Webmaster Forum / ColdFusion / Advanced Techniques / July 2007

I'd like to use Windows built-in archiver or java.utils zip classes.
But i need more info, advantages and disadvantages.
For instance, to use java.utils classes - do I have manually install jdk on
server? And then indicate classpath variable in CF administrator, is this

I have several java/jsp applications which run under a Apache Tomcat server,
along with a number existing of Cold Fusion applications.   My goal is to run
the java apps under the CF 7 server, thus maintaining the single app server
(CF).   Has anyone set this up using CF 7?  

When uninstalling 6.1, I get the error: 1306:  "Another application has exclusive rights to the file ...consumer.dat."  There are no other applications open, how can get around this?

About a month ago, I updated the SSL key for one of our websites called webA.
One of our other websites, webB, on the same server is making a CFHTTP call to
webA using SSL. This has worked fine for the past 2-3 years. It seems that
after I renewed and installed the SSL key for ...

I've set up cfsearch to run static and dynamic pages. I seem to have an issue
with the results showing stuff like:
CGI Variables: AUTH_PASSWORD= AUTH_TYPE= AUTH_USER= CERT_COOKIE= CERT_FLAGS=
CERT_ISSUER= CERT_KEYSIZE= CERT_SECRETKEYSIZE= CERT_SERIALNUMBER=

I have recently installed CF8b on my Vista laptop with SQL2005 and IIS7 and of
course nothing seems to work.
My data sources verify but   my application doesnt run at all. It just times
out.  

I'm using MX7, a page of which contains a form in which I want the action to
take the user to Page_1 and then to Page_2 and so on if certain data needs to
be filled in, or to take the user straight to Page_2, if the data doesn't need
to be filled in.

Is the regular debugger operational in the Beta version of CF8.  I cant seem to get it running.

hi i have a mysql stored procedure and i get an error when i try and call it,
using
<cfstoredproc procedure = "sp_test23" dataSource = "#application.ds#">
</cfstoredproc>

I have created a one dimension array structure with the structure elements of
id number and matches.  I want to collect all of the id numbers and loop
through all of the matches.  When the matching criteria is finished, I would
like to show the id numbers with the most matches.  ...

It's like a messaging app so when you click on the selected message title, the
text shows in the textbox.  Well, I've got a nice list of message titles but
what is the trick for updating the textbox to reflect the message chosen?  I
can do this with separate pages but that seems ...

I have several checkbox return from query. If i check other then i would like
to display textbox. How can I do that
 function displayType1(){    
    if (document.form1.name1.value == "other")

Say I am passing a variable through a drop down select menu to the next page
and the output looks like this HB54Htg1. It is actually two variables
#location##controller#. The left 4 character will always be the building code.
Whatever comes after is always the controller name. I ...

I have need to submit or kick off multiple requests and have them process at
the same time or synchronously.  I've written the following code to do just
that which I can put into a loop.
...

Are there any Vista and CF8b issues that would prevent CF connections to
SQL2005.  For some reason they wont connect. Ive had a SQL Dba look into the
settings I gave SQL2005, which he's tested with an ODBC data source which
worked. I know others have had the same issue but I ...