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How to View Bit Values in MySQL Query Browser

I stumbled across this useful tidbit the other day in the MySQL Forums. I’ve always been frustrated that bit data type values fail to appear in MySQL Query Browser. Instead, it simply displays a ‘b’ regardless of the actual value. I looked through all of the options but couldn’t find a setting related to the [...] (translate)

Update ColdFusion Query Columns With JavaCast

I recently found myself in need of a way to convert a Binary data column into Base64 encoded data when returning a query. After a quick Google, I was directed to Ben Nadel’s post “Updating Columns In An Existing ColdFusion Query Object” which details how to use javaCast to update a ColdFusion query. From there, I [...] (translate)

10 Easy Steps to set up Model-Glue 2: Unity on a Shared Host

Once I had it working, I was astounded by the simplicity. The only pre-requisite is that your server is running ColdFusion 8 or above. Here are the steps: Note that the following steps assume your site is already created Download ColdSpring. Unzip ColdSpring, rename the unzipped folder to “coldspring” and copy it into your site root. Download Model-Glue. Unzip the [...] (translate)

Use cf_sql_timestamp for MS SQL and MySQL date types

Hopefully, if you’re using ColdFusion, you’re already using cfqueryparam in your queries for better performance and security against SQL Injection attacks. If you’re not, you should read this. When using cfqueryparam you specify a value and an SQL type. Dates can be assigned two different types, cf_sql_date and cf_sql_timestamp. cf_sql_date is intended to be used [...] (translate)

How to Create Delimited Lists of Related Data in Your MS SQL Queries

Describes a technique for including comma-delimited lists from related tables as a column in your SQL result set. (translate)

Making Alpha Work on AS3 Dynamic Text Fields

Getting the alpha property to work with coded TextFields is another AS3 technique that you would expect to be a little easier, or at least more intuitive, than it is. Initially, you may expect something like this to render the text invisible: var myTextField:TextField = new TextField(); myTextField.text = "Doesn't Work"; addChild(myTextField); myTextField.alpha = .5; But regardless of the alpha [...] (translate)

Can I access Stage from an AS3 Class with no DisplayObject?

I’m working on a project that requires creating and adding a Movie Clip to the Stage from a class file. Seemed like an easy task, however, referring to the Stage from my class turned out to be trickier than I thought. I know that, although you can’t refer to Stage directly, it is a property of [...] (translate)

WordPress Install/Upgrade Issues Linger in 2.6.2

Back in March I wrote a post detailing the issues I had upgrading to an earlier release of WordPress 2. One of the issues was that I use custom table prefixes and they weren’t being read correctly by the upgrade script. My solution at that time was to hard-code the table names into the script. [...] (translate)

Dean’s Permalinks WordPress PlugIn

Until last night, my WordPress permalinks were nothing more than the default of a URL variable containing the number of the post ( i.e. http://www.rabidgadfly.com/?p=49). I’ve been wanting to change to a more descriptive and search engine friendly URL but this would require a boatload of work. I ran into Dean’s Permalink Migration Plugin a [...] (translate)

Using CFAjaxProxy in a Shared Hosting Environment

As I mentioned in my last post (Drag and Drop Sorting with CFAjaxProxy and Script.aculo.us) I’ve started to use CFAjaxProxy. It’s been very easy to integrate and I had no problems at all on my local machine. However, after posting my work to a live site my AJAX functionality ceased working. Thanks to Firebug, I [...] (translate)

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