Left and Right Accept Negative Counts

8 ) { //strip https:// website = right(website, len(website)-8); } As long as you are doing that kind of check, you should not have any issue with unexpected change of behavior due to this change.

From: Pete Freitag's Homepage

Why I Avoid DEFAULT Column Values In My SQL Database

Ben Nadel explains why he avoids using DEFAULT column values (as much as possible) in his SQL database table schemas....

From: Ben Nadel

Bug I've reported: CF Admin update page mistakenly lists current version in "Available Versions"

If you use the CF Admin to perform CF updates (vs updating via the command line), has it ever confused or annoyed you that the CF admin update page lists the currently installed version as the first value in "available versions"? That's illogical and confusing.

From: Charlie Arehart - Server Troubleshooting

CFHttp Error: Column Names Must Be Valid Variable Names In ColdFusion

Ben Nadel described the cause of the CFHttp error message: Column names must be valid variable names in ColdFusion....

From: Ben Nadel

Working Code Podcast - Episode 176: Mocking In Public

Ben Nadel and the crew talk credit card stuffing attacks, mocking modules in Node.js, and the joy of ColdFusion....

From: Ben Nadel

Using :where() To Reduce CSS Specificity Issues

Ben Nadel demonstrates that the :where() CSS function can help mitigate CSS specificity issues in a design system....

From: Ben Nadel

Inline Script Tag Execution In Hotwire Turbo And ColdFusion

Ben Nadel explores the execution of inline script tags in a Hotwire Turbo and ColdFusion application....

From: Ben Nadel

Adding turbo-cfml To My ColdFusion + Hotwire Demos Project

Ben Nadel adds a turbo-cfml demo to his ColdFusion + Hotwire demos project....

From: Ben Nadel

Working Code Podcast - Episode 175: Overcompensation, Mentoring, And More

Ben Nadel and the crew talk overcompensating for issues at work, right-sizing pull requests, and mentoring junior developers....

From: Ben Nadel

Variables Scope Persists Across Custom Tag Execution Modes In ColdFusion

Ben Nadel demonstrates that the isolated variables scope persists across execution modes in a ColdFusion custom tag....

From: Ben Nadel

ColdFusion Custom Tags Can Have Privately Scoped Functions

Ben Nadel demonstrates that ColdFusion custom tags can define privately scoped methods....

From: Ben Nadel

Using getApplicationMetadata() To Provide Global Defaults In ColdFusion

Ben Nadel explores the use of getApplicationMetadata() as a means to provide global defaults for custom code in ColdFusion....

From: Ben Nadel

CF_SaveFile Custom Tag In ColdFusion

Ben Nadel creates a SaveFile custom tag in ColdFusion that implements the CFSaveContent API but which stores the content to disk....

From: Ben Nadel

Dedenting Text In ColdFusion

Ben Nadel demonstrates how to dedent text in ColdFusion using regular expressions....

From: Ben Nadel

Paginating The Postmark Bounces API In ColdFusion

Ben Nadel demonstrates how he uses ColdFusion to paginate the Bounces API in Postmark in order to identify problematic email addresses....

From: Ben Nadel

Creating blockTrim(), inlineTrim(), and trailingTrim() Functions In ColdFusion

Ben Nadel implements blockTrim(), inlineTrim(), and trailingTrim() as a code kata for removing whitespace in ColdFusion....

From: Ben Nadel

Working Code Podcast - Episode 174: When Good Software Goes Bad

Ben Nadel and the crew talk about managing and remediating incidents at work....

From: Ben Nadel

Working Code Podcast - Episode 172: Building Your Own Standard

working code podcast, technology podcast, programming podcast, podcasts, web development podcast...

From: Ben Nadel

New updates released for Java 8, 11, 17, 21, and 22 as of Apr 16 2024: resources and thoughts

It's that time again: there are new JVM updates released today (Apr 16, 2024) for the current long-term support (LTS) releases of Oracle Java, 8, 11, 17, and 21, as well as the new short-term release 22.

From: Charlie Arehart - Server Troubleshooting

Extracting JSON Embedded Within A Generate HTML File In ColdFusion

Ben Nadel demonstrates how to extract an embedded JSON payload, decode it, and parse it back into a ColdFusion data structure....

From: Ben Nadel