Usable search

Hi Adobe, The Portal’s search isn’t very usable. It’s limited to 7 results (thus, no pagination). It doesn’t let us filter (ex: by author/commenter or date range) or sort (ex: by creation date) the results. Maybe I’m missing something. I just don’t see any way to do a more ‘advanced’ search. Is that possible or planned? Thanks!, -Aaron

Iconography suggestion

Hi Adobe, IMO, the “Interested in API Manager in ColdFusion 2106?” icon should match the “Request For Information” icon. Both links directly solicit information from the user, thus the current pencil/paper icon is appropriate for both, IMO. (I’m referring to the links near Portal’s top-right) Thanks!, -Aaron

Please hide/remove non-CF questions from CF Portal’s “Unanswered Questions” page

Hi Adobe, I see a number of non-CF questions on CF Portal’s “Unanswered Questions” page. And quite a few “test” questions. Can you please hide/remove those? Thanks!, -Aaron

How to enable SSL for ColdFusion Administrator running on internal ColdFusion port.

We have removed administrator access from external web server for CF 2016 for security reasons. You can access the administrator only from the internal Tomcat web server port 8500 series. Naturally, there are users who would want to make the administrator secure and enable SSL for the same.   Follow the instructions below to enable the SSL for Tomcat/ColdFusion: Generate a keystore, preferably of type PKCS12. Import your certificate to keystore. Make sure you also import the private key and […]

Did you know the ColdFusion Archives (CAR) feature is now in Standard as well as Enterprise?

Are you still manually copying CF Admin settings from one instance to another? There may be a much better way available to you,  especially with a change introduced in CF 11.

Axis-2 and Axis-1 compatibility issues in ColdFusion

Note: Due to the recent migration of ColdFusion blogs, some blogs were inadvertently lost during the process. We are recovering the blogs, and as we find out more, we shall republish the blogs here. This blog is one such.

CF install/deployment choices: what’s right for me?

When you download and install ColdFusion, you are offered various options. They may be a bit confusing if you’re not familiar with the choices. Also, some folks are not aware of all the options and may not realize there’s an option that may better suit their needs. As you contemplate proceeding with installing ColdFusion, should you be choosing the Trial or Developer Edition? What if you plan to license Standard or Enterprise? What’s the difference between all these? And when […]

Scalable and Affordable Performance Coaching

Leadership coaching and development can benefit leaders at any level, helping employees contribute more effectively to an organization and improve the work environment as a whole. However, coaching has traditionally been a costly endeavor only open to employees at the highest level. Skyline Group International approaches leadership differently. Using technology, Skyline provides high-quality, personalized coaching that is both scalable and affordable. Skyline’s Coaching for Excellence (C4X) platform provides flexible one-to-one coaching anytime, anywhere through online access. Each C4X program is […]

Map, Reduce, and Filter functions in ColdFusion

Functional programming has gained popularity in the recent past. Using functional programming techniques, you can write code that is relatively bug-free, easier to debug and test, and easier to refactor. One of the reasons why functional programming has become popular is its ability to manipulate data structures easily and efficiently when compared to traditional methods. In this blog, we shall take a close look at the pillars of functional programming, map, reduce, and filter, and how you can use these […]

How to configure DSN using service name for Oracle 12c RAC in CF2016?

You may come across a situation where you need to set up a DSN for Oracle database(RAC) using service name instead of SID. In such scenario, you could use JDBC connection string to define the DSN. In this article, we will see how to set up DSN using service name in two simple steps. Log in to CF admin page -> Navigate to Data Sources-> Create a new DSN -> Select “Other” as  driver. Specify the following settings: jdbc:macromedia:oracle://hostname:port;ServiceName=servicename;AlternateServers=(alternatehostname:port);ConnectionRetryCount=2; ConnectionRetryDelay=5 […]

Installing Add-on installer for ColdFusion

Recently, we saw few queries where, PDFg service manager was not starting, post installation. Installing an Add-on installer resolves the issue often. However, installing an Add-on installer can be a bit tricky sometimes. Let me walk you through the steps involved: Firstly, we recommend that you take a backup of your ColdFusion Installer. Uninstall the Add-on services from Add/Remove Programs panel within the Control Panel. After the uninstallation is complete, ensure that there are no residual files/folders in \ColdFusion2016\cfusion\jetty\. Download the Add–on […]

Unioning queries using query of query

Here is how you can union together two queries using query of query. This function would take two queries and use query of query to combine them into a single query. The code below assumes the columns from the two source queries are identical. You would need to modify if that isn’t the case. private any function combineQuery(qA, qB) { var qry1Result = arguments.qA; var qry2Result = arguments.qB; var qoqResult = ”; // create new query object var qoq = […]