Starting ColdFusion9 Solr: Using cfsolr in same directory
The cfsolr script for Mac, Linux, and Unix is written such that you must be in the ColdFusion9/solr/ directory when running the script. The script refers to the start.jar file without providing the...
View ArticleA ColdFusion Trick for Lost Datasource Password
Here's a quick trick if you don't have a datasource password when creating a new datasource but you do have another ColdFusion server with the same datasource.Imagine you have two production servers...
View ArticleIssue with stopping ColdFusion after starting from Builder
With the release of ColdFusion Builder there is an option available that provides the ability to start and stop one or more ColdFusion servers from ColdFusion Builder. In fact, you can configure CF...
View ArticleColdFusion 9.01 Server Monitoring Enhancements
I began this thought as a comment to Adobe CF QA engineer Sagar Ganatra's blog entry describing the new Server Monitor enhancements in ColdFusion 9.01 updater, however, as it grew lengthy I decided my...
View ArticleJVM Memory Management and ColdFusion Log Analysis
The following is a document I wrote for knowledge sharing with some peers, but I feel that it might have some value to other ColdFusion Devs, Testers, and Admins out there. The purpose was to...
View ArticleSelective, Bulk CFEncode Wrapper
Just a quick post to share a utility I wrote to facilitate using cfencode on a batch of ColdFusion templates. The purpose was to enable a way to encode a subset of templates in a selective way rather...
View ArticleValidation Query for MySQL communications link failure
"That's probably the best answer to any forum question I've ever posted and/or seen" is what someone said in response to my reply on the Adobe ColdFusion forums. I always enjoy helping other with...
View ArticleMultiserver Monitor: Permission Denied and crossdomain.xml
While helping out with this issue on the Adobe Forums, I learned that the ColdFusion 9 Multiserver Monitor now requires /crossdomain.xml on target servers rather than...
View ArticleImageMetadata.cfc - Enhancement for ColdFusion's Functions
ImageMetadata.cfc is now available on RIAForge.com. It is a utility used to extract additional metadata than ColdFusion's built-in functions alone. Importantly, it can also set metadata, which is...
View ArticleHow to repair an iPhone 4 LCD screen, or not.
A few months ago I laid my iPhone4 on the hood of a car in the garage, where it slid off and hit the concrete floor, face down, hard. I felt a wave of adrenalin and regret when I picked it up and...
View ArticleNo April Fools: Selenium Shipped Soon to Expire SSL Certificate
QA Engineers everywhere woke up today and rolled into the office with the usual dread that Monday morning's bring, only to find out their day just got even worse because all of their selenium driven,...
View ArticleCould not find ColdFusion component or interface Query
My best blogging years were when I worked in ColdFusion Technical Support, from Allaire and right on thru Macromedia then Adobe. Constantly fielding customer questions provided an endless source of...
View ArticleAutomated System Testing for Web Apps at CF.Objective
I'm excited to to have the honor of once again presenting at the CF.Objective() Enterprise ColdFusion Conference. This year I'll be talking about Automated System Testing for Web Applications with...
View ArticlePresentation Files for Automated System Testing at CFObjective
Thank you to everyone that attended my presentation today at CFObjective conference on Automated System Testing with ColdFusion, CFSelenium, MXUnit, and Jenkins. I received a lot of positive feedback...
View ArticleColdFusion Memory Tracking: Real World Performance Example
It is widely known that the built-in ColdFusion Server Monitor can in many cases cause a CF server to become entirely unresponsive if Memory Tracking is enabled. I've experienced this myself when I...
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