A client recently decided to start storing all of their images in a database and usually we would point the image source to a cfm page, where we'd do something like this: PLAIN TEXT CODE: request.uploadedPic = application.staffManager.getStaffImage(session.user.getId()); context = … Continue reading →

A while back I was tinkering with converting SVG output to PNG using Batik, but I was not having much luck with it as it seemed that the Batik jar files that come with CFMX were out of date or … Continue reading →

I have been spending a few days building a bunch of web services for a client, however whenever I made a change to the web service itself the only way I could get that change to be reflected was by … Continue reading →

A wee while back the Mac PowerBookPros received a JVM update. This brings it up to version 1.5.06, which is fabulous, but of course stops you from being able to run ColdFusion. Thankfully the JVM upgrade leaves the old versions … Continue reading →

Here is a handy little script that I stumbled across a while back (probably on a mailing list), sorry I can't remember who posted it, but for posterity here it is: PLAIN TEXT CODE: <cfscript> rt = createObject("Java", "java.lang.Runtime"); freemem=rt.getruntime().freeMemory(); … Continue reading →