Finally, the good stuff! 😉 Connecting with databases, running queries, and using the results. I suspect this will be a pretty fast run through for me unless they made some dramatic changes to how DB stuff is handled. Of course the tutorial uses MySQL, but since it’s what we use […]
I'm guessing this will be another big topic, and it is certainly the first that is pretty much totally new to me for PHP stuff. Depending on how long/slow I go through this bit, I may break this up into multiple posts. But for now…let's read the introduction. Before reading that, […]
Before even getting started with my tutorial, was working with my partner on the CakePHP set up. He noticed that many of the PHP files had no closing ?> We both were always taught you had to close them, and couldn't figure WTF it was even working. So quick Google of […]
So I’ve mentioned a few times that our shop is switching to PHP, and we’re actually getting started this week. While my partner works on figuring out how to set up CakePHP, the framework we’re leaning towards, I’ve started doing some PHP tutorials. Nothing like having to learn a “new” […]
If you follow a lot of ColdFusion blogs, you’ve probably seen the on-going movement to get CF developers to drop the use of the hideous UI elements that are part of ColdFusion, culminating in the launch of ColdFusion UI the Right Way. At one time they were “useful” for folks […]
When I decided to switch over to using Disqus as the commenting system for this site, I found very little info on how to implement it within Mango Blog. Someone made a request for a plug in many years ago, but no one answered. Disqus's own documentation is "okay" but […]
Just over a year ago I also mentioned that in our shop, we will be transitioning away from ColdFusion. During that time frame, we haven't had any actual new development, mostly working on updates to existing sites, so the transition hasn't really started yet. However, after we deal with one more […]
This was apparently our month for Excel creation fun. Last week, on top of the whole maximum width issue, we've been struggling with some performance issues. In particular, we have a set of eight spreadsheets that we have to run every 24 hours. They all have the same 24 columns […]
You may recall that back in February I posted about some issues we were having with creating spreadsheets using CFSPREADSHEET and formatting not applying when dealing with multiple sheets. Apparently this is only an issue when building a multi-sheet workbook using ColdFusion tags! You see, in the same application that we […]
I was finally required to retire my beloved Dell Latitude E6500 at work and replace him with an HP EliteBook Folio 9470m, downgrading from a 15.6" screen to a dinky little 14" (and having to get up my Office 03 for the aggrevation that is 2010 – I HATE the […]