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Caching for Fun and Profit: Or why would you ever cache a page for 5 seconds? 7 months ago

There are a lot of ways to cache data. You can cache a piece of data, a query, a page fragment, an entire page, or an entire website. You can cache to local memory, local file storage, distributed memory, distributed file storage, a front cache, or a Content Delivery Network …

Recruiters: How To Get Ignored 10 months ago

I don't envy Technical Recruiters. They have tough job trying to place people in roles the recruiter himself doesn't understand. I don't blame them. The ever shifting sands of technology can be confusing. What other field completely changes landscapes every 3-5 years? Who can possibly …
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Senior Software Developer / Architect / Dev Ninja (Durham, NC) 10 months ago

Local Job Posting for friend. This is a good position for a high quality ColdFusion person who understands start up culture and wants to make a difference! We are seeking a Senior Web Developer / Architect / Dev Ninja to join our team. Be a part of a young organization with a …
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How to get Oracle 8i to Start on Windows XP 11 months ago

Oracle Error - Oracle Not Available I'm working on a client project that uses an Oracle 8i database. We'll eventually convert this database to another platform at some point, but for now, we need to make some much needed changes to the existing platform. Oracle 8i doesn't seem to run …

How to solve error: [Oracle JDBC Driver]Transliteration failed, reason: invalid UTF8 data 11 months ago

I got a strange error "[Oracle JDBC Driver]Transliteration failed, reason: invalid UTF8 data" while working on a client system. I spent a reasonable amount of time trying to work out what caused this. The Oracle database was a restore of an Oracle 8.1.6 system onto the new Oracle XE …
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Reporting Querys and COUNT(*) vs COUNT(1) last year

I was working on a reporting query today and used several legacy queries as a base. When debugging and optimizing the query I found the query took 35+ seconds to crunch down to 72 records. Before worrying about indexes, I went over the query syntax and structure and found a COUNT(*) in …

Getting USB Device Drivers Working for HTC Android Development last year

I set up a new Eclipse environment today and wanted to use my HTC Thunderbolt for testing. Usually, the way this works is you right click on your project then select your manual run target of your phone. My HTC Thunderbolt was not recognized for some reason. After digging around for a …

ColdSpring 2.0 Alpha 1 Released! Your Help Needed! last year

Mark Mandel posted information about the ColdSpring 2.0 Alpha release and I wanted to make sure it got out to the general public. There is a documentation contest running and your help is requested in trying out the release and helping to identify issues. Make sure you have joined the …

Quirk in MySQL Join Conditions last year

I found a quirk in a join condition today that caused too many records to display. Look at the following query and notice the two AND clauses after the LEFT JOIN to activitytype. SELECT * FROM organization grouptable INNER JOIN ( SELECT c.CommunityID, o.OrganizationID, …

Long Live the Conference! last year

Last year, one of the major tech conferences, CFUnited, closed it's doors for good. This left a hole in the learning and networking opportunities for ColdFusion developers. I gained much from going to CFUnited over the years. It helped me personally and also professionally. The …
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