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SQL Injection

{i am geek} — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:01:41 GMT

If you work with databases and any dynamic code, you have at one time or another heard of SQL Injection.� If not, let me enlighten you: SQL Injection, is a technique used by hackers/exploiters to alter a database in many ways.� From adding links to malware or trojans to deleting records and tables.� The best way [...]

Simple Alphabetized Table Search

{i am geek} — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:01:41 GMT

This has come in handy pretty often when dealing with e-commerce sites: This code will grab all of the first letters out of a certain table and create a search able list based on the first letters in whatever column you search. <table> <tr> <td> <cfquery datasource="DBNAME" name="getChars"> select left(Name, 1) as letter From TABLENAME group by left(Name, 1) order by left(Name, 1) </cfquery> <cfoutput [...]

Fun With Loops

{i am geek} — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:01:40 GMT

I am building a multi-page encrypted job application form and was having some fun with loops, so I thought I would share. Here is the scenario: As of now, there is a current application but its not dynamic at all, its clunky, long, and just ugly.� So besides dressing it up, I am making it dynamic and [...]

Ethical hacking course launched

{i am geek} — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:01:40 GMT

Ever wanted to be a white hat?� Well here is your chance: “A new course is offering members of the public the chance to learn how to become a professional computer hacker - without ever leaving the house. The lessons in so-called “ethical hacking”, which is used by internet security companies to counter computer crime, are [...]

Fun With Loops #3

{i am geek} — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:01:39 GMT

For my final installment of my Fun With Loops series, I decided I would do it on something I do on an almost daily basis; loops inside of other loops inside of outputs…I know, fun! Here is the scenario: I had a project that involved site visitor types and specific pages and subpages for said visitors. [...]

Fun With Loops #2

{i am geek} — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:01:39 GMT

Here is one I got stuck on for quite a while ( this deals with the same subject as the last loop post ): While setting up my session variables for the form, I realized I had missed one. So instead of typing each 8 variables out, I wanted to set up a loop. Here was [...]

Welcome

CF RIA — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:01:04 GMT

This is my first blog post (ever). So bear with me as I go through this new process. I would start off by thanking Ray Camden for the awesome blogCFC software. Also, this blog is using a customized skin, with a base skin from styleshout. So, here is a short preview of how this skin works. Normal Text you have seen by now. Lets see some Code action:



First Post!!

A blockquote (Selecting a quote from Matrix Relaoded and one from Shawshank Redemption):

Hope. It is the quintessential human delusion, simultaneously the source of your greatest strength, and your greatest weakness.

I find I'm so excited, I can barely sit still or hold a thought in my head. I think it is the excitement only a free man can feel, a free man at the start of a long journey whose conclusion is uncertain. I hope I can make it across the border. I hope to see my friend, and shake his hand. I hope the Pacific is as blue as it has been in my dreams. I hope.

We also have some lists here: [More]

Application Interface and to Menu or not to Menu

CF RIA — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:01:02 GMT

This would be the first post in what will be a series of posts as I go through the design of this App. The first thing to do was design the interface. The application we are building is a sample expense management system. The system will also require full adminisration support from the front end (Users, Permissions, etc). From the short application requirement it is easy that the navigation will need to differentiate between administration functions and functions to submit/manage expenses. We also need an easy way for the user to see what functions are available for each section of the application. [More]

What really is twitter? Micro Blogging / Support Network / Spammers Paradise?

Inner-Rhythm — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:21:17 GMT

From the FAQ & HomePage:
“What is it?
Twitter is a service for friends, family, and co–workers to communicate and stay connected through the exchange of quick, frequent answers to one simple question: What are you doing?”

Well I think it started out really being a Micro Blogging service, for quick updates of What you are doing; but now I really do think it’s more.

With all the clients out there, my preference is TweetDeck, namely because it works well on the Mac being an AIR Application. Oh and the fact I know the sole developer quite well and helped to promote it out their ;)

One of the really cool features is to have a column for searches, which I have one setup that shows all tweets that contain, “ColdFusion or Cold Fusion or Railo or BlueDragon or Blue Dragon” which is quite cool, as I get to see tweets from people I don’t even follow that contain any of those combination of words.

A couple of weekends ago I see a message from someone asking for help on a weird question, which I googled and didn’t find much info for. So I guessed he was a little stuck, so I tried to help him out by asking for his log files to review. These where rather large so I asked him to stop his CF Services Archive his log files and restart and bang with the clean log files the guy was able to find his issue. All sorted so what is twitter? I say yes it’s micro blogging but also a great support network. Send out one message and you will get a few responses and I don’t know if it’s just another channel for the CF Community to help each other or what but it does seem to work.

In addition, it’s also a good way to do some quick research or get people to sign up to private betas as this does seem to be happening a lot of late.

Oh and in helping out a fellow CF Developer I received a nice present from my wish list in the post. Which I’m very thankful for and shows helping people in the community does have its rewards how ever small, but always appreciated.

Getting Started with cfSpec

Sean Corfield — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 17:41:45 GMT

Ron has posted a great step-by-step tutorial for writing testable specs with cfSpec. Using an e-commerce shopping cart as an example, he builds up the spec, one expectation ...