Latest News from Randy Smith

The Trouble with Macs

Tue, 09 Dec 2003 00:00:00 EST

Some of us have trouble just trying to get CFFILE to upload an image correctly and put it in its proper place, without having a Macintosh user report that it doesn't work for him or her. Diligently searching the Macromedia ColdFusion forums provided the base solutions for me, and I packaged those fixes with my own touches to create a custom file upload tag for you.

Enhancing Verity Search Results

Tue, 11 Nov 2003 00:00:00 EST

Your customer says, 'I want my site search to include all of my regular site pages and my data-based items as well. When my customer clicks on the link, I want it to show the correct page.

Build a Better Help Screen

Mon, 30 Oct 2000 00:00:00 EST

The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service had lived with their ColdFusion-based, accomplishment-reporting Web site for about a year. The application allowed employees to report field accomplishments to area managers who then edited and released the reports for internal-only or public review on their Web site, or via e-mail or fax to the media or Congress.

The Basics of OLEDB Setup

Thu, 22 Jun 2000 00:00:00 EDT

First, a confession: I'm a Microsoft SQL Server plebe. Oh, sure, I've written plenty of SQL commands for Access, Foxpro and even an occasional Oracle database, but the needs of more than one client called out for me to tackle SQL Server.