I really like the spreadsheet functions added to ColdFusion 9. It makes my life so much easier but I discovered an annoyance with the spreadsheetFormatColumn function today. It would seem that you have to set the column formats after you add data to a spreadsheet. If you attempt to set it before calling spreadsheetAddRows it [...]
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JSON format and serializing ColdFusion query objects
Every so often there is a tiny problem that has you scratching your head until you RTFM. I love JSON, it’s totally awesome and the fact that you can not convert CF objects natively is even better! I ran into a small issue where I was using serializeJSON on a structure that contained a query [...]
Fix/Int (Floor) function oddity in ColdFusion 8
I’ve discovered an odd little “bug” in the Fix and Int functions in ColdFusion 8. The Fix/Int functions work similarly to the Floor function in other languages: According to the ColdFusion 8 LiveDocs Int - Calculates the closest integer that is smaller than number. For example, it returns 3 for Int(3.3) and for Int(3.7); it returns [...]
Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated
I recently upgraded to PHP 5.3.0 after having some issues with FASTCGI and 5.2.x on Windows but the moment I did this I started getting numerous warnings. The one that appeared the most was: Assigning the return value of new by reference is deprecated Apparently in PHP5 all objects are passed as reference and 5.3.0 [...]
Magento: Adventures in creating a custom design
Let me start off by saying, Magento is an EXTREMELY powerful and well built ecommerce platform. It contains all of the features necessary to deliver a stable and scalable solution for ecommerce (and more). That being said, I do have a few issues. So far, I find the system quite slow. Maybe it is just [...]
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