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Eric Fickes : Read flashlog.txt using AIR2 and NativeProcess

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:51:50 +0000

Wordpress is eating the double backslashes in the windows path. C: \\\\ Windows \\\\ System32 \\\\ PING.EXE.

Eric Fickes : Read flashlog.txt using AIR2 and NativeProcess

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:51:07 +0000

Hey Matt, sorry for the delay in fixing the zip, I've got it on my list. There is code listed in this post that shows how to use nativeProcessStartupInfo, but my example uses unix style pathing /usr/var/etc. If you're on windows your pathing style needs to look like this : "C:\\\\Windows\\\\System32\\\\PING.EXE" * Notice the double backslashes. Everything else should be the same. Hope this helps.

Eric Fickes : McDonalds' Chicken Nuggets are NOT boneless

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:46:24 +0000

I think they started with foam before moving to chicken meat.

Eric Fickes : Read flashlog.txt using AIR2 and NativeProcess

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:47:00 +0000

ARGH, looks like I created that zip on my MAC. I will fix the zip and repost.

Eric Fickes : McDonalds' Chicken Nuggets are NOT boneless

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 02:05:02 +0000

Chickens have bones, glad somebody finally explained that to me. What still upsets me is McDonalds getting away with telling the public their nuggets are boneless white meat chicken.

Chickens have bones - yes

Fast food is processed animal parts - yes

Does McDonalds put these warnings on the fun boxes? - No, they shouldn't have to because they only sell boneless white meat chicken nuggets. Right?

I grew up eating McDonalds but my children have not. We just happened to get lucky one night while visiting school friends at the PlayPlace.

It's my opinion McDonalds has the money to serve the \"bone free\" food they market to the masses.

This post is emotional, but it's also my site. Thanks for stopping by.

Eric Fickes : Incorrect syntax near the keyword 'table' in TSQL

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 19:27:04 +0000

The code is correct, but the word \"table\" is a reserved keyword in SQL. I never name my database tables \"table\" so I've never run into this one before.

Do you have any other tables in your database that you can run this code against?

-EF

Eric Fickes : Update Twitter status from an HTML form

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 01:05:03 +0000

Thanks for the tip James, I haven't heard of supertweet yet.

Eric Fickes : Eleven Coldfusion-ish tips from the field

Tue, 27 Sep 2011 19:35:54 +0000

Sweet! Glad this post helped.

Eric Fickes : Eleven Coldfusion-ish tips from the field

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 20:35:54 +0000

Yes, you created the Array correctly. However, you created a 2 dimensional array when you probably only need a single dimension array. That is, I would change line 97 to read like this : "ordinalArray = ArrayNew(1);" As for your error about column count not matching, that's exactly what the problem is. Look at your INSERT statement. You have five columns listed, but the values only contain four columns. It appears that you've added ipOrdinal to the INSERT statement, but not tot he VALUES portion of the statement. Hope that makes sense.

Eric Fickes : Eleven Coldfusion-ish tips from the field

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 17:37:45 +0000

If you're looking to store each ordinal in a 2nd array, that should be a simple addition. Create a new array under this line "insertArray = ArrayNew(1); // temp array to hold insert values" for your ordinals. Then under this line "ArrayAppend( insertArray, "( '#groupName#', '#_ipPrefix#.#xx#', #ipStatus# )" ); ", put the same thing only for your new array. Something like this "ArrayAppend( ordinalArray, #xx# ); ". Hope that helps.

Eric Fickes : Eleven Coldfusion-ish tips from the field

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:54:00 +0000

arrgghhh, I didn't realize I shouldn't be putting code in the comments. I just put the same code into http://pastebin.com/qusJ3R9V so maybe that will look a tad cleaner.

Eric Fickes : Eleven Coldfusion-ish tips from the field

Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:52:00 +0000

Hey jlig, this could really go a number of ways, but here's one possible solution. This code takes your ip range and creates one large INSERT statement using MySQL's multi-value insert feature. Hopefully this helps in some way. I've broken it out into two simple files.

form.cfm [coldfusion] < form action="handler.cfm" method="post" > StartIP

EndIP

Status

Group

[/coldfusion]

handler.cfm [coldfusion] // NOTE : just assuming all data is correct from the form startIP = form["startIP"]; endIP = form["endIP"]; ipStatus = form["ipStatus"]; groupName = form["groupName"]; // setup vars for loop processing xx = listToArray( startIp, ".")[4]; // first IP in range _endBit = listToArray( endIp, ".")[4]; // last IP in range _ipPrefix = Replace( startIp, ".#xx#", "" ); // trim off the final .999 to get ipPrefix insertArray = ArrayNew(1); // temp array to hold insert values // loop through ip range and create VALUES list for SQL INSERT while( xx <= _endBit ) { // append each row's value to array ArrayAppend( insertArray, "( '#groupName#', '#_ipPrefix#.#xx#', #ipStatus# )" ); xx++; } // convert array to comma delimited list insert_values = ArrayToList( insertArray, "," ); // cleanup ArrayClear( insertArray ); < cfquery name="insert_data" result="insert_result" DATASOURCE="#request.dsn#" USERNAME="#request.dbuser#" PASSWORD="#request.dbpswd#" > INSERT INTO GROUP_IPS ( group_id, ip_address, status ) VALUES #PreserveSingleQuotes( insert_values )# [/coldfusion]

Eric Fickes : Upload to ASP.NET from HTML, Flash, or Flex clients

Wed, 24 Aug 2011 23:58:04 +0000

Hey Chris, thanks for stopping by. Regarding security, that wasn't the point of this post, and nowhere am I suggesting it's air tight.

This is one of many ways to handle file uploads using asp.net, regardless of your client.

I'm looking forward to your fixes.

Eric Fickes : What if you want to PIVOT against a text column?

Tue, 19 Jul 2011 22:14:52 +0000

The variable @eventList is a comma delimited list of strings. If you look at line 30 you will see where the SQL creates this comma delimited list.

Eric Fickes : McDonalds' Chicken Nuggets are NOT boneless

Fri, 17 Jun 2011 17:16:28 +0000

Emily I'm really sorry to hear that, but glad your daughter is ok. Having gone through this, here's what you'll probably get in return. 1. Fill out forms at McDonalds - pointless 2. The owner of that McD will call, apologize, and then tell you they don't do anything but heat up the food, it's Tyson's fault. 3. Then you'll get some paperwork from Tysons, totally clueless to the situations, and some coupons. Good luck, and enjoy your $10 coupons. :( On the bright side, even my 3 yr old knows why we will never eat at McDonalds again.

Eric Fickes : Coldfusion and ASP.NET coexisting on IIS, where'd WebResource.axd go?

Thu, 26 May 2011 00:08:30 +0000

Hmmmm that is a brain puzzler. Removing the mappings via IIS *should* remove the mappings from your application's web.config file. However, if the mappings are showing back up it makes me wonder if it's IIS, ASP.NET, or maybe even Visual Studio re-adding those CFML handler mappings. I'm definitely interested to hear what you find out, and hopefully you'll get straightened out. Keep me posted.

Eric Fickes : How I removed iOS4 from my iPhone 3G

Sun, 24 Apr 2011 17:25:03 +0000

Hasim,

It's been so long I don't recall the path off the top of my head. I found this blog post discussing these files, hopefully this helps.

http://osxdaily.com/2010/12/08/ipsw-file-location-mac-and-windows/

EF

Eric Fickes : Coldfusion and ASP.NET coexisting on IIS, where'd WebResource.axd go?

Sat, 19 Mar 2011 22:25:33 +0000

I'm really happy to hear this helped you Tom. Thanks for stopping by!

360|Flex Conferences : 360Flex - Conferences aren't dance clubs

Wed, 26 Jan 2011 08:31:50 +0000

My .02 - Any FLASH or creative focused conference will always pull more females than a software centric conference. It's just the nature of the subject matter. - 360Flex needs more females, but I could say this for any technical field. For me, I love 360Flex, and related conferences, specifically for the "dance club" angle. That is, what I get out of conferences is hanging with the community, putting faces with Twitter handlers, extending my own network, and maybe even land some new work. This is what I love about 360Flex. In San Jose I didn't even try to meet people because I was finishing my preso most of the time, and I still met at least ten new people. At 360Flex DC I actually avoided most of the conference because of band duties, or wrapping up my preso. Again, I met at least 10 new people and I didn't put in the effort I should have. So don't slam the "dance club" angle, although I'm digging what you're spreading about not making 360Flex an AXE body spray commercial.

Eric Fickes : Coldfusion and ASP.NET coexisting on IIS, where'd WebResource.axd go?

Tue, 18 Jan 2011 21:55:13 +0000

Yahoo, don't make me laugh. :) Thanks for the tip though, I'll take a look at that plugin.