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Is there a way to capture or request the Windows login name from the client using only JavaScript or using JavaScript and Coldfusion?  I have seen ways to get it using asp but this will not work for me.

How do I get the entire current URL from ColdFusion?

For example, if a user is at:

http://sub.mysite.com/somedir/thisfile.cfm?q=search&advanced=1&more=etc

Is there no easy way of getting this out of ColdFusion?  I would think there would...

Hello,

I have a CSV / TXT file, i have total 5 column and 10 records
Each row having 5 colums data, but in few rows, few colums are empty
then i am getting Invalid list index 2 Error
i dont know how many columns will have data and how many...

Hi, I'm getting the following error messge. in the coldfusion application.
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Element STATUSCODE is undefined in GET_USER_VENDORS.    
The error occurred in...

I am trying to configure a Microsoft Access data source on Vista 64-bit with ColdFusion 8.0.1.  Get this error each time: "Unable to update the NT registry. Variable DRIVERPATH is undefined"
Found many people asking this question, but not much...

I have just finished upgrading our entire Intranet application to CF8. The upgrade went well, and all is working as it should. However, I've recently started diving into some of the new Ajax capabilities that have been introduced (updated) into...

How do I strip out all the invalid characters from a textarea input?
I want to allow ASCII characters 32 - 122 except for a few exceptions, such as the apostrophe and the quote.

I'm trying to modify the code Steve Durette posted at http://tutorial196.easycfm.com/

I got the page working, but only the first dropdown has any data in it.  The other two selects just display the initial values; i.e. "Choose Volume" and...

I have this in the my code
<cfset curDate = #Now()#>
<cfinvokeargument name="actiondttm" value=#curDate#/>

it saves the Date but not the time .. How do I get current Date/time stamp ??

The section I am working on is similar to the structure of the referring question.  The section lists the videos that the employees possibly have seen take a test on.  Currently I have all the videos listed no matter what employee is selected.  I...

We have this page that we are running nightly.  I can't get the email to fire off if there is an error..

I am atteping to invoke a webservice:
My code i am using to invoke the websrvice is located below.
 I am recieving this error message: Unable to parse WSDL as an XML document.  

This is the instructions:
Access
Web Service
The endpoint...

Hello,

I have a variable that is being set in coldfusion.  What I need to do is to somehow check If the variable contains numbers or only letters. So for example if the variable is HHIEU88HDKJS, I need something that know there are numbers in...

I have a table displaying several records.  I’m trying to display one of the fields, “TemplateID”, in a select box, but I’m unable to force the correct value into the select box for each record.  The first select box displays the correct value...

Hello,

We're creating a dynamic application where the layout and fields are being generated by the database.
The application contains autosuggests and datefields. I've added the  <CFAJAXIMPORT TAGS="cflayout-tab,cfform"> to the main page but...

I would like to know how to import xlsx and if there is a tag that someone has to import this. We currently import xls without any issues, but need to support xlsx to support the additional rows in Excel 2007.
Does anyone have an example or tag...

I have a page that consumes a .NET web service and am trying to replace a couple of characters that are coming down in one of the fields with their HTML equivalents.

Here's the gist of it:

<cfset newdescription =...

I have a tilelist that uses an itemrenderer. The itemrenderer has a hbox with six canvas's and inside each canvas is an image box. When a user click on one of the images I need the canvas background color to highlight or change color in some way....

I am using the jQuery colorbox plugin, and am attempting to programatically close the colorbo using $.colorbox.remove(), but when I do, I just receive the following error message: "$.colorbox is undefined"

I have the function online at:...

Hi,

I am migrating a pl/sql web based system onto an Coldfusion server so have to re-write all my stored procedures into .cfm files.

In my current environment I use templates e.g.

PROCEDURE Pr_Main (p_procedure_name varchar2 default 3,...

I have a parent window, spawning a child window with an onChange open() command to open a separate window when a textbox in a cfinput statement changes...

Parent Window:
<cfinput name="myinput" type="text" onchange="open('insurance.cfm',...

Hi guys

I was wondering if there was a good way of calculating mean and lower and upper quartile in mysql? Or if not, perhaps somebody has a quick way of doing it in code? I am accessing mysql from ColdFusion.

Thanks

I have a ColdFusion application that was working fine until a few days ago.  For some reason it is no longer picking up the NT authentication.  It is installed on IIS.

I get this error message when going to the first page:

"The second...

Up 'til now our company has used LDAP sever to authenticate users for access into many of our Cold Fusion Applications.

We are dropping our LDAP and will start using MS Exchange.  I need to know the what the syntax would be now to...

I am using the standard COldfusion authentication with ldap and <cfauthenicate> cookies enabled.

How to get unauthenticated again? I have to close the browser to get to my login screen again. The time out seems not to work and I did not find a...

Hello Experts,

Does anyone know the best way to read an excel file using coldfusion?  I need to have the ability to read the FULL DATA contained within the xls file so keep in mind that the amount of records within the xls file is unknown.  I...

Hi,

I am trying

<cfif #form.sort# EQ "Price">checked</cfif>

within cfoutput but when the form hasnt been submitted it produces errors, in PHP you can use isset to ignore it, how do I do it in coldfusion?

thanks in advance.

Hi

I have the following code in Application.cfm:

<CFLOCK SCOPE="Session" TIMEOUT="30" TYPE="Exclusive">

<CFIF NOT IsDefined(Session.ClericalExp)>
     <CFSET Session.ClericalExp="No">
</CFIF>

</CFLOCK>

When I run my application I...

Lost am i......

This is what i have:

<soap:Envelope xmlns:soap="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/" xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/" xmlns:tns="http://www.somesite.com/Wsdl/services/HitNoHit"...

Hello!

I created a basic class library, and I wanted to use the dll with another program (ColdFusion)
When I try to register the dll with regsvr32, I get an error message. Is it possible to register a VB.NET dll with regsvr32?

I am to come up with a number of technical Coldfusion Interview questions.  I need 20 questions broken down into 2 sets of 10 questions.  The 1st set of questions will be used by a non-technical person asking questions via phone to gauge...

I have read several threads about this, followed the suggestions, and have not been able to solve this problem.

An exception occurred when using <cffile ... > to perform a file copy operation for a PowerPoint file from a file server (eagle) to...

hi i have a query that will select the invoice number in the quotation and will determine if that quotation has an invoice already. but i have a problem in my condition. this is my query: the problem is even if theres no value or the value is...

I am trying to access the paypal webservice but I can't just use the cfinvoke tag because PayPal requires you to acces their webservice via HTTPS with an SSL certificate. I have installed the certificate on my server and tried to execute the...

Hello,
Thanks a lot for ur help, really appreciate it.
I am inserting dates into SQL Server db using a coldfusion page, As u know if there is a blank date inserted into SQL SERVER db it inserts with 01/01/1900, and when i am lanching the page...

I need genrate PDf form Java class iText from COldfusion and not with CFDOCUMENT that is very bad to generate PDF (too large file, too slow).
I've made some testing and when I use iText class its more quick, and my PDF are better optimized.
So...

Hi friends,
I am running a coldfusion page that uses java objects I guess..(previous developer has made the code). Since im not expert, im not understanding java.

This page runs good in server but throwing the below error when executed in my...

After much searching I have decided to join EE so I might be able to solve my problem.

I got some code from my fellow developers to read a Excel file in Coldfusion but it no longer works in MX

<cfquery dbtype="dynamic"...

Hallo experts.
I want your help to fix my problem.
When i try to insert in a db table (t_artikel) i have the following error:
 Error Executing Database Query.
[Macromedia][SQLServer JDBC Driver][SQLServer]Cannot insert explicit value for...

I've been going thru the EE solutions on how to export my Coldfusion table(query output) to MS Excel 2007. I have most of it working but need some help to finish.

 What Im trying to do is add a download button to my page so when it is clicked...

Hello experts.
I have the following code:
<cfif Form.test_ID NEQ 3 OR Form.test_ID NEQ 2>
but it is not working.I have no errors.If separate the cfif :
<cfif Form.test_ID NEQ 3 >
<cfif Form.test_ID NEQ 2> each one is working.
any help?

Ben Forta uses both cfinvoke and cfobject in his tutorial at
http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/coldfusion/extreme/bforta_cfc.html

Livedocs says
"When the cfobject tag creates an instance of the CFC, ColdFusion executes any constructor code in...

I'm using Coldfusion MX 7, and I've seen that ColdFusion can now bind many form elements to a CFgrid.

Can someone please tell me how to do the following:

I need to build a grid with data from a SQL query which will consist of 3-4 columns....

Hi everyone.  I've been a web developer for some time and was recently wondering the differences in each of the major server side programming languages.  I've developed PERL and JSP in the past, currently do some PHP and mostly ColdFusion...

Hello,
I have a small app which allows you to upload a file, and then it parses it into a query object. Currently I just loop over the query object 1 row at a time and insert it into the appropriate table, but this proves to be extremely slow,...

There is a full working site on the web that was created fully in ColdFusion. It could had been created in pure HTML.

I want to take the entire site and convert it all to full HTML.
Is there a utility that can do this for me? How can I get...

I am using ColdFusion to query a Access database and the query results are output as an Excel spreadsheet. The problem that I am have is this: There are two columns that are not displaying the data properly once it is convert to an Excel...

How can I check on a coldfusion page is ther was a postback. Like you have in asp IsPostback. Do we have something similar in coldfusion?

I have a search form on coldfusion page and if someone comes to it for the first time I want to clear all...

I'm trying to encrypt the results of a query, then store them to a file which can be downloaded. I am using the encrypt() function which in turn uses Xor.

How could I then decrypt this file WITHOUT using the Coldfusion decrypt function. (I can...

Hi,

I am using coldfusion and have run into a little issue.  I need to capture carriage returns in a text box.  Any suggestions?  Thanks.

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My application is developed in ColdFusion. I have three modules which run as three sites in three JRun instances. So I created three sites in IIS7 all pointing to same file system (same codebase for all three modules). Then i mapped each sites to...

I have created an app in Coldfusion to where company employees can put their bios on the company website.


It starts with staff index.cfm (see screenshot) If an employee's image is missing they click on upload beside the missing image. This...

I use cflayout tag to list some listings in tabs..

i have few troubles with the code:

1. I want to match the tab color with the background color right now it is coming as white..
2. I also want to remove the border line of the...

I am logged in as administrator on a server my company owns. It has Coldfusion installed in it and it is running things fine. However, whenever I try to connect to the administrator via this link:

http://localhost/CFIDE/administrator/index.cfm...

I am trying to extends the CF components internal.ulisting that provides with the list of item and also invold worrkflow processing. My extending madule looks exactly the same as the original module , the only different is I added a few stored...

Hi,

We are using ColdFusion 6.1 MX (with JRun4) env on Solaris 10

We  have moved an application enhancement from Test env to Certification env.
The ear file is working fine in Test env. But the same version of the application is giving 404...

I have a data-driven site powered by ColdFusion and MySQL. I am building an update record page that starts as a dynamic table. Clicking on the record (link) takes the user to an update form. When I click the submit button, I want to go back to...

I have a content mgmt system that I am self-hosting, and I need to change a SQL query.  The query is located in a script file that has been encrypted.  The file starts with "Allaire Cold Fusion Template" I'm running Cold Fusion 8.  I looked up...

I'm having trouble executing some PL/SQL from CFQuery using a DSNless connection to an Oracle Database.  The Coldfusion Server is Version 5.  Any help would be apprecipated!

Here is a snippet of the cfml:

<CFQUERY NAME="rs"
...

Hi I am new to LDAP authentication in coldfusion. Can anyone show me a sample code how it works ?

Thanks
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Hi Guys!

I have installed MS SQL Express on my machine with a Server Administrator ("sa") password. I have also installed ColdFusion MX 7 Developers Edition server on my machine. When I go to the "Data & Services > Datasources" section to the...

How do I  a create csv file from a SQL query and using coldfusion?

Selec t *  from table
and set as csv
???
<cfset file as "csvfile">
then upload "csvfile".

Hi All,

I am running mysql and coldfusionmx.

I have the following query which is giving me syntax errors but I can't manage to come up with the right syntax.

                 <cfquery name="AddDetails" datasource="#DS#">
            INSERT INTO...

Hi,

I was excited to finally use the CF8 datefield option with cfinput but it seems critically flawed because I can't choose a date and launch an javascript event -- even with <cfajaxproxy>.  Basically, what I'm trying to do is have a text...

Hi experts. Can anyone tell me tha multilingual websites are easily possible in Coldfusion or not.

What is the exact procedure of doing it. i searched google and did not find any solution which can guide me that my website will be...

This question has probably been asking several times... please bear with me.

Ok, while traversing the Net, I came across some infor on PHP.  Now I
never paid ASP any mind because I found some site that said CF was a
little further along in...

I am getting the following error:

Internal Error - Query Failed: [Macromedia][SequeLink JDBC Driver]TCP/IP error, connection refused.

This happens when trying to access a ColdFusion program which is run with java classes.  The program...

hi

we have 3 servers that I want in a coldfusion cluster. at the moment we have 2 servers and everything seems to be fine, its been running for weeks - but loads are getting higher and we need to add an extra server....

I added the extra...

I have a coldfusion page (MX 7) online form that users could enter information. I also have a Word doc templete associate with the online form (has same information. eg. online form has "First Name", Word doc also has "First Name"). When users...

I have recently discovered the cfdiv bind url and have used it with some applications. In the code below i have a image that when mouseover I would would like to bind the
cfdiv which will place a form in the div.  It s but its buggy. it works...

I have been getting the following error message randomly on CF pages.  A simple refresh of the page seems to correct it but I cannot force the error or figure out what is causing it.  Does anybody know what causes this and how I could fix it? ...

I am developing a multiple lanaguage web site using Coldfusion and back-end by MySQL. Here is how I create my tables:

CREATE TABLE `reseller` (
  `re_id` int(10) unsigned NOT NULL auto_increment,
  `re_number` varchar(10) character set utf8...

This question is written in regards to the coldfusion tag <cfselect>.

In my <cfselect> tag, I have a recordset successfully populating a list box.  I would like the value attribute to be passed to a JavaScript onChange() event inside of the...

Is it possible to have a progress bar from a file that I'm uploadgin without using flash form?
All the sample that I see around they use flash.

hi

I know creating a pdf with a rpt using cfm can be done by CFOBJECT the wrapper dll, and then use the CrystalPDF method to create
the pdf
i know we cannot even embed cfreport under cfdocument ....
Just want to know is there any other way...

I am having an issue returning a value for the code below: I get JSON Parsing error

I have the form that is bind to URL - works fine but I get the error on the parse.

All code is below.

Ive created a bat file:

C:\WINNT\system32\cfmxODBCrestart.bat

With the following lines of code:

echo Restarting ColdFusion MX ODBC...
echo ======================================================
net stop "ColdFusion MX ODBC Agent"
net...

Hello there,

I'm wondering if there is a simple way to implement HMAC SHA1 in coldfusion.

The PHP version looks like this:

//Calculate HMAC-SHA1 according to RFC2104
// http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2104.txt
function hmacsha1($key,$data)...

Hi, I have a Java CFX Tag that I want to register and use. I am able to register it properly. however i am now trying to tell the Administator where i put the .class files by setting the "ColdFusion Class Path" under Server Settings > Java and...

I have a task which involve a lot decision making. For example, I have the main course. If the there is no completion for that course i need to check the alternative courses, (if there any). If there are alternative course and they done by the...

The single quotes in the string s in the code below is breaking some code.

I am trying to remove them with the replace expression below.

I found out (by copying and doing a find) that the strings are represented by chr(145) and chr(146)...

When we send in a long query string then we get an internal server error.  This happens when the query string passes 200 characters on multiple kinds of languages (ASP.NET, ColdFusion, etc)  Therfore we think the limit must be IIS since that is...

In coldfusion, how do I make sure it logs out when a user just closes the browser?

Login.cfm:
<form method="post" action="Validate.cfm">
<Table cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" align="center">
      <TR>
            <TD>
                  Email Address
            </TD>
            <TD>...

I have a page that uses cfdiv and the URL that is calld by the cfdiv is a form that the user fills out. When the user clicks to process the form their is some logic that  processing the form to check validity of data and then the info need to be...

I have a form with a textfield, where I use JavaScript to limit the textfields maximum length.  Within my JavaScript I use the expression
    document.form_name.text_fieldname.value.length
to determin the number of characters.

When I submit...

The iSeries is running v5r2, and the windows server is running Win2K with the latest service packs, and ColdFusionMX with updater 1 installed.  Does anyone know how I can authenticate a web based login against the AS400 usernames / passwords? ...

I installed ColdFusion months ago and at that time I opted to use its built-in web server instead of IIS (I am running a local development environment on my own pc, which has Windows XP Pro on it).
I have been successfully using Dreamweaver's...

I have a Coldfusion webpage that contains a basic organization chart, and need to export that to MS Word?  Should I have some sort of export link on the CF webpage that when clicked will run some sort of code that takes the webpage contents and...

I have a list of ColdFusion variables in a variable called m_list, which looks like this:
#LH_AS_100#,#LH_AS_50#,#RH_AS_50#,#GRAPH#,#STRING_TAG#,#VIS_ART_ENG#

I want to use m_list in a CFFile tag like this:
<cffile action="append"...

I need to format a number field to display as a percent.  Here is the original ASP version

<td height="25" align="center"><%= FormatNumber(numberfield * 100, 2) %>%</td>

I need to know how to do it in CF.  How does percent format work with...

Hi,

I'm new to a project and there has been mention of ColdFusion problems interfacing with SFTP and SSH; particularly what has been said is that it is not possible using CFFTP.  My inclination is to assume that anything is possible, and was...

I have a javascript array that is getting populated by an MS SQL query.  The query returns an employee name and an employee id.  I wish to keep the employee ID hidden from the webpage.  

Right now, I use this array for users to type into a...

Does anyone know how to conditionally set the color or a graph with nultiple bars, say any bar less than 85 would be red, while 86 and higher would be green?

I've been using  the code below to pass one variable from one page to the other:

I'm using Coldfusion flash forms on the page. The page calls the "tagging" cfsavecontent:
<cfsavecontent variable="tagging">
      var somevar = poID.text;
...

Hello experts.
I have a problem using encrypt and decrypt.
On the insert page i'm checking if a user is logged in.If not :
<cfset urldenie = encrypt('#CGI.SCRIPT_NAME#?#CGI.QUERY_STRING#', "SHA")>
<cfif session.allowin NEQ "True">
  ...

Hi,
I have just installed CF9 on my win 7 machine and when I try to navigate to the admininstrator I get the following error. It is suspisious that it is trying to navigate on port 80?

HTTP Error 500.0 - Internal Server Error
The page cannot...

The specified module could not be found

After installed/ reinstalled ColdFusion MX 6.0 over and over on my WinXP Pro, it keep showing me the above error, i don't know how to solve it, just need get a solution ASAP!

See this as well:...

Okay i have a little application that i've created allowing members of our documentation department to take existing product documentation that is formatted in HTML and input it into a database table. The problem i am having is that when a...