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Latest Blog Entries
Find a column in a table by column name (MSSQL)
Posted: 05/06/2025 08:04 AM
A SQL script was provided for me to run on behalf of a workgroup yesterday. The script was supposed to run a simple update on some problematic records. The database is one that is in use by many different clients with varying degrees of customization. The script failed with this error message: Msg 207, Level ... Read more
Posted: 05/06/2025 08:04 AM
A SQL script was provided for me to run on behalf of a workgroup yesterday. The script was supposed to run a simple update on some problematic records. The database is one that is in use by many different clients with varying degrees of customization. The script failed with this error message: Msg 207, Level ... Read more
ColdFusion 2021 Update 19 – Administrator Not Installed and toInstallBundles.txt (Access is Denied) Issue
Posted: 04/15/2025 07:50 AM
I administer two servers running ColdFusion 2021. One of them is on a VPS. The other is on a VM in a highly restricted internal environment. For both servers the following manual install method is used for updates. Stop the ColdFusion service. Run the command prompt as administrator then execute: C:\ColdFusion2021\jre\bin\java -jar C:\Path\To\hotfix\hotfix-019-330379.jar Follow the ... Read more
Posted: 04/15/2025 07:50 AM
I administer two servers running ColdFusion 2021. One of them is on a VPS. The other is on a VM in a highly restricted internal environment. For both servers the following manual install method is used for updates. Stop the ColdFusion service. Run the command prompt as administrator then execute: C:\ColdFusion2021\jre\bin\java -jar C:\Path\To\hotfix\hotfix-019-330379.jar Follow the ... Read more
Cleaner code with CFML formatter (VSCode extension) + cfformat (CommandBox module)
Posted: 02/24/2025 10:16 AM
I don’t work on a lot of non-CFML development but I had a couple of PHP projects and a JavaScript project I was working on last month. In an effort to tidy up my code in those projects I started using Prettier. I even wrote a post on Prettier and how I would be including ... Read more
Posted: 02/24/2025 10:16 AM
I don’t work on a lot of non-CFML development but I had a couple of PHP projects and a JavaScript project I was working on last month. In an effort to tidy up my code in those projects I started using Prettier. I even wrote a post on Prettier and how I would be including ... Read more
Prettier with a sample .prettierrc and explanation of options
Posted: 02/11/2025 10:37 AM
I’ve worked on a team of one for a very long time. I appreciate the level of autonomy that I have, but I’ve noticed now more than ever that it can facilitate bad habits and laziness. Luckily, in the modern era of coding there are tools that can help encourage (or flat out enforce) good ... Read more
Posted: 02/11/2025 10:37 AM
I’ve worked on a team of one for a very long time. I appreciate the level of autonomy that I have, but I’ve noticed now more than ever that it can facilitate bad habits and laziness. Luckily, in the modern era of coding there are tools that can help encourage (or flat out enforce) good ... Read more
ckEditor, jQuery Validation Plugin, Bootstrap 5 Implementation
Posted: 02/07/2025 09:27 AM
I recently had a project at work with a very specific desired front-end stack and functional requirements. After building out the project I came up with a demo to show how I was able to put it all together. This demo implements multiple instances of ckEditor in conjunction with the jQuery Validation Plugin and Bootstrap ... Read more
Posted: 02/07/2025 09:27 AM
I recently had a project at work with a very specific desired front-end stack and functional requirements. After building out the project I came up with a demo to show how I was able to put it all together. This demo implements multiple instances of ckEditor in conjunction with the jQuery Validation Plugin and Bootstrap ... Read more
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