http://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm Charlie Arehart's Blog en-us Tue, 27 Dec 2011 17:11:00 -0500 BlogCFC http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss blogmaster@carehart.org (Charlie Arehart) blogmaster@carehart.org (Charlie Arehart) http://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2011/12/27/sending_HTTP_headers_in_a_CFHTTP_request If you ever try to use CFHTTPPARAM (inside a CFHTTP) to set HTTP headers for the request you're calling, be aware that you need to be careful to specify the name of the headers as they're known in the HTTP specification. Don't be misled by what you s... carehart classics basics cfml Tue, 27 Dec 2011 17:11:00 -0500 http://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2011/12/27/sending_HTTP_headers_in_a_CFHTTP_request http://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2011/12/16/apply_CF_security_hotfixes_in_order_ofoldest_to_newest If you may be applying several security hotfixes to a new implementation of CF (or one where none have been applied before), you may wonder if there's any significance to applying them in either chronological order (newest to oldest, or oldest to new... admin troubleshooting Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:47:00 -0500 http://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2011/12/16/apply_CF_security_hotfixes_in_order_ofoldest_to_newest http://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2011/11/19/perf_fix_via_cfdocument_localurl_attribute This is something that I find nearly no one has talked about, as a problem and solution. Did you know that by default, a single request doing a CFDOCUMENT may cause CF to execute several additional requests, each doing a CFHTTP to grab any images on ... performance cf911 troubleshooting Sat, 19 Nov 2011 15:47:00 -0500 http://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2011/11/19/perf_fix_via_cfdocument_localurl_attribute http://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2011/10/28/CF911-Have-you-updated-your-ColdFusion-JVM-to-24-yet-Important-security-fix-for-CF-89 This isn't new info, but you may have missed it. If you're running CF 8 or 9, did you know you can and should update the JVM that came with it? And that you have Adobe's blessing to do this update? This is because of a serious bug in the JVM that is ... admin cf911 java security troubleshooting Fri, 28 Oct 2011 11:06:00 -0500 http://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2011/10/28/CF911-Have-you-updated-your-ColdFusion-JVM-to-24-yet-Important-security-fix-for-CF-89 http://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2011/10/28/50_zeus_features_catalogued Would you be interested in a catalog of what features have been identified (new, changed, or removed) in ColdFusion Zeus? Would you be surprised to hear that there are about 50 that have been mentioned so far? Check out what the presentation I off... zeus speaking Fri, 28 Oct 2011 09:56:00 -0500 http://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2011/10/28/50_zeus_features_catalogued http://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2011/10/21/speaking_at_cfcamp Just wanted to share, for any who may be interested to hear, that I will be speaking next week at a new conference called CFCamp, being held in Munich, Germany, on Friday Oct 28 (and now sold out). At the event, I'll be giving 3 talks. Well, two a... fusionreactor zeus fusionanalytics Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:24:00 -0500 http://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2011/10/21/speaking_at_cfcamp http://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2011/10/21/why_chfs_may_break Many people have reported that they find after applying certain ColdFusion cumulative hotfixes (CHFs), security hotfixes (SHFs) and hotfixes (HFs) that either CF Admin or perhaps even some feature of CF is busted. The "good" news is that there are... admin cf911 cfmythbusters Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:40:00 -0500 http://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2011/10/21/why_chfs_may_break http://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2011/10/20/dealing_with_windows_service_timeout In my last entry, CF911: Is your ColdFusion service taking too long to shut down? Find out why, I discussed the first of a two part answer to helping people who are finding that sometimes ColdFusion takes too long to shut down (or startup). That one ... keyboard shortcuts admin cf911 cfmythbusters Thu, 20 Oct 2011 16:19:00 -0500 http://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2011/10/20/dealing_with_windows_service_timeout http://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2011/10/19/cf_service_slow_shutdown_logging Have you ever found (or heard others complain) that sometimes ColdFusion doesn't stop (or it takes a long time to do so)? It can be especially challenging when you're running CF on Windows as a Service, for reasons I'll explain here and in a follow-u... admin cf911 cfmythbusters Wed, 19 Oct 2011 11:41:00 -0500 http://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2011/10/19/cf_service_slow_shutdown_logging http://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2011/10/14/coldfusion_processing_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. ... general admin Fri, 14 Oct 2011 20:45:00 -0500 http://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2011/10/14/coldfusion_processing_html_or_other_file_extensions http://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2011/10/14/cfbuilder_editing_htm_file_with_cf_editor A client of mine asked if I might know how he could setup ColdFusion Builder 2 so that when he opened an htm file with it, it opened with its ColdFusion editor. He's one of those folks who've configured their environment so that htm pages are process... CFBuilder Fri, 14 Oct 2011 14:31:00 -0500 http://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2011/10/14/cfbuilder_editing_htm_file_with_cf_editor http://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2011/9/13/my_devweek_webinar_on_monitor Hey folks, just a heads up (for those who may not have seen all the tweets and list messages) that this week is the Adobe CF Developer Week series of free webinars. Update, Recording: Note that this session was recorded. You can view it here, bu... admin cf911 fusionreactor monitoring fusionanalytics CF Server Monitor speaking Tue, 13 Sep 2011 12:01:00 -0500 http://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2011/9/13/my_devweek_webinar_on_monitor http://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2011/8/15/missing_iphone_updates_for_some_apps I wanted to pass along this little surprise I had today. You may, like me, have some apps on your iphone that ARE NOT BEING updated! In other words, though you may frequently check the itunes app store app for updates and receive many for some apps, ... tips Mon, 15 Aug 2011 12:10:00 -0500 http://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2011/8/15/missing_iphone_updates_for_some_apps http://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2011/7/30/speaking_at_riacon I'm delighted to announce that I'll be presenting at next week's RIAcon conference in the DC area, August 6-7 2011. My session will be "CF911 ColdFusion Performance Report 2011", a new talk/concept I've created. Here's the description: Start... cf911 tuning troubleshooting speaking Sat, 30 Jul 2011 21:10:00 -0500 http://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2011/7/30/speaking_at_riacon http://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2011/6/17/When-problems-are-not-due-to-CF-but-may-be-in-the-web-server-and-a-hattip-to-IIS-7 Sometimes, CF problems are not really CF problems. Here's a little vignette from a recent consulting engagement (where I provide fast, on-demand CF troubleshooting services). The challenge I had a customer contact me recently because their server... troubleshooting Fri, 17 Jun 2011 13:28:00 -0500 http://www.carehart.org/blog/client/index.cfm/2011/6/17/When-problems-are-not-due-to-CF-but-may-be-in-the-web-server-and-a-hattip-to-IIS-7