I use MySQL. I love MySQL. According to a great deal of feedback I've received re: Meld Forums being MySQL only, I seem to be in the minority (at least in the former). So, in making Meld Forums MS SQL-friendly, I made the startling, depressing discovery that MS SQL *doesn't* *have* *LIMIT* functionality. You can use TOP to get the first X rows of a query, but you cannot specify a start position.
Ever get one of those "if only it could do this" urges when usings somebody else's program, and suddenly you are rebuilding the entire thing? I have, and because I like to tinker it usually leads to trouble.
In this case the application was Brian Rinaldi's Illudium cfcgenerator tool, a most excellent tool for converting your database tables into and MVC framework.
An interesting perspective raised in ColdFusion Panel last week (https://admin.na3.acrobat.com/_a204547676/p34336028/) is that the introduction of Railo, an open-source engine that supports the bulk of the ColdFusion language (as well as introducing alternate features), will perhaps fragment the CF community.
For the record I strongly disagree with this sentiment, though I admit I understand where the statement draws from.
Well, CFUnited is over. It was my first time there, and my first conference in a couple of years. As usual, it was as unique and interesting an experience as I've come to expect from these types of gatherings, perhaps more so this year because I had a mix of scheduled encounters and unexpected surprises. Also as usual, I got as much out of the convention outside of the presentations as I did inside.
I'm currently going through the last day of formal CFUnited sessions (tomorrow is 'favorites repeated'), and I have to say to all the CF'rs out there who have never attended a conference: GO! Go to expose yourself to new information and ideas, go to talk with fellow developers, go to network, go to have fun, but mostly go to get inspired.
It's the one big thing I always take away from these gatherings is a bag full of excitement for ColdFusion and what's possible. The sessions expose you to new ideas, there's always a pile of new toys to play with, and the keynotes get you impassioned about your community and your work.
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