I had an unexpected issue today with a SQL Server stored procedure that worked fine in SQL Server Management Studio (SSMS), but threw the following error when I ran it in ColdFusion: [Macromedia][SQLServer JDBC Driver][SQLServer]The conversion of a varchar data type to a datetime data type resulted in an out-of-range value This was odd as the […]
Thanks to Steve Bryant, today is “How I got started with ColdFusion” Day. I hadn’t intended to take part as I don’t think my story is particularly interesting, but having seen the steady flow of posts in Google Reader all day, I’ve been moved to write something. I’ve had an interest in computers since home computers […]
Following on from Day1 (part 1 and part 2), this is my final post on SOTR 2011, with notes from the Day 2 sessions that I attended.
Continuing from my Day 1 AM post, here are some notes from the sessions I attended on the afternoon of Day 1.
The Scotch on the Rocks 2011 ColdFusion conference was held at the Apex International Hotel in Edinburgh on the 3rd and 4th March, and this year I was able to attend the whole event (having gone for just the first day in 2010). Some notes from the sessions I attended follow below, and will continue in future […]
Here is an oddity spotted by my colleague David Boyer (MisterDai) the other day. Since Dave has been um, too busy to blog about it, and we worked through it together, I’m throwing up a quick post about our findings for posterity. If you’ve been using Adobe ColdFusion for any length of time, you’re probably […]
I was fortunate enough to be able to attend my first ColdFusion conference last week, Scotch on the Rocks 2010, but only for the first of the two days. Since our employer was funding the trip, colleague Mister Dai and I mostly went to different sessions to get the maximum value out of the day. The folowing is a quick […]
Some feedback about my Amazon Product Advertising API Signature Generator (yes, I know it needs a better name) has caused me to look at URL encoding in more detail than I ever have before, and it turns out it’s not as straightforward as you might think.
From 15th August 2009, all requests to Amazon’s Product Advertising API must be authenticated with a message authentication code. This requires that a signature be generated using your secret key and appended to the request. When Amazon get the request, they calculate the signature themselves, and if it matches the signature you sent they know that the message is […]