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Work Complete! May 23, 2006 2:19 pm

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : ColdFusion, Daily Life, Programming, Technology
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I just finished a fun piece of code for a client. In addition to web server logs, they have a prioprietary advertising campaign tracker. They needed data aggregated and queries optimized which was phase 1 and included some MS SQL stored procedure magic, queries of queries (ColdFusion), and manually creating query result sets.

Phase II was to minimize the amount of text presented, show results in graphs, and create a way for an advertising client to view only their data. Fortunately, ColdFusion comes through with a fancy tag called CFChart and after the server configuration was debugged, graphs appeared. Then text on the screen was hidden using CSS (and I’m really starting to use and enjoy the cascading aspect of css) and made to appear through JavaScript.

Since some charts show way too much data, a form was added to filter the data and only show lines on the graphs that are relevant to the end user’s needs.

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May 23, 2006 12:13 pm

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Krystal by west town closed and changing to smoothie palace

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May 23, 2006 11:50 am

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Cool. I am parked over the dead skunk and the windows have to be down.

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The most horrible sound May 23, 2006 11:29 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Amy, Daily Life, Evan, Family
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I hate hearding the 4 year old start repeated over and over "I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I’m sorry." while hearing the 1 year old gasp for air and cry.

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Optical Illusions May 23, 2006 10:54 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Cool Sites, Of Interest
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Today’s motion sickness brought to you by http://jalexp.com/.

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How do you prevent carpal tunnel? May 23, 2006 10:22 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, Family, Pets, Two Paws
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Two Paws enforces ergonomics

I use a wrist wrest!

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Tired of Losing Elections? May 23, 2006 9:49 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Politics, Touchy Subjects, United States
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Become a Republican! Thanks to Serendipitous Reflections for the link!

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Tears hurt May 23, 2006 8:25 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Amy, Daily Life, Family
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Amy wants to play outside right now. We spent a few minutes then came back inside. I want to play outside all day with her but I have to work. So much is at stake right now. Dollar amounts in the thousands. But none of that costs me as much as watching her slow, silent tears drip down her cheeks.

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From the mouths of babes May 23, 2006 7:12 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Amy, Daily Life, Family, From the mouths of babes, Lucy
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Amy: "You know Dad. Lucy died."

We talk.

Amy: "It makes me sad."

What a big girl!

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Forgetfulness May 23, 2006 4:05 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life
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Kristy's list

I really irks me when I forget to do something. There is only so much that can fit into one day.

Kristy makes a list.

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FBI to get veto power over PC software May 22, 2006 12:37 pm

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : News, Of Interest, Politics, Technology, Touchy Subjects, United States
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Still think this country is as free as it used to be?

unelected bureaucrats at the commission have decreeed that Americans don’t have the right to use software such as Skype or PGPfone if it doesn’t support mandatory backdoors for wiretapping

[Source] Link thanks to Tom Maszerowski

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Be a certified Jedi Knight May 22, 2006 11:04 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Cool Sites, Of Interest
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I’m a ULC minister and have been for many years. That means I can conduct marriages in TN. Now, the Universal Life Church Monastery offers a Jedi Knight Certificate!

To Become a Jedi requires a profound commitment and astute mind. The life of a Jedi is one of personal sacrifice. To train they live a life of simplicity and adhere to the Jedi Code which forbids material possession and emotional attachments. … This certificate brings you all the rights, privileges, and benefits the Rank of Jedi receives. This certificate bestows upon you the Rank of JEDI KNIGHT!
May the Force Be With You!

Thanks to Boyzoid for the link!

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The Hanso Foundation has been updated! May 22, 2006 6:22 am

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : Daily Life, Lost, Of Interest, TV / Movies
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Peter Thompson profile updated.

Born in Terre Haute, Indiana in 1959, Peter Thompson earned degrees from Loyola University and The University of Chicago Law School before embarking on a successful career as a corporate attorney – until a lifetime of smoking left Thompson with an impossible prognosis: inoperable lung and pancreatic cancer.

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CFChart problem solved! May 21, 2006 10:24 pm

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : ColdFusion, Daily Life, Programming, Technology
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I changed multiple variables at once so all of this may not be necessary. The final solution to the CFChart doesn’t work / won’t display / is blank problem is to add a virtual directory in IIS under the website wanting to use CFChart for "CFIDE" and another virtual directory for "JRunScripts". The last post in this thread helped me realize that having virtual directories for CFIDE and JRunScripts in the webroot was not sufficient.

Allan – CFUG Spain 5 Dec 2004 21:16:55 [ permanent link ]
What you have do is:

  1. Create the file GraphData.cfm in the CFIDE directory. (As a file can’t be empty stick a comment in there )
  2. Make sure the IIS website entry has a virtual directory to CFIDE (C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\CFIDE)
  3. Make sure the IIS website entry has a virtual directory to JRunScripts (C:\CFusionMX\runtime\lib\wsconfig\1)

Then restart CFMX server and Bob should be your uncle.

Allan

Update: Insult to injury. 6.5 hours ago, someone online recommended I confirm my mappings for CFIDE and scripts. I misinterpretted their question and blew it! Time to self-deprecate.

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Time to regroup – CFChart or not CFChart May 21, 2006 9:50 pm

Posted by Doug McCaughan in : ColdFusion, Daily Life, Programming, Technology
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So I’ve spent most of the day working on this issue. To recount, I’m trying to use CFChart to plot some data but the webpage returns blank. What we know:

The zero byte file reference was interesting. For people having trouble with CFChart or RDS you may need to know:

Some ColdFusion Administrator functions, as well as RDS and cfchart functionality, rely on two ColdFusion templates. However, these templates do not exist by default. You will need to create the following zero-byte files, since IIS will check for them during processing.

  1. Open Windows Explorer.
  2. Navigate to the web_root/CFIDE directory, typically located at \inetpub\wwwroot\CFIDE.
  3. Create a blank file named GraphData.cfm.
  4. Create a directory called main.
  5. Navigate to the new directory at web_root/CFIDE/main.
  6. Create a blank file titled ide.cfm.
  7. Repeat steps B-F for any additional instances of web_root/CFIDE.

At this point I’m running out of time. Can I do this with a different solution?

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