<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xml:lang="en"><title>Latest entries from bluedragon.blog-city.com</title><rights>Copyright 2009 bluedragon.blog-city.com</rights><subtitle></subtitle><author><name></name></author><updated>2009-10-20T13:15:00Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://bluedragon.blog-city.com/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://bluedragon.blog-city.com/index.rss"/><id>tag:bluedragon.blog-city.com,2009:1</id><entry><id>tag:bluedragon.blog-city.com,2007-03-03:links.411959715</id><title>Where to get more BlueDragon blog goodness? The BlueDragon blog</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://bluedragon.blog-city.com/new_bd_blog.htm"><![CDATA[If you're interested in all the latest news on what's happening with BlueDragon, check out the official NewAtlanta BlueDragon blog. This older blog is no longer updated (though questions and comments on past entries are still answered.)]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://bluedragon.blog-city.com/new_bd_blog.htm"/><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><author><name>Charlie Arehart</name></author><updated>2007-03-03T23:47:00Z</updated><published>2007-03-03T23:47:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:bluedragon.blog-city.com,2006-04-03:links.1676786</id><title>Welcome to new BlueDragon Technical Sales Specialist, Josh Adams</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://bluedragon.blog-city.com/welcome_josh.htm"><![CDATA[Coincidental with my resignation (and started well before I announced it internally), New Atlanta has hired a new Technical Sales Specialist. Please welcome long-time CFer and Atlanta CFUG manager, Josh Adams. More below.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://bluedragon.blog-city.com/welcome_josh.htm"/><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><author><name>Charlie Arehart</name></author><updated>2006-04-03T04:54:00Z</updated><published>2006-04-03T04:54:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:bluedragon.blog-city.com,2006-04-03:links.1676712</id><title>My turn to move on (from New Atlanta)</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://bluedragon.blog-city.com/my_departure.htm"><![CDATA[After Tim Buntel's departure from Macromedia several weeks ago, I now announce my own. I've left New Atlanta, effective Mar 31. I'll still be working with BlueDragon, and CF, whether on my own or working for someone new. Learn more below.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://bluedragon.blog-city.com/my_departure.htm"/><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><author><name>Charlie Arehart</name></author><updated>2006-04-03T02:53:00Z</updated><published>2006-04-03T02:53:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:bluedragon.blog-city.com,2006-04-03:links.1676692</id><title>Webcast recording now available: Integrating CFML and ASP.NET, Part 2</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://bluedragon.blog-city.com/ms_webcast_part2_recordinghtm.htm"><![CDATA[You can now watch the 2nd and final part of the recorded Microsoft webcast which I presented on CFML/.NET integration using BlueDragon.NET. This talk focuses on integrating CFML with ASP.NET and .NET objects.]]></content><dc:subject>net</dc:subject><dc:subject>bluedragon</dc:subject><dc:subject>webcast</dc:subject><dc:subject>aspnet</dc:subject><dc:subject>cfml</dc:subject><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://bluedragon.blog-city.com/ms_webcast_part2_recordinghtm.htm"/><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><author><name>Charlie Arehart</name></author><updated>2006-04-03T02:26:00Z</updated><published>2006-04-03T02:26:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:bluedragon.blog-city.com,2006-03-17:links.1662212</id><title>What are some BlueDragon advantages? Here are 40+ of them...</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://bluedragon.blog-city.com/what_are_some_bluedragon_advantages.htm"><![CDATA[When we get the chance to talk with folks about BlueDragon, after laying out why it exists, he problems it solves, etc, one of the questions they want to ask is, "What are some BlueDragon advantages?"  Here are dozens.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://bluedragon.blog-city.com/what_are_some_bluedragon_advantages.htm"/><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><author><name>Charlie Arehart</name></author><updated>2006-03-17T22:12:00Z</updated><published>2006-03-17T22:12:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:bluedragon.blog-city.com,2006-03-17:links.1662116</id><title>Webcast recording now available: Integrating CFML and ASP.NET, Part 1</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://bluedragon.blog-city.com/ms_webcast_part1_recording.htm"><![CDATA[You can now watch the recorded microsoft webcast (part 1, at least) which I presented Monday on integrating CFML and ASP.NET using BlueDragon.NET. This talk sets the stage for running CFML on .NET, why it's compelling, how it works,  advantages, etc.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://bluedragon.blog-city.com/ms_webcast_part1_recording.htm"/><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><author><name>Charlie Arehart</name></author><updated>2006-03-17T19:56:00Z</updated><published>2006-03-17T19:56:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:bluedragon.blog-city.com,2006-03-16:links.1660813</id><title>Last reminder: Microsoft WebCast On Integrating CFML with ASP.NET, using BlueDragon.NET, at noon eastern today</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://bluedragon.blog-city.com/ms_webcast_part2_final_notice.htm"><![CDATA[Folks, just a friendly, final reminder that I'll be doing the Microsoft webcast on integrating CFML with ASP.NET using BlueDragon.NET, at noon Eastern today. Sign up at the site below for the following presentation:

Interoperability between A]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://bluedragon.blog-city.com/ms_webcast_part2_final_notice.htm"/><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><author><name>Charlie Arehart</name></author><updated>2006-03-16T16:33:00Z</updated><published>2006-03-16T16:33:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:bluedragon.blog-city.com,2006-03-13:links.1658060</id><title>WebCast on Thursday: Integrating CFML and .NET, Part 2</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://bluedragon.blog-city.com/ms_webcast_cfml_on_dotnet_part2htm.htm"><![CDATA[I mentioned last week that I was doing a 2-part webcast for Microsoft on integration of CFML and ASP.NET using BlueDragon.NET. Part 1 was today and went very well. Part 2 is Thursday, and will focus on integration of CFML and ASP.NET. Sign up today.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://bluedragon.blog-city.com/ms_webcast_cfml_on_dotnet_part2htm.htm"/><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><author><name>Charlie Arehart</name></author><updated>2006-03-13T23:35:00Z</updated><published>2006-03-13T23:35:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:bluedragon.blog-city.com,2006-03-07:links.1651869</id><title>Our Upcoming Microsoft WebCast on Integrating CFML and .NET</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://bluedragon.blog-city.com/ms_webcast_cfml_on_dotnet.htm"><![CDATA[Come learn about integration of CFML and .NET in a free webcast we'll be giving in a series for Microsoft. By now most have heard that BlueDragon.NET is the only way to run CFML natively on .NET. Next week you can see for yourself. Sign up today.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://bluedragon.blog-city.com/ms_webcast_cfml_on_dotnet.htm"/><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><author><name>Charlie Arehart</name></author><updated>2006-03-07T21:14:00Z</updated><published>2006-03-07T21:14:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:bluedragon.blog-city.com,2006-02-17:links.1635396</id><title>A tool to help with analyzing the Lucene-based text indexes in BlueDragon: Luke</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://bluedragon.blog-city.com/a_tool_to_help_with_analyzing_the_lucenebased_text_indexes_i.htm"><![CDATA[Those leveraging Lucene, the text indexing capability built into BlueDragon (which is built upon Lucene), and indeed those using Lucene on their own with ColdFusion or otherwise, may be interested to learn of Luke, whose site describes it as...]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://bluedragon.blog-city.com/a_tool_to_help_with_analyzing_the_lucenebased_text_indexes_i.htm"/><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><author><name>Charlie Arehart</name></author><updated>2006-02-17T14:20:00Z</updated><published>2006-02-17T14:20:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:bluedragon.blog-city.com,2006-02-06:links.1625408</id><title>Yet another CFML/Ajax resource--but one intending to cover many</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://bluedragon.blog-city.com/ajaxcfdotcom.htm"><![CDATA[If you've not yet heard, CFML community member Joe Danziger has created a site to cover the ins and outs of integrating CFML and Ajax using the various approaches out there.]]></content><dc:subject>ajax</dc:subject><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://bluedragon.blog-city.com/ajaxcfdotcom.htm"/><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><author><name>Charlie Arehart</name></author><updated>2006-02-06T20:41:00Z</updated><published>2006-02-06T20:41:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:bluedragon.blog-city.com,2006-01-16:links.1605959</id><title>Using a large loop to compare performance of coding choices? Think twice...</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://bluedragon.blog-city.com/fallacy_of_loop_testing.htm"><![CDATA[Ever heard of or considered using a large loop (a thousand or million times) to test whether one coding choice was "better performing" than another? It's a common but generally fallacious approach. This isn't just my opinion but one shared by many.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://bluedragon.blog-city.com/fallacy_of_loop_testing.htm"/><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><author><name>Charlie Arehart</name></author><updated>2006-01-16T22:15:00Z</updated><published>2006-01-16T22:15:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:bluedragon.blog-city.com,2006-01-07:links.1597216</id><title>Beware of lost sessions and logins on IIS 6 due to web gardens and in process session state</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://bluedragon.blog-city.com/lost_sessions_webgardens_sessionstate.htm"><![CDATA[If using IIS 6 and you enable the "Web garden" feature (setting the max number of processes for that pool to greater than 1), beware. You may suddenly "lose" sessions or experience "random logouts". The problem is .NET's in-memory session state.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://bluedragon.blog-city.com/lost_sessions_webgardens_sessionstate.htm"/><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><author><name>Charlie Arehart</name></author><updated>2006-01-07T05:22:00Z</updated><published>2006-01-07T05:22:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:bluedragon.blog-city.com,2005-12-19:links.1580261</id><title>Various Ajax libraries, for CFML and others</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://bluedragon.blog-city.com/ajaxlibraries.htm"><![CDATA[As I said in my last post, ajax libraries don't need to be server-specific, though there are some. Others focus solely on client-side aspects. Here is a list of resources I've found if it helps anyone, and pointers to other such lists.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://bluedragon.blog-city.com/ajaxlibraries.htm"/><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><author><name>Charlie Arehart</name></author><updated>2005-12-19T00:08:00Z</updated><published>2005-12-19T00:08:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:bluedragon.blog-city.com,2005-12-18:links.1580254</id><title>Another new Ajax library for CFML, JSMX, works with BlueDragon</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://bluedragon.blog-city.com/jsmx.htm"><![CDATA[Though Ajax doesn't technically need to be tied to any backend, there have still been various attempts to create CFML-integrated libraries. A new one is JSMX, and it works fine with BlueDragon.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://bluedragon.blog-city.com/jsmx.htm"/><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><author><name>Charlie Arehart</name></author><updated>2005-12-18T23:52:00Z</updated><published>2005-12-18T23:52:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:bluedragon.blog-city.com,2005-12-16:links.1578502</id><title>Learning more about CFML (particularly CFMX additions), for BlueDragon users</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://bluedragon.blog-city.com/leveraging_cfmx_docs.htm"><![CDATA[Occasionally those moving to BlueDragon ask for documentation on using some aspect of CFML. Since we only document differences (enhancements or compatibility), we point them to the CFMX docs to learn more. Here's more info to help in that regard.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://bluedragon.blog-city.com/leveraging_cfmx_docs.htm"/><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><author><name>Charlie Arehart</name></author><updated>2005-12-16T17:21:00Z</updated><published>2005-12-16T17:21:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:bluedragon.blog-city.com,2005-12-12:links.1573957</id><title>BlueDragon lumped with &quot;other alternatives&quot; as &quot;limited, buggy, and simplistic&quot;. Here&apos;s my rebuttal.</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://bluedragon.blog-city.com/bd_and_other_alternatives_in_poor_light.htm"><![CDATA[On a mailing list, a reader pointed out BlueDragon (and "other alternatives") as a way to solve another readers need for a new CFML server. Sadly, he characterized them (and us, by association) in a poor light. My response follows.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://bluedragon.blog-city.com/bd_and_other_alternatives_in_poor_light.htm"/><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><author><name>Charlie Arehart</name></author><updated>2005-12-12T02:54:00Z</updated><published>2005-12-12T02:54:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:bluedragon.blog-city.com,2005-12-12:links.1573943</id><title>A CFML shop destined for conversion to &quot;pure&quot; .NET: why should they consider BlueDragon/.NET?</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://bluedragon.blog-city.com/bd_in_pure_dotnet_shop.htm"><![CDATA[A shop is moving to .NET, and someone wonders about the possibility of preserving their legacy investment in CFML using BlueDragon/.NET--but they're told only "pure" .NET coding will be considered. What's the right response?]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://bluedragon.blog-city.com/bd_in_pure_dotnet_shop.htm"/><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><author><name>Charlie Arehart</name></author><updated>2005-12-12T02:35:00Z</updated><published>2005-12-12T02:35:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:bluedragon.blog-city.com,2005-12-02:links.1565300</id><title>Solving a challenge with CFHEADER specifying a file with spaces in its name</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://bluedragon.blog-city.com/cfheadervaluewithspaces.htm"><![CDATA[A reader on a mailing list raised a challenge where he found CFHEADER failing when the filename being specified for a Content-Disposition header had a space in it. When I helped him toward the solution, he thought the solution worth blogging.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://bluedragon.blog-city.com/cfheadervaluewithspaces.htm"/><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><author><name>Charlie Arehart</name></author><updated>2005-12-02T22:59:00Z</updated><published>2005-12-02T22:59:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:bluedragon.blog-city.com,2005-11-09:links.1540255</id><title>Another instance of CFMX 7 &quot;catching up&quot; with BlueDragon? CGI.path_info</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://bluedragon.blog-city.com/another_instance_of_cfmx_7_catching_up_with_bluedragon_cgipa.htm"/><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><author><name>Charlie Arehart</name></author><updated>2005-11-09T05:02:00Z</updated><published>2005-11-09T05:02:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:bluedragon.blog-city.com,2005-11-07:links.1538339</id><title>GetDirectoryParent: A .NET trick for CFML coders (on BlueDragon/.NET)</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://bluedragon.blog-city.com/getparentdirectory_dotnet.htm"><![CDATA[Ever needed to get the name of a given directory's parent? Sure you can just append "/.." in many tags (like CFDIRECTORY) to go up a level, but what if you really need its name? .NET offers a nifty solution, and you can access it in CFML, on BD/.NET.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://bluedragon.blog-city.com/getparentdirectory_dotnet.htm"/><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><author><name>Charlie Arehart</name></author><updated>2005-11-07T18:10:00Z</updated><published>2005-11-07T18:10:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:bluedragon.blog-city.com,2005-09-28:links.1493108</id><title>Need a (safe) searchable archive for your mailing list? Get one for free!</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://bluedragon.blog-city.com/archive_your_mailing_list.htm"><![CDATA[Like others, I've lamented the lack of a searchable archive for various mailing lists I'm on. I've found a free service that solves this, with a searchable web interface--and you can import past messages. It also solves important privacy problems.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://bluedragon.blog-city.com/archive_your_mailing_list.htm"/><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><author><name>Charlie Arehart</name></author><updated>2005-09-28T19:00:00Z</updated><published>2005-09-28T19:00:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:bluedragon.blog-city.com,2005-09-26:links.1490821</id><title>Run your CFML on OS X today</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://bluedragon.blog-city.com/cfml_on_osx.htm"><![CDATA[Need to run CFML on OS X, without the complexity of J2EE? No need to wait for Merrimack. BlueDragon offers it today (and has for 2 years).]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://bluedragon.blog-city.com/cfml_on_osx.htm"/><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><author><name>Charlie Arehart</name></author><updated>2005-09-26T22:20:00Z</updated><published>2005-09-26T22:20:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:bluedragon.blog-city.com,2005-09-18:links.1481073</id><title>Several Upcoming CFUGs, not just talking about BlueDragon</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://bluedragon.blog-city.com/several_upcoming_cfugs_not_just_talking_about_bluedragon.htm"><![CDATA[Folks in San Diego, Atlanta, Denver, and Phoenix may be interested to know I'll be coming to speak over the next several weeks, and no, it won't be just about BlueDragon! :-) Sometimes I'll be showing Laszlo, or WebOrb, or SeeFusion. Come on out.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://bluedragon.blog-city.com/several_upcoming_cfugs_not_just_talking_about_bluedragon.htm"/><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><author><name>Charlie Arehart</name></author><updated>2005-09-18T20:11:00Z</updated><published>2005-09-18T20:11:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:bluedragon.blog-city.com,2005-08-31:links.1458005</id><title>Fusebox Conference this year is about FB *and* Other Frameworks</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://bluedragon.blog-city.com/fb_and_frameworks_conf.htm"><![CDATA[If you've not paid attention to news of the Fusebox conference (Sept 29/30 in the DC Area), because you're not so much into FB, note that this year it's about other Frameworks as well...]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://bluedragon.blog-city.com/fb_and_frameworks_conf.htm"/><dc:creator>Charlie Arehart</dc:creator><author><name>Charlie Arehart</name></author><updated>2005-08-31T23:41:00Z</updated><published>2005-08-31T23:41:00Z</published></entry></feed>