Entries for month: April 2009
Check if a ColdFusion Array Position Exists
Posted by Stephen Weyrick | Tags: coldfusion
This is some sample script that I used today to check if a position in an array exists. Basically, I was tasked with creating an email that showed hours from two separate datasources, and I needed to combine those side by side in an array to show the differences. I knew that the first set of hours would always exist, so I looped over the second set of hours with a nested loop matching up the dates. To check if the second position existed, I used a cfparam with set values of zero. I did this because ColdFusion doesn't seem to have clean way of checking for a missing element.
Updating Datasource with ColdFusion Bean
Posted by Stephen Weyrick | Tags: coldfusion , flex
John Gagliardi(cftips.net) and I have been working on a new flex application that will be used as a project tracker for work related purposes. John is building the Flex or UI side of the application, while I am building the database and ColdFusion backend. We are trying to build the entire application using OOP design priciples; specifically MVC. After building the database and basically getting a great start on the project, I am starting to realize how powerful OOP can actually be. Today we created a task updater that is controlled by horizontal date slider, and I wanted to share some of my backend code which will hopefully show just how easy it is to update a simple CRUD app.