Welcome to My Blog a one stop shop for all of my day to day ramblings and technical problems and solutions. I generally try and post useful snippets of code and issues that I have experienced in my day to day work, but also any topics that might be of interest to the wider technical community and in particular the Adobe community. I hope you find it useful.
My Latest Posts
Twitter Bootstrap 3 with jQuery Validate
How can you utilise Twitter Bootstraps in built error classes with jQuery Validate to produce a good UI on error Read more ...
Node.js is a platform built on Chrome's JavaScript runtime
node.js is changing the way we view and develop web based distributed applications and mobile apps. No longer is javascript just a front end scripting language manipulating the DOM .. it's evolved! Read more ...
Microsoft SQL Server TSQL Random Rows and Records using NEWID()
If you are looking to return random rows or records using Microsoft SQL Server (TSQL), then this handy function will help you with just that. NEWID() Read more ...
cfdocumentitem footer and variables scoping - attributes scope
When using cfdocumentitem inside a cfdocument tag, I had problems accessing variables set outside in other scopes including session, application, local and specifically in FW/1 the rc scope. Well attributes scope to the rescue Read more ...
LOCAL scoped variables and Query of Query conflict syntax error
A small problem when using LOCAL scoped variables in ColdFusion, that you then need to use in a Query of Query (QofQ). Query of Queries Syntax error encountered "LOCAL" Read more ...
sp_generate_inserts - A handy SQL stored procedure for generating insert statements
Sometimes scripting your database data can be a real headache for promotion to a live environment. This handy SQL stored procedure (proc) called sp_generate_inserts can help you generate your SQL insert statements. Read more ...
Product and Software Release Management - Microsoft SQL and ColdFusion - Your Thoughts?
When managing or developing software, there will become a time that the product goes live online. After that time how do you manage your product and software release management for SQL and ColdFusion? Read more ...
ColdFusion Development, Consultancy and Contracting
n-smith can provide ColdFusion development, consultancy and contracting for your website, application and software projects. We have access to an excellent team of developers based globally who can provide online software and application solutions. Read more ...
Capitalize the first letter in every word using ColdFusion | Regex to the rescue
I just recently required a snippet of code to capitalize (uppercase) the first letter of each word in a string, using ColdFusion, before returning back to the screen for output. Regex (Regular Expresssion) to the rescue. Read more ...
Open BlueDragon (OpenBD) 1.4 bundled with Tomcat 6 - Support SES URLs - Update web.xml
I am currently running an Open BlueDragon (OpenBD) install on my local development mnachine, that is bundled with Tomcat 6.0. This little tip should help anyone looking to run SES URLs (e.g. /index.cfm/*). Read more ...