August 22, 2002
Best Practice for Working with EJBs in CFMX
If a shop was insistent on using EJB and CFMX together, would you generally recommend CFX or CFOBJECT? The question is really, what's the right tool for accessing EJB in CFMX? Here are some answers from the Macromedia dev team.
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02:58 PM
August 06, 2002
SQL Datasource Mayhem
With the change to CFMX datasources now run through JDBC. This seems to be causing some trouble for folks use to connecting through ODBC to SQL Server. Thought I might post some collective thoughts on breathing life into your SQL Server connection when your drowning in the misery of [SQLException occurred in JDBCPool while attempting to connect]
Posted by modius at
07:32 PM
August 05, 2002
Datasource troubleshooting in CFMX
We've been going insane lately trying to work out why some of our SQL Server 7.0 datasources work with CFMX and why others don't. We had a multitude of bizarre test cases that seemed to indicate that SA always worked while other database users were refused. Turns out there is a bug in the ColdFusion Administrator datasource interface but happily it has nothing to do with the SA account.
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04:11 PM
August 01, 2002
Announcing CFMX/FMX/Flash Remoting Directory Browser Beta
Announcing the availability of a CFMX/FMX/Flash Remoting application beta that mimics the Windows Explorer to locate files on the web server.