Having Your Database Do The Work not ColdFusion! USING YOUR DATABASE TO DO THE WORK. A lot of people have asked me what can I do to make the database work for me, instead of ColdFusion? In this example we will be using an access database to have the current date and time be automatically inserted, when a new record comes in.

How to Deploy Applications to Different Environments Quickly and Efficiently. Uploading changes was always a pain. Of course debugging needed to be turned off on some servers. Directory paths had to change due to the application locations. Some customized features would need to be modified. Time out lengths had to be changed. This is just the top of the list. The following two lines will keep these variables from reloading on cfincludes.

Create and email ZIP files on the fly! I was faced with a peculiar request tonight. One of my hosting clients wanted me to write a script that would automatically email him his Access database each night. Even though our servers are backed up on a daily basis, he wanted a copy sent through to him. Which creates ZIP files on the fly.

Here is an application that uses coldfusion server to stream MP3 using an M3U file. An M3U file is basically just a playlist. m3u file to a media player, it should play the data in the m3u file. M3u file contains data like, location of the MP3. Locate all your MP3 files and put them in a folder.

I know there are JavaScripts available that help you achieve this, and the DataSet object in VB. All you do is enable paging. But how do you do it in ColdFusion? The following tutorial is a small script that lets you achieve it. Begin with the usual cfquery, query a database, and retieve a dataset! SELECT ColumnName1, ColumnName2, ColumnName3, ColumnName4.