Ben Nadel demonstrates how to conditionally update a column inside an INSERT ... ON DUPLICATE KEY UPDATE clause in MySQL....
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Ben Nadel looks at two different ways to compare binary values (ie, byte arrays) in ColdFusion....
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Ben Nadel and the crew talk about a variety of topics including a mini retrospective, solo programming, and the current browser landscape....
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Ben Nadel explores the performance characteristics of structs vs. ordered structs in ColdFusion....
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Ben Nadel demonstrates how to use HMAC signatures to power Unsubscribe links in ColdFusion. These links allows users to manage subscription settings without having to login....
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Ben Nadel considers different ways to map strings onto integers in ColdFusion: hashCode, MD5 hash, and CRC-32....
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Ben Nadel and the crew talk about the challenges of learning new technology; and, the disconnect between the demand of learning and the expectation of understanding....
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Ben Nadel suggests that all calling services be identified in the HTTP User-Agent header; and then, secondarily, in any additional custom HTTP headers....
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Ben Nadel suggests that all calling services be identified in the HTTP User-Agent header; and then, secondarily, in any additional custom HTTP headers....
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Ben Nadel demonstrates how to generate secure URLs using URL signatures in order to prevent URL tampering in ColdFusion....
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Ben Nadel demonstrates why defining emails using pure templates creates a lot of flexibility in ColdFusion....
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Ben Nadel and the crew talk about strategies for managing the overwhelming amount of stuff that we have to do in a finite amount of time....
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Ben Nadel demonstrates several ways to create an abstraction for timeboxed code execution in ColdFusion....
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Ben Nadel demonstrates that per-application mappings in ColdFusion can map directly to files, not just directories....
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Ben Nadel looks at how to consume large external configuration files inside a ColdFusion component....
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Ben Nadel and the crew talk about their goals for 2024. And, invite you to submit suggestions on how the show can be improved....
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Ben Nadel shares everything he learned after sending 7 million emails over 5 days using ColdFusion....
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Ben Nadel looks at using Cloudflare Turnstile in ColdFusion as a CAPTCHA alternative....
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Ben Nadel continues to explore error handling during async iteration in ColdFusion. It seems that Adobe ColdFusion 2023 and Lucee CFML 6 have different behaviors....
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Ben Nadel explores the notion of a Retry Policy for CFHttp requests in ColdFusion....
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