Updates for Dreamweaver, HomeSite, CF Studio for ColdFusion 8, 9, or 10

If you may still be using Dreamweaver or HomeSite+ (or its older brother, HomeSite, or its older uncle, ColdFusion Studio), you may find that the tag insight, tag help, tag completion, and other features are not recognizing newer ColdFusion tags and functions, if perhaps you have updated to later ve...

From: Charlie Arehart - Server Troubleshooting

How to tell what, if any, hotfixes have been applied to ColdFusion (9 and earlier)

I often see people struggling with confusion over what hotfixes have been applied to CF.

From: Charlie Arehart - Server Troubleshooting

CF911: Want to monitor ColdFusion "out of process" (from outside the instance itself)? Many ways.

I just blogged about how the hidden gem "enable monitoring server" option in CF 9.

From: Charlie Arehart - Server Troubleshooting

CF911: "Enable Monitoring Server" option (new in ColdFusion 9.01) DOES NOT monitor "out of process"

Have you been led to believe that the "Enable Monitoring Server" option (new in the CF 9.

From: Charlie Arehart - Server Troubleshooting

Setting up ColdFusion to process html or other file extensions

As a follow-on to my last entry, Setting up CFBuilder to process htm files with the ColdFusion editor, I wanted to offer more info for those who may want to know more about this--or ensure that more is shared with any who would consider doing this.

From: Charlie Arehart - Server Troubleshooting

CF911: Lies, Damned Lies, and CF Request Timeouts...What You May Not Realize

How often have you seen (or seen others complain of getting) a CF page running longer than it's "supposed to" by a timeout you have set.

From: Charlie Arehart - Server Troubleshooting

Coming review of "ColdFusion 9 Developer Tutorial" book by John Farrar, and a free chapter for you

Today the publisher of John Farrar's new book, ColdFusion 9 Developer Tutorial offered to send me a review copy.

From: Charlie Arehart - Server Troubleshooting

My CFBuilder Debugger chapter (for CF9 WACK Vol 2) is online

Here's good news for folks seeking more documentation on how to configure, use, and troubleshoot the ColdFusion Builder debugger.

From: Charlie Arehart - Server Troubleshooting

More reasons to buy ColdFusion Builder

I wanted to add some more thoughts to Adam Tuttle's helpful recent entry, Why (I Think) You Should Buy ColdFusion Builder.

From: Charlie Arehart - Server Troubleshooting

Spying on ORM database interactions: Hibernate, Transfer, etc. on any CFML engine

As people use CF9's ORM feature (or other ORMs like Transfer and Reactor, or indeed Hibernate, on any version of CF6+ or indeed any other CFML engine), they may be left wondering what sort of SQL interactions happen "under the covers" between the ORM framework and the database engine (whether in a g...

From: Charlie Arehart - Server Troubleshooting

CF911: Easier thread dumps and stack traces in CF: how and why

You may have heard the value of taking thread dumps or stack traces when trying to understand and resolve problems with CF.

From: Charlie Arehart - Server Troubleshooting

My New Adobe Dev Ctr Article: Multi-user access for CF Admin and RDS

I have a new 16-page article that was posted to the Adobe CF Developer Center yesterday: Enabling multiple user access to the ColdFusion Administrator and RDS If you're using CF 8 Enterprise or Developer edition, you should at least be aware of this feature.

From: Charlie Arehart - Server Troubleshooting

A 12-page Intro/Review of FusionReactor 3

If you missed my 12-page introduction and review of FusionReactor 3 in the last issue of the FusionAuthority Quarterly Update, Volume II Issue IV which came out earlier this summer, well, the good folks at the magazine, Michael and Judith, have kindly chosen to post the article online: FusionReacto...

From: Charlie Arehart - Server Troubleshooting

Art Monk finally enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame -- To God be the glory

I try not to have too many non-technical entries here, but just as I like to share thoughts that may offer new ways of looking at technical problems, I want to offer a similar twist on conventional wisdom, this time with respect to the long delay in Redskin Art Monk finally being enshrined in the Pr...

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Mourning the tragic passing of Glenda Vigoreaux, trainer/speaker on CF and more

I'm sorry to break the news, but I've not seen anyone else blog about this.

From: Charlie Arehart - Server Troubleshooting

What a busy couple of months: conference season and more

Some may have noticed that I've not been writing here as much in the past couple of months.

From: Charlie Arehart - Server Troubleshooting

Some of my FusionAuthority Quarterly Update Tip Columns now available online

Some may know that I'm a regular contributor to the FusionAuthority Quarterly Update.

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"Using the CF8 Debugger", my 25-page CFWACK chapter is available online

Have you started using the CF 8 debugger? Either way, you may have noticed that the documentation on it is rather sparse.

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My two articles in the latest FAQU

I'm keeping my streak alive of having written in each of the first 5 editions of the FusionAuthority Quarterly Update.

From: Charlie Arehart - Server Troubleshooting