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Copy Table Schema with SQL Server Management Studio

Quick way to copy the table schema using SQL Server Management Studio:

  1. Right-Click table to copy
  2. Script table as
  3. CREATE To
  4. New Query Editor Window
  5. Find & Replace all instances of the table you are copying with the table you wish to create

NOTE: Pay attention to any Primary Key and Foreign Key indexes listed in the SQL script. They may require updating as well.

Leadership Tulsa

I was accepted to Leadership Tulsa Class 42 in June.

It's a great program designed to develop community leaders. They are attempting to groom/prepare people for volunteering and operating programs that help or enrich the Tulsa community. Last month was "Government Day" where we heard from Tulsa's (then) mayoral candidates and learned the role local, state, and federal goverment plays in community development. This month was "Education Day" we toured several community schools in the Tulsa area and learned about the challenges facing the Tulsa area education system.

Tulsa has some really great educational institutions. I always assumed that the Oklahoma public education system was broken. These schools are really taking steps to ensure that kids actually learn. The state of education is leaps and bounds above what it was five years ago.

There are so many inovative programs that I wish had been available to me when I was in grade school.

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Stopped Again.

This is starting to become more and more frequent:

I'm coding along, making excellent progress on a project only to be stopped dead in my tracks by yet another Coldfusion limitation.

I love Coldfusion, but all the stripped down and half-assed features are starting to get in my way.

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Quick CF Builder Beta 2 Note.

I installed the standalone Beta 1, downloaded Beta 2 today and it noticed the standalone install was disabled. I uninstalled the previous version and the reinstall picked up my workspace. My guess is because it was in the default location (Vista x64 Ultimate):

C:\Users\%USER%\Adobe ColdFusion Builder workspace

FCKEditor in Coldfusion

I began using FCKEditor long before it was included with Coldfusion. I've continued to use my own implemenation even after the release of Coldfusion 8.

There was a vulnerability found in the included FCKEditor: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb09-09.html

I applied the patch to my server and it also broke my own FCKEditor instance. I received "403 Access Denied" errors when using the FCKEditor file browser. After much time and effort the solution is pretty simple:

Add this to your JVM args in jvm.config: -Dcoldfusion.fckupload=true

***CAREFUL about copying an pasting the text above. Hidden carriage returns will cause CF to fail on startup.***

Even if you are not using the Coldfusion FCKEditor you still need to enable FCKEditor uploads. The updated JAR must have a built-in request filter for "filemanager".

Digsby

I'm officially a Digsby fan:

http://www.digsby.com

This little piece of FREE software is exactly what I was looking for. I wanted a single piece of software that I could use to manage all my social networking, IMs, etc.

Digsby fills that role and more.

Chatting with your Facebook friend is as easy as chatting with a GMail contact. All in one interface.

Additionally, Digsby provides a chat widget (right side of this website) that allows visitors to chat with you in real-time right from your own website! I've been wanting this for a long time and was contemplating writing something myself.

Now I can have my cake and eat it too!

Coldfusion 8 and 9 on Windows Server 2003, Server 2008, Vista, and Windows 7 (x86 and x64)

I wrote a blog entry over a year ago discussing how to install Coldfusion on Windows 2008.

With the imminent release of Windows 7 and several user comments I decided to update the instructions for myself and anyone else who finds it useful.

I've installed Coldfusion 8 and 9 on most versions of Windows. I used the default setup options.

To make the Coldfusion install as painless as possible you need to take a few pre-installation steps.

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Eclipse 3.5 (Galileo) Won't Start / Splash Screen Crashes

I ran across an interesting problem using Eclipse 3.5 (Galileo).

After an unexpected crash caused by an unrelated program, I was forced to reboot my computer.

After the reboot I could not get Eclipse to start. The splash screen was visible and then it would disappear.

Eclipse was not in the Task Manager.

It simply didn't start.

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Loading/Waiting images.

Since I've been creating Web 2.0 interfaces I always need some kind of graphic to indicate that I'm waiting on a response. Usually I just use Google Image search, but today I found this cool site:

http://ajaxload.info

Will make customizable graphics for your Web 2.0 applications.

Eclipse CSS Editor

Started searching around for a good CSS editor plugin for Eclipse. I've used Aptana in the past, but was very disappointed. Mostly due to Aptana's intrusive takeover of my Eclipse IDE. I wanted something simple that provided some code highlighting.

Enter Project Amateras. An Eclipse based HTML editor. Has all the usual charactaristics of a good code editor:

  • HTML/CSS/Javascript code assist
  • Code highlighting
  • Code folding

Very nice and FREE plugin.

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