Weekend quiz: my answer (Python version)
G'day:This is a companion exercise to my earlier articles:Weekend quiz: my answer (CFML version)Weekend quiz: my answer (Ruby version)I'll be using exactly the same logic as in those two, just working...
View ArticlePHP: don't forget the timestamp / DateTime survey, if you have a moment for a...
G'day:I released this ("PHP: a survey about date data handling") on Friday, which is a bit of as rubbish day for me to ask for ppl's input as they've generally got better things to think about. Whereas...
View ArticleLocal scope bug (or not, if you're the ColdFusion Team)
G'day:I just spotted this, and decided to look into it:20:36 STATE CHANGED 3042593 (9.0.1) Bug 84833:(Watson Migration Closure)[ANeff] Bug for: Clearing local scope o…: http://t.co/9VX1qJx73J— CF...
View ArticleSurvey results and my own findings: timestamp vs DateTime (PHP)
G'day:Apologies for the delay in getting back to this survey ("PHP: a survey about date data handling") - although I'm sure few people would have been waiting with bated breath - I've just had a very...
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Hammers and screws (and when not to use a list in CFML)
G'day:I hope Salted (/Ross) and Ryan don't mind me pinching our IRC conversation for a blog article, but... well... too bad if they do. It's done now. This is it.Ross was asking "whats the most...
View Article(CFML) A quick survey about how you write your function signatures
G'day:The subject kinda says it all. I'm just curious as to how people tend to code their function signatures, so I'm running a short survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/3KRMTDZ.The main question...
View ArticleFor Andy Allan
G'day:I have no idea why I'm doing this, but here you go Andy: a blog article.--Adam
View Article(CFML) It's time to get query of query improved
G'day:I'm sure all this has done the rounds before, but I cannot find the tickets. So I have raised them again:Improve joining in query of query (ColdFusion | Railo)CFML's QoQ is very limited in how it...
View ArticleAdobe's most valuable employee
G'day:No messing around: it's Anit:@DAC_dev@nathanstrutz This only outputs, in case of multiserver installations. #idontgiveup :-)— Anit Kumar Panda (@anitkumar85) December 4, 2014TBH, I have not even...
View Article(CFML) Survey results: how you write your function signatures
G'day:Firstly, hey thanks to everyone who filled the survey in! I got over 100 responses within the space of a coupla days. That's the fastest I've had responses to a survey. Cheers!Anyway, what did...
View Article"George", eh?
G'day:So I heard the first mention of Railo 5 in quite a while from the Railo guys today, an oblique reference from Micha:In George (Railo 4.2 successor) the release date is set by the build process in...
View ArticleColdFusion 11 update 3 and ColdFusion 10 update 15 are out
G'day:Adobe have finalised ColdFusion 11's update 3, and ColdFusion 10's update 15. Official word is on their blog "ColdFusion 11 Update 3 and ColdFusion 10 Update 15 are available now".I'm in the...
View ArticleSay "no" to Adobe and their bloody stupid generic CFScript syntax
G'day:Firstly, sorry this blog has been a bit of a non-event recently. There's various reasons for this - none of them interesting - but I'll get back on form soon. -ish.Now. Frickin' Adobe.Ray hit me...
View ArticleFucking StackOverflow. And new vs createObject() vs entityNew()
G'day:I was typing this response on Stack Overflow, and just as I was finishing, the question was closed and I was unable to save it. What a bunch of pricks the rule-makers on StackOverflow are.I'm not...
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G'day World in Go
G'day:I've got an odd situation at present... I have a suspected lump on the inside of my eyeball, underneath my retina. I say "suspected" because the symptoms I have are those that I've had before...
View ArticleWeekend quiz: Adam Presley's answer (Go)
G'day:At long last, I'm continuing to look at each person's submissions for the quiz ("Something for the weekend? A wee code quiz (in CFML, PHP, anything really...)"). There's been a bit of a hiatus...
View ArticleHands up: who has issues accessing the ColdFusion bugbase?
G'day:There is a continuing issue with access to the Adobe ColdFusion bugbase: when clicking on a link (like this one: https://bugbase.adobe.com/index.cfm?event=bug&id=3909712), many many people...
View ArticleFixing CFScript: CFLDAP
G'day:This is the first in a series of brief articles I'm going to write to demonstrate how Adobe (and, for that matter, Railo) could have implemented functionality that was formerly the preserve of...
View ArticleBook review: Adam Tuttle's newest book
G'day:Adam's been busy recently. You'll've heard about his new book "REST Web APIs: The Book" which is being released soon - I'll have a review up and a competition to win a copy next week - but he's...
View ArticleWeekend quiz: Adam Presley's answer - redux (Go)
G'day:Adam Presley is a bit of a star. I had a look at his original entry to the quiz and decided I didn't like it as it was too long-winded ("Weekend quiz: Adam Presley's answer (Go)"). He's...
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