Erik Ickes

Recent Blog Comments By Erik Ickes

• Determine How Long Your ColdFusion Page Has Been Running Using GetPageContext()

  Posted on Sep 22, 2011 at 6:46 PM

  I'm sure this has been considered but why not just write the now() to a session then a flush and another one at the end of the page and then do a date/time compare? Then you can even do an isdefined to see the original load time of the page even if someone reloads. What I'm trying to do is write wh... read more »

• DreamWeaver CS3 Slows Me Down

  Posted on May 5, 2011 at 2:48 PM

  @Briana, That's really common actually Briana. I read somewhere that most crashes are caused by virus scanners. I've tried probably a dozen different scanners and I like AVG best, plus it's free, or at least they have a free version. And btw, i'm still using Homesite 5 after all these years. CFBui... read more »

• Ask Ben: Converting XML Data To ColdFusion Queries

  Posted on May 13, 2010 at 12:30 PM

  I have a client that has a similar setup but they are working with a news provider and want to receive news feeds from that provider. Apparently they want us to listen on a port for an XML feed. I'm pretty good with dealing with the feeds when they are uploaded or if cfschedule grabs them but what e... read more »

• ColdFusion ExpandPath() And GetCurrentTemplatePath()

  Posted on Mar 26, 2010 at 1:06 PM

  Here is a neat little script that gets just the current file name, no url variables or directories. I found that all the other examples return subdirectories and url info or the cfincluded file name. I just wanted the .cfm filename for writing log files. #right(cgi.script_name, find('/', reverse(cg... read more »

• DreamWeaver CS3 Slows Me Down

  Posted on Jan 31, 2010 at 10:44 AM

  I'm really surprised there isnt a simple editor in Flex. I'm just starting to learn it but I dont think it would be too tough to do built in FTP, snippets and an XML Tag Completion system. Those are the only three things I really need in an IDE. Maybe a good Open Source project as previously suggest... read more »

• DreamWeaver CS3 Slows Me Down

  Posted on Jan 30, 2010 at 12:48 AM

  It's been a while since this discussion was updated. I'm just curious what you're using now? I love HS but feel like I should switch just because its so old. I've tried Eclipse and hate it (mostly due to the FTP issues) and just tried the beta for CF Builder/Bolt but that expired so waiting for the ... read more »