Ryan

Recent Blog Comments By Ryan

• ColdFusion 10 - Using The Group Attribute With CFLoop To Group Query Rows

  Posted on Apr 9, 2012 at 10:29 AM

  Wow, I've been waiting basically a DECADE for this attribute! FINALLY!... read more »

• Using A Name Suffix In ColdFusion's CFMail Tag

  Posted on Jul 12, 2011 at 4:55 PM

  Saved my neck again, Ben! :) Great info!... read more »

• Understanding Transactions And Database Rollbacks That Involve 3rd Party API Integration

  Posted on Mar 21, 2011 at 10:30 AM

  ...and it works quite nicely might I add! :) Excellent (and simple) solution.... read more »

• Ask Ben: Showing Related Form Fields Based On A Given Selection

  Posted on Jan 14, 2010 at 9:01 AM

  @Heather Try saving each value to the session scope. This can be done on your confirmation page by doing something like.... cfset session.firstName = form.firstName Then, on your form page you can test to see if session.firstName is defined, and if so, display it in the field's value... cfif isD... read more »

• jQuery Events: MouseOver / MouseOut vs. MouseEnter / MouseLeave

  Posted on Jan 8, 2010 at 9:56 AM

  As always, good info Ben! I've always been curious about the differences in those events as initially they sound so similar.... read more »

• Ask Ben: Showing Related Form Fields Based On A Given Selection

  Posted on Dec 29, 2009 at 10:03 AM

  @Ben -- Very well put. It absolutely makes sense why it would work this way. I definitely had a feeling there was a reason to the madness, and this is a pretty good reason. My worry was that I was simply overlooking a special set of event names that I could use, or maybe a global jQuery setting I... read more »

• Ask Ben: Showing Related Form Fields Based On A Given Selection

  Posted on Dec 28, 2009 at 10:06 AM

  Can you elaborate a bit further on 'seeking.change();'? I bind a LOT of my form elements using jQuery and always get frustrated when I have another method change a select box and of course THAT change doesn't fire the ".change() binding". Let me know if that makes any sense at all. :)... read more »

• My First ColdFusion Web Service

  Posted on Nov 3, 2009 at 12:44 PM

  Ben, What are your thoughts on "RESTful" webservices (I still have a hard time calling them webservices since they aren't REALLY). I'd be interested in reading your approach to building them with CF.... read more »

• My First ColdFusion Web Service

  Posted on Nov 2, 2009 at 9:47 AM

  Ben - Makes total sense. I had a feeling that since CF converts the CFC to a WSDL document, you lose a lot of functionality that CFCs usually provide. I suppose when I go to refactor my app, I should highly consider a RESTful approach. That does seem to be the "proper way to do it" these days. T... read more »

• My First ColdFusion Web Service

  Posted on Oct 27, 2009 at 3:21 PM

  Here's a good one... Let's say I have a basic cfc with 2 methods setSomeValue() This method takes 1 arguments and sets it to the variables scope. getSomeValue() This method returns variables.someValue (whatever was set in the previous method) REALLY straight forward stuff here. This works if t... read more »