February 2008

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• SQL, Java, ColdFusion

  ColdFusion DSNless connection to a database

  02.27.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  This can be a handy piece of code to have in your toolbox if you have a ColdFuson host that will not allow you to create DSN’s. Using this method, you can wrap this in a nice CFC that allows you to query a Microsoft SQL database. The object code example is as follows …

  <cfscript>
  classLoad = […]

• SQL, Microsoft

  MS SQL database publishing wizard for Backup and Restore

  02.21.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  I have been looking for a way to back up my MS SQL database that is hosted remotely, so that in the event of switching hosts or needing to restore I have a complete backup of my database. Using SQL Express 2005 this was not possible as you need to backup to a UNC network […]

• Google, XML, SEO, Microsoft, ColdFusion

  Using ColdFusion to Ping Sitemap Services

  02.20.08 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  I have found a great ColdFusion example of how to notify the major 4 search engines when your sitemap changes. The process is know as pinging and the example is provided on Jason Bartholme’s SEO Blog. Worth a look as can be useful for prompting the search engines to come and crawl your site until theri […]

• XML, Microsoft, ColdFusion

  XML RPC using ColdFusion and Microsoft.XMLHTTP COM Object

  02.19.08 | Permalink | 3 Comments

  I had recently been reviewing some documentation on a web based API that was available as an XML RPC. At first I was wondering how to achieve this, but then adapted an ASP example provided into a nice neat ColdFusion implementation. For anybody else with a similar problem of invoking an XML RPC API, the […]

• Wireless Networking

  How does Wireless Mesh Networking work?

  02.07.08 | Permalink | Comment?

  Wireless Mesh networks are a fairly new concept that is emerging, but can sometimes be misunderstood. I have found a great article that explains the basics of Mesh networks and what is required in order to build a Mesh network.  The articles are availabe on the website “How Stuff Works” and are definitely worth a […]

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