassword for IIS 6.0
October 21, 2008
IISPassword now supports IIS 6.0 on Windows 2003 64 bit and 32 bit editions so you can use your Apache .htaccess files. Read more »
European and US formatted currency
October 20, 2008
Here's a question that I've just answered over on the CF Adobe forums. I'm sure there is a neater (pure CF) solution. Read more »
OOP Terminology : Part VIII - Service Layer
October 17, 2008
So just what is this Service layer anyway? Read more »
OOP Terminology : Part VII - Beans
October 16, 2008
When people talk about beans in OOP what the heck are they on about? Well, the term bean comes from the Java world where there are different types of beans depending on the usage. In ColdFusion we don't have different types of bean, so it's much easier to understand. Read more »
getters, setters and Anemic Domain Models
October 14, 2008
Ben Nadel has added an interesting post on his blog OOP Getters() And Setters() - A New Programmer's Frustration. I posted my comments and then Sean Corfield added one which said everything I was trying to say (badly) and more. I think Sean hits the nail on the head with the trap that many people fall into when moving to OO. Read more »
OOP Terminology : Part VI - UML
October 13, 2008
UML is a useful tool for designing OO applications. As part of my OOP terminology series, I thought I'd show an example of how you would document a simple system with UML. Read more »
Refactoring - Good or Bad?
October 10, 2008
If you anything like me, you go to make a change to some code you wrote a year ago and wince. I want to drive right in and replace my horrible clunky code with my nice new shiny code. Read more »
OOP Terminology : Part V - Composition & Aggregation
October 10, 2008
The so called "big 3" of OO are generally accepted to be encapsulation, polymorphism, and inheritance. I've mentioned those in my previous posts, so now it's the turn of composition and aggregation. Read more »