Webmaster Forum / ColdFusion / Advanced Techniques / August 2005

I'd be grateful if somebody could please help me solve this issue.
I have an excel sheet where there is a cell e.g. A5, whose value changes
dynamically every second, or every 2 sec, or sometimes it takes longer.
Is there a way in CFMX 7 to capture the data of cell A5 live?

I've been wanting to do this for a while. Instead of the coldfusion server
displaying a database error to the user to see, I want to use a <cfcatch>
statement to some how write the error message to a file:
It would go something like this:

I have been trying to understand how I can parse xml information that is
posted to a page. All I want is to catch the xml stream and update the
database with the information. I have no problem doing that if the xml is
coming from a file but I haven´t manage to make it work from ...

is there a reason why on a different server, application.cfm is automatically
run to all the directories below it, but on a different server it doesnt. do i
need to go in and set it up in cfadmin to automatically run?

I'm using CFMX and I have build a recursive query to get all categories an
Articles of an existing tree structure. This works fine so far. But I can't get
the Output of the query sorted. If tryed a QoQ or a simple Order By but
nothing. Does anybody know how to sort the Querysets ...

Hey everyone, I have a text area where users can define html code they want in
their profile. What is a way that i can submit html code without it getting
screwed up. Like when i insert the following code
<embed src="sounds/sound.wav" autostart="true" height="5" width="70"

I currently send people an email asking them to click a link in the email
which forwards them to a feedback form. this works no problem.
Is there a way Ican build the feedback form into the email?
When I try this and format up a form in the email, it all comes out ok so i

I am trying to send an email message with CFMAIL to about 6500 people.
Unfortunately, the data is not very clean. There are control characters and
many other characters that do not belong in an email address (eg. more than one
at sign (@), forward and backward slashes, less than ...

We just switched dns and after doing so, users cannot upload documents in a
doclibrary.  They get Error:  Invalid submission.
We are using CF MX 6 on win2k with IIS.  People are authenticated via xml and
active directory.

I was wondering if anyone could help me figure out how to put a javascript
aray into a coldfusion array..
Basically, I have the dynamic content from miva as part of my site, expect I
want it to be produced using coldfusion rather than javascript.

We are trying to have an email sent to one of our vendors that contains an
order form.  The form and cfmail all work fine.  The problem is that the vendor
can not accept HTML body messages.  So they insist that the document must be an
attachment as a word document.  I have tested ...

I am have a very hard time getting a value into a database.  The value is
passed through the URL.  I can get the info on the screen but when I try to add
a comment to another database and have the 'order number' added to that
database it doesn't work.  Can I get someone to take a ...

Hey everyone, its 3:30 in the morn and maybe my brain isn't quite as sharp as
it should be right now. Anywho I have this statment:
<cfparam name="url.name" default="0">
    <cfquery datasource="users" name="userdetails">

Okay so i have a database that holds all of a users info. I have a column
called friends that records all of a users friends in a comma delimited list.
Basically I have to so there is page that lists all your friends, which is very
easy cause its all held in one field. So I ...

Is there a way to save ColdFusion files in byte codes?  What I mean is, let's
say when you try to open /cfide/administrator/index.cfm using Dreamweaver MX
(or whatever editor you may be using), you will see whole bunch of escape
characters.  My question, is there a way I can ...