Steve Withington

Recent Blog Comments By Steve Withington

• Looping Over Java Arrays In ColdFusion

  Posted on Aug 27, 2013 at 10:20 AM

  What about this instead: bytes = CharsetDecode('Funky Chicken!', 'utf-8');... read more »

• Getting GitHub's v3 API To Work With oAuth

  Posted on Jun 21, 2012 at 10:22 AM

  Ben, You crack me up man... "The code for my blog is pretty ghetto." Love it!... read more »

• The Integer Division Operator In ColdFusion

  Posted on Oct 11, 2010 at 10:40 AM

  good to know ... and if anyone ever doubts your 'geekness' simply point them to this post! only a true geek would get uber-excited over something like this. hehe.... read more »

• Holding Hands, The Moment, And The Relationship

  Posted on Jul 7, 2010 at 2:11 PM

  @Ben, While I see some validity in your point of view, mine differs slightly in how I see relationships. Relationships are 'inclusive' of the moments shared between people, not exclusive or separate. Our lives are comprised of a series of 'moments' and our relationships often reflect how we act/reac... read more »

• Cannot Invoke Method On An Object Of Type coldfusion.runtime.VariableScope With Named Arguments

  Posted on Jun 23, 2010 at 5:37 PM

  @Ben, Yeah, I just confirmed that myself ... man, trying to remember what you can/can't do from one version to the next drives me nutty sometimes. ugh.... read more »

• Cannot Invoke Method On An Object Of Type coldfusion.runtime.VariableScope With Named Arguments

  Posted on Jun 23, 2010 at 5:16 PM

  @Ben, actually, I think I lied ... after testing a few more things out, I think my error was being generated by something else ... hmm. still investigating though. Oh well. sorry i got you all hot and bothered man.... read more »

• Cannot Invoke Method On An Object Of Type coldfusion.runtime.VariableScope With Named Arguments

  Posted on Jun 23, 2010 at 4:50 PM

  Just googled this error because I hadn't seen it in awhile and stumbled across your post Ben. Funny thing is, this works now in CF9 ... but I ran into this error when deploying something I was developing in CF9 onto a CF8 server.... read more »

• People-Centric Software Design - cf.Objective() 2010 Pecha Kucha BOF

  Posted on Apr 28, 2010 at 12:41 PM

  @Ben, Yeah, I suppose ... I guess after I did mine, I was actually able to just sit back and enjoy the rest. @Glen, I totally agree with the amount of time put into the presentation prep work ... I usually allow for about 1 hour for each minute when preparing for a preso ... I swear I spent way m... read more »

• People-Centric Software Design - cf.Objective() 2010 Pecha Kucha BOF

  Posted on Apr 28, 2010 at 12:33 PM

  @Ben, yeah ... but at least you didn't have to go FIRST ... I almost peed my pants!... read more »

• People-Centric Software Design - cf.Objective() 2010 Pecha Kucha BOF

  Posted on Apr 28, 2010 at 10:26 AM

  By the way, nice touch using FlashPaper in your blog post ... haven't seen that in awhile. ;)... read more »

• People-Centric Software Design - cf.Objective() 2010 Pecha Kucha BOF

  Posted on Apr 28, 2010 at 10:24 AM

  Ben, My man, your preso was fantastic! The way you brought your personal experiences into how you interact with clients was pretty slick. There was absolutely no reason for you to be nervous about it either ... you did great! On a side note, it's Pecha Kucha ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecha_K... read more »

• Using CFParam To Define A Variable Number Of Arguments In ColdFusion (And What ColdFusion 9 Teaches Us)

  Posted on Nov 18, 2009 at 1:07 PM

  @Ben, Right, I understand you, but I don't agree with you. I don't think the last function should work ... unless you explicitly name the vars. So assuming the function is set up as getRandomNumber( to [, from ] ) and you call this getRandomNumber(from=10,to=800) ... that's fine by me. But I don'... read more »

• Using CFParam To Define A Variable Number Of Arguments In ColdFusion (And What ColdFusion 9 Teaches Us)

  Posted on Nov 18, 2009 at 12:53 PM

  oh, wait, after re-reading your comment, i see what you're saying. you really do want the function to be smart enough in this case then. so calling getRandomNumber(100,800) or getRandomNumber(800,100) you would expect it to know on its own somehow. and this is where i don't agree with you ... i d... read more »

• Using CFParam To Define A Variable Number Of Arguments In ColdFusion (And What ColdFusion 9 Teaches Us)

  Posted on Nov 18, 2009 at 12:44 PM

  @Ben, Then just rearrange the arguments in this case and you'd be all set: <cfargument name="to" type="numeric" required="false" default="100" /> <cfargument name="from" type="numeric" required="false" default="0" /> Now calling getRandomNumber(800) would work and getRandomNumber(800,... read more »

• Using CFParam To Define A Variable Number Of Arguments In ColdFusion (And What ColdFusion 9 Teaches Us)

  Posted on Nov 18, 2009 at 12:34 PM

  I forgot to add an example. So, if someone were to call getRandomNumber(100,5) ... do you think the function should 'know' that 100 should be the 'to' attribute and the 5 should be the 'from'?... read more »

• Using CFParam To Define A Variable Number Of Arguments In ColdFusion (And What ColdFusion 9 Teaches Us)

  Posted on Nov 18, 2009 at 12:31 PM

  @Ben, Can't you still enforce value setting and data validation with CFArgument though (regardless of the fact that they're ordered)? For example: <cfargument name="from" type="numeric" required="false" default="0" /> <cfargument name="to" type="numeric" required="false" default="100" /&... read more »

• Using CFParam To Define A Variable Number Of Arguments In ColdFusion (And What ColdFusion 9 Teaches Us)

  Posted on Nov 18, 2009 at 9:04 AM

  @Ben, Just because you can use CFParam in functions doesn't necessarily make it right ... in fact, it just feels wrong. While I understand what you're trying to accomplish, I think as a proponent of "best practices" you would be better served going down the CFArgument path as you pointed out earli... read more »

• Building A Fixed-Position Bottom Menu Bar (ala FaceBook)

  Posted on Oct 30, 2009 at 1:28 PM

  @Ben, Thanks for sharing this. I was actually just checking out CometChat ( http://www.cometchat.com/?ref=sw ) which also has the Facebook-ish toolbar at the bottom of the browser but geared more for the chat functionality. I was digging through their demo's css, etc. for ideas and then eventually ... read more »

• ColdFusion vs. XYZ - It Finally Got Physical

  Posted on Aug 10, 2009 at 11:08 AM

  so what really happened anyway? even if it's less than interesting, i've gotta know. did you fall asleep reading CF LiveDocs and crack your head on your desk?... read more »

• ColdFusion vs. XYZ - It Finally Got Physical

  Posted on Aug 10, 2009 at 10:00 AM

  ok, this kinda sounds like an ad for the "i heart CF" shirt. so Ben ... how much are they?... read more »