Don Quist

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• Parsing HTML Tag Data Into A ColdFusion Structure

  Posted on Nov 4, 2011 at 3:35 AM

  Hey Ben, super old post, but I wanted to let you and anyone else know; After upgrading to jdk 7u1, this function was failing with the error message "java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: No group with name <1>" Something to do with java7 now supporting named groups for the regex packa... read more »

• Learning ColdFusion 9: Resetting Applications With ApplicationStop()

  Posted on Jun 23, 2011 at 7:40 AM

  Super late in response to this, but because having ApplicationStart() in OnRequestStart will throw an error about ORM not being enabled (and subsequently a 505, as my ant-build was complaining about). Putting it in OnRequestEnd() seems a lot more smooth.... read more »

• Ask Ben: Using Regular Expressions To Parse Data In ColdFusion

  Posted on Feb 15, 2009 at 4:47 PM

  That's Exactly what I was looking for, thanks Ben! Sick tag too, first time I've seen it... read more »

• ColdFusion Scope Existence During Various Request Types And Events

  Posted on Dec 24, 2008 at 1:02 AM

  It gets a little more complicated, its a request made from either Flex/Flash to domain.com/flex2gateway/ Or in my case, flash media server to /flashservices/gateway/ And with your test files, it was easy to test my situation: (Sorry for the long post) +--- PseudoConstruct -----------------+ APPLICA... read more »

• ColdFusion Scope Existence During Various Request Types And Events

  Posted on Dec 23, 2008 at 10:31 PM

  aw, you forgot to test flex2gateway and flashservices calls I didn't even realize there was such a thing as 'flashservices' until my app started getting errors about Session scope not existing.... read more »

• Getting Header Values From A ColdFusion Request

  Posted on Dec 9, 2008 at 10:25 PM

  Nice Now, show us how to use the binary content to upload a file without having to use cffile=upload? :)... read more »

• Ask Ben: Checking Domain Name Availability Using ColdFusion

  Posted on Nov 29, 2008 at 5:14 PM

  Also, don't forget it is possible to telnet into whois.arin.net on port 43 and query a whois request that way... read more »

• Ask Ben: Flagging Threaded Discussions As New Or Unread

  Posted on Nov 15, 2008 at 11:00 AM

  http://pastebin.com/m37427566 Lets see if I can remember how I do it... Basically, until a user looks in a topic, that topic remains new unless the last reply date is 14 days or older. When the user looks in the topic, store the userid, date, and topic id. Now, whenever a new reply for that topic ... read more »

• What Happens When I Return The SUPER Scope From Component Constructor?

  Posted on Sep 27, 2008 at 10:18 PM

  Todd, thats neat!... read more »

• Kinky Solutions Valentine's Day Give Away

  Posted on Feb 7, 2008 at 3:41 AM

  My right hand Princess, she's always there for me. We've been together for 24 years.... read more »