Sami Hoda

Recent Blog Comments By Sami Hoda

• As A Man, I Can Be A Better Example Than I Have Been

  Posted on Mar 23, 2020 at 9:25 AM

  @Sami, what people rarely do *... read more »

• As A Man, I Can Be A Better Example Than I Have Been

  Posted on Mar 23, 2020 at 9:24 AM

  There was a reason I couldn't share your blog with a lot of people, and now you've done what people do, and earned our respect. Keep up the good work, and keep the introspection going. I only hope you'll bring back the old posts but modified, so the young CFers can continue to benefit.... read more »

• Updated CFHttpSession.cfc With Spoofed Referer Can Log Into PayPal

  Posted on May 1, 2008 at 12:22 PM

  And I was scrolling, and scrolling... Jeez. Nice work, and lots of it!... read more »

• Kinky Calendar Leap Year Update

  Posted on Mar 4, 2008 at 4:06 PM

  Can you tell us which file (line numbers) were changed so we can update our copies?... read more »

• Use Content Length When Streaming Binary Variables In ColdFusion

  Posted on Aug 2, 2007 at 6:38 PM

  This would be a good test: Compare CF's native approach to using the java.io class, across multiple file sizes. http://www.exampledepot.com/egs/java.io/GetLength.html Sami... read more »

• Use Content Length When Streaming Binary Variables In ColdFusion

  Posted on Aug 1, 2007 at 5:48 PM

  Ben, This is good, but not perfect. Docs say: "Note: This action reads the file into a variable in the local Variables scope. It is not intended for use with large files, such as logs, because they can bring down the server." What if you allow users/customers to download files routinely in the me... read more »

• Using CFHeader With File Names Containing Spaces (Thanks Elliott Sprehn!)

  Posted on Jul 19, 2007 at 1:28 AM

  I think you have triple quotes at the end there...... read more »

• Learning ColdFusion 8: CFThread Part III - Set It And Forget It

  Posted on Jun 4, 2007 at 2:31 PM

  Some people might find use for the aSyncHTTP lib by Mark Mandel also.... read more »

• Guess The Coin Amount, Win Cool Prizes

  Posted on Mar 23, 2007 at 1:05 PM

  $25... read more »

• Did You Know That "000" Equals "00A" In ColdFusion?

  Posted on Mar 6, 2007 at 6:39 PM

  I would let the CF team know.... read more »

• Creating A Centralized Point Of Entry For ColdFusion Scheduled Tasks

  Posted on Feb 21, 2007 at 2:32 PM

  Ben, Take a look at this as well. Another way to deal with Scheduled Tasks: http://labs.redbd.net/projects/cfcron.cfm Sami... read more »

• My Coding Methodology - Understanding The Madness And The Man Behind It

  Posted on Nov 8, 2006 at 5:35 PM

  Dizzy Man this is one big post. I've read many different coding standards docs for CF, and this one looks VERY good. Nice work..... read more »

• Posting Form Values With The ColdFusion CFHttp And CFHttpParam Tags

  Posted on Nov 1, 2006 at 3:48 PM

  Ben, Take a look at aSyncHttp... http://www.compoundtheory.com/?action=asynchttp.index Sami... read more »

• Does Mentoring Exist Any More?

  Posted on Oct 20, 2006 at 6:24 PM

  money work, i meant monkey work...... read more »

• Does Mentoring Exist Any More?

  Posted on Oct 20, 2006 at 6:23 PM

  Its just gotten more and more rare. There a lot of things that raise flags in these job requests. Titles like "Urgent Request" make me think, hmmm... they don't plan well for projects... others don't even give you a hint about the company work environment and make unreasonable requests. Yeah, I dont... read more »

• How I Stop Spammers On My ColdFusion Blog

  Posted on Aug 7, 2006 at 3:19 PM

  Very impressive. Math rocks!... read more »