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If I want to count the number of failed login attempts what might be the best course of action?Off the top of my head I figure I could:Have a session variable that counts up to number X Have a cookie variableInsert the users IP address into a database table for each failed attempt and when the form loads I check to make sure there aren't X number of strikes in the last 30 minutes.It seems to me though that each of these can be gotten around. Session can be ended by opening a new browser window, cookies can be dumped and while I don't know how I know users can spoof IP addresses.So I guess this there another way to do it that is more secure? Granted none of my sites have that much traffic but I want to show that I am taking security seriously. Also I guess I should ask do people even care about this anymore? Is lockout after X number of bad attempts just an older security standard that is more inconvinient then it is useful nowadays? Thoughts and opinions are welcome by any.

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We first purchased the Enterprise version of CF 9, and have since purchased Enterprise 10.  Can we still use the CF9 Enterprise on a different server?

I'm building a Live Help Chat for a variety of my sites.I got the chat working on one of my sites with the client end on the site's help page and the agent side on an admin interface on the same domain which the agent has to log in to.Is there a way where I can have this Live Help Chat on my other domains and have the agent log in to one admin interface on one domain and chat with all the clients from there?I'm thinking of something like Olark where chats can be initiated from any domain and the agent can chat/manage them from an admin page.Can this be done with CFWEBSOCKET? If so, any examples or tips are greatly appreciated. If not, what good alternatives are there for CF?

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In a test environment using CF 10 Developer Edition and a SQL Server on Windows 7, I get the above error locally every time a CFQUERY specifies a username and password (if I strip those out, the page executes, but they are required on the live server). I have set the MSSQLServer to accept both Windows and SQL Server authentication and verified the DB in CF Admin. I find a few other instances of questions about this problem, but no solutions that work for me. Can anyone help?

I signed up for the REST Support in CF 10 webinar that should have started at 8:00 AM PST  today, June 18, 2013.However when I go to the link for the webinar (http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/event/index.cfm?event=track&id=2227151&loc=en_us) I am getting a message that the session has ended. Was the webinar cancelled? If so, will you be running it again at some future date?Thank you.

Hello,We currently have multiple applications written in Coldfusion 8, using Postgresql 8.4 on a server running Redhat Linux 5, and it all needs to be upgraded.  I am currently building a new server with Redhat Linux 6, and plan to put Posgresql 9 on it, and I will be moving all the Coldfusion code over to this new server.  I received a free copy of Coldfusion 10.  Will my code work on 10, or do I have to go to CF 9 instead?Thanks!Julie

I have recently installed CF10 and found that the local copy of the documentation is nowhere to be found.  It's still an installation option when you install CF, but I cannot find the folder cfdocs anywhere.  I looked in all the usual places, even did a drive search to no avail.  I have since installed ColdFusion 10 in a Mac, Linux and now Windows and none of them have the documenation locally, though all installers showed ColdFusion Documentation as an installable option.Am I missing something?  If it is no longer available, so be it, but why then is there an option during installation to install it?  I would dearly like to get it back as I relied on that on a constant basis.

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I have a database with spaces in the field names (not my fault).I am having a problem with the query because one of the fileds I am joining on has a space in its name. See bolded text.SELECT *FROM employee_passwordsINNER JOIN employee_general_infoON employee_passwords.Employee_ID=employees.[Employee ID]WHERE username = '#username#' AND password = '#password#'   So I get this error messageError Executing Database Query. [Macromedia][SQLServer JDBC Driver][SQLServer]Invalid object name 'employees.Employee ID'. Is there a way to alias the employees.[Employee ID] field?

Hi,I need help.  My problem is this:Browser does not read *.css and <img> files output by CF10, but browser does read page created by CF9.I will lay out the information in steps.1. When I have the following in the CF10 page, the browser reads and displays the file just fine.    <img src="http://www.powersuasion.com/Media/Images/Feedback/AssResult.jpg" alt="View Your Writing Profile Results" width="396" height="25" border="0">2. When I have the following on my CF9 page, the browser displays properly.    <img src="../../Media/Images/Feedback/Intro.jpg" alt="View Results with Introduction" width="396" height="25" border="0">3. When I have the following on my CF10page, the browser displays all elements of the page, except for jpgs and css files.    <img src="../../Media/Images/Feedback/Intro.jpg" alt="View Results with Introduction" width="396" height="25" border="0">    My hypotheses:1. CF10 is instal

Hello,I'm trying to merge two pdfs, one from a variable using cfdocument (A) and the other from an actual file  (B).  (A) would remains constant but (B) would change depending on what users upload.  Once in a while I would get the following error especially when (B) is a verizon bill in pdf.  CFPDF action="merge"Error","jrpp-1822","......","Unable to instantiate com.adobe.internal.pdftoolkit.pdf.interactive.navigation.PDFBookmark object from CosObject. The specific sequence of files included or processed is:[], line: 493 "java.lang.RuntimeException: Unable to instantiate com.adobe.internal.pdftoolkit.pdf.interactive.navigation.PDFBookmark object from CosObject.          at com.adobe.internal.pdftoolkit.pdf.document.PDFCosFactory.newObject(Unknown Source)          at com.adobe.internal.pdftoolkit.pdf.document.PDFCosFactory.getInstance(Unknown Source)     &nbs

Installed CF10 on a Windows 2012 server.  Used the builtin web server.  after install, the admin page fails to laod, and I see the following in the coldfusion-error log:May 12, 2013 3:28:09 PM org.apache.catalina.core.AprLifecycleListener initINFO: The APR based Apache Tomcat Native library which allows optimal performance in production environments was not found on the java.library.path: C:\\ColdFusion10\\cfusion\lib;C:\\ColdFusion10\\cfusion\jintegra\bin;C:\\ColdFusion10\\cfusion\jintegra\bin\international;C:\\ColdFusion10\\cfusion\lib\oosdk\classes\winMay 12, 2013 3:28:10 PM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol initINFO: Initializing ProtocolHandler ["http-bio-8500"]May 12, 2013 3:28:10 PM org.apache.coyote.AbstractProtocol initINFO: Initializing ProtocolHandler ["ajp-bio-8012"]May 12, 2013 3:28:10 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardService startInternalINFO: Starting service CatalinaMay 12, 2013 3:28:10 PM org.apache.catalina.core.StandardEngine startInternalINFO: Starting

I have built and administer 2 CF servers for the government for over 12 years. The government has this idea that they can drop all of the said applications into a SP server/folder and it will all magically work. If anyone has an existing briefing or talking points that compares CF advantages that I can use to make them understand I would be really thankful. Thanks in advance, Jeff

Please indicate the URL for the ColdFusion Builder 2.0 to Coldfusion Builder 2.0.1 upgrade.  All I can find is the CFB trial download site wich does not indicate if it is the upgrade or the version.

Hi,I have a problem inserting dates in a MS Access database. Days and month are swapped everytime the date stay valid.Ex: 05 of june 2013 become six of may 2013 but 13th of june is not changed. I use:#CreateODBCDate(Dateformat(mydate,"dd/mm/yyyy"))# Of course i put in my Application.cfm :<cfset Locale=setLocale("French (standard)")>I tried too using a variable :<cfset variables.MyDate="##" & "#Dateformat(form.MyFormDate,"dd/mm/yyyy")#" & "##">and thenInsert into myTable (MyDateField)Values(#variables.MyDate#)Where etc...but the result is the same.Windows 2003 server and CF8. Sorry for my terrible english and thanks in advance. Jean-Jacques

Hi All,These days I am getting some weird errors like,Element DATASOURCE is undefined in APP.Element DATASOURCE is undefined in SESSION.Variable LANG_LOC is undefined. (that UDF is included in global.cfm, which is in a common template)Detail Story:- There are 3 modules in my application. Each modules contains separate module specific "application.cfm". And two common files "global.cfm" and "config.cfm" (These are included in all module specific "application.cfm" file). "config.cfm" is included in "global.cfm", and "global.cfm" is included in "application.cfm". The <cfapplication> tag is present in "config.cfm", which implies all modules in the application shares same application name. The "global.cfm" and "config.cfm" includes 2 cfm tempates contain some common UDFs All SESSION specific variables are defined in "config.cfm" file. The application has been running last 3-4 yrs. without showing any issues. But suddenly started getting above Variable Undefined error from Production

Has anyone seen this error?  Running CF 9 Enterprise.This happens on every page, every time.  That's all of the info I have, but I have never seen this type of error, I thought someone might have an idea on this Saturday.

How do I update my Coldfusion code assist to include the new Coldfusion 10 tags

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I have a problem when it come to upgrade my CF. My server is windows 2008 with IIS 7.0Installation end with a warning that migration has fail.After that I can't even open my CF administrator, it request a program to open the index.cfm file. so I assumed .cfm handler were not set up. I have set up all my handler and even there nothing is working....I have 2 time, the 2nd time I started by deleting all CF 8 handler and stop cf8 services, still end up the same .....Now I believe I have lost enough time trying this update  ...My next move is to try uninstall CF8, delete all traces of CF8 and try to install CF10 as a new install ....  is this a good ideas or are there possibilities that I will end up with the same problem ???I started using ColdFusion with Allaire Cold Fusion 3.1 and NEVER did I had this much problem upgrading ....  very very frustrating ......

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How do I update my Coldfusion Builder 2 reference (help) to include Coldfsuion 10 ?