Webmaster Forum / ColdFusion / Advanced Techniques / September 2007

I've run into a problem with creating an XML file on a UNIX server. I don't
have access to the server and I'm trying to create an XML file so an outside
agency can read it through the site URL.
On a Windows machine I use GetDirectoryFromPath and ExpandPath to return the

Our reporting tool cannot interpret Cyrillic fonts (correctly) saved by an
application that was developed in ColdFusion 4.  The Cold Fusion4 application
would disply them correctly, but the character look very different saved in
database.

        I am using CFFile tag to read file which is placed at remote
system/server.
I am able to read it if using system name. But unable to use it if using Sytem
IP.

I'm wanting to read the neo-datasources.xml file and loop through the
datasources.  So I do a CFFILE TYPE="READ" and got the content, and did
xmlparse() to create the XML object.  But then I'm stuck - CFDUMP shows me a
structure inside an array inside "wddx encoded".  I can't ...

I was wondering if CF MX 8 also provides any API for creating/editing/deleting
ODBC databasources, just like it was on CFMX 7. Please reply with any reference
of documentation of its usage if API is available.
Regards

Environment: 1 CF webserver, 2 websites on the webserver
(www.example1.com,www.example2.com)
Problem: I want to create a custom 404 page not found for each site.
I can't use the "Site-wide Error Handler " in the CF administor because it

I am using a collapsable cflayout and the page I am designing is very dark in
color.  The Title bar on the collapsable is a very light gray and I need to
change this.  I have tried everyone of the style parameters and none change it.
I am assumming I need to change the actual ...

I am having trouble w/ my server being able to read and parse a 92mb xml file.
Currently I am using:
<cffile action="read" file="file.xml" variable="theXml">
<cfset myXml = xmlParse(theXml)>

I'm not real familiar with SQL stored proceedures so I'm wondering if they have
any speed or resource benefits over CFCs?  Do they help take a load off of CF
and are they any faster or just another way to query?  I have a number of
queries that get used over and over that are ...

Hey, all,
I was wondering what others on the list tend to do to create a site-wide 404
handler (I am working on IIS servers but am equally interested in approaches
for Apache or other servers) for CFM pages.

I recently encountere a problem with cflocation.
When i use it like this:
<cflocation url="http://www.abc.com/submission.cfm?cat=4&pid=534672">
it is working fine, but the problem is when I include url encoded perameter

Using Coldfusion MX6.1. Have a site where members upload pictures using cffile.
I would like to get the date of the picture from the clients computer.  Using
the variables FILE.DATELASTACCESSED and FILE.TIMELASTMODIFIED, both return
todays date, which seems to be the date of the ...

I have a client that has decided they want a WML version of their sql/CF-based website including the apps we have running like event registration, etc.  Is this even possible?

I have a simple search page that allows the user to look up records by
fname and lname, I called the input box "Criteria".  It presents the
data fine with the appropriate amount of rows paginated to 30 per page
for the first set of documents.  However, when I click on a second row

Just learning how to impliment AJAX.  Is it possible to insert a record into a database table via AJAX?  I searched the forums and didn't come up w/ anything.
Thanks!