DW8 with ASP,ColdFusion,PHP

Just wondering if anyone else has had this problem with
Bardzell's fine book. In Chapter 10, Building the Tour
Descriptions, I can't build the first recordset where you SELECT *
FROM tbl_tours because I get an unidentified error. I managed to
isolate the error to the "exerciseReqd" column - when I browse the
table in phpMyadmin that row looks very odd with incomplete lines
and empty spaces in some fields. I simply deleted that column and
the recordset worked. Then I just continued on since its not
imperative for the lesson to have that column. Just wondering what
might have caused the problem.

What's the author's title and edition published with which
publisher? I am curious about that one and do bit of research.
Curious. Have you ever heard of David Powers' books called
"PHP Solutions" or PHP for Dreamweaver 8" which were published with
Apress (friends of ED). The book "PHP Solutions" recently published
and released to the booksellers only few weeks ago.
I highly recommend this world-class author David Powers. His
books are well-written, documented in a clear, concise with more
thorough, detailed steps in those two books.
I think you find his books are very useful tool/resource.
quote:
Originally posted by:
tbilly
Just wondering if anyone else has had this problem with
Bardzell's fine book. In Chapter 10, Building the Tour
Descriptions, I can't build the first recordset where you SELECT *
FROM tbl_tours because I get an unidentified error. I managed to
isolate the error to the "exerciseReqd" column - when I browse the
table in phpMyadmin that row looks very odd with incomplete lines
and empty spaces in some fields. I simply deleted that column and
the recordset worked. Then I just continued on since its not
imperative for the lesson to have that column. Just wondering what
might have caused the problem.

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I am new to php and I am trying to work thru Dreamweaver 8
with ASP, Coldfusion and PHP Training from the Source. I have a
real simple form. A user enters their first and last name then
clicks the submit button. The form is then processed with a script
using $_GET[first_name]; $_GET[last_name]; and it should display
"Thank you, first_name last_name, for using my form." But the page
show the html with a Notice: Undefined index: first_name in
C:\htdocs\newland\test_form_processor.php on line 9. Line nine is -
Thank you, <?php echo $_GET['first_name']; ?>
<?php echo $_GET['last_name']; ?>, for filling out my
form.. This was accomplished using the binding panel in
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someone tell me what this means? It worked like it is supposed to
work when I had just the first name.

Charles67 wrote:
> I am new to php and I am trying to work thru Dreamweaver
8 with ASP,
> Coldfusion and PHP Training from the Source.
I don't have a copy of that book. I wrote my own instead. ;-)
> Notice: Undefined index: first_name in
> C:\htdocs\newland\test_form_processor.php on line 9.
Line nine is - Thank
> you, <?php echo $_GET['first_name']; ?> <?php
echo $_GET['last_name']; ?>, for
> filling out my form..
It means that the first_name variable isn't being passed from
the form.
PHP is case-sensitive. Your form needs to look something like
this:
<form name="form1" id="form1" method="get"
action="test_form_processor.php">
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id="first_name" />
Last name: <input type="text" name="last_name"
id="last_name" />
<input type="submit" name="submit1" id="submit1"
value="Send" />
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Author, "Foundation PHP for Dreamweaver 8" (friends of ED)
Author, "PHP Solutions" (friends of ED)
http://foundationphp.com/

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point-- was the first time I
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point-- was the first time I
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ColdFusion, and PHP:
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the following PHP code: <?php setlocale(LC_MONETARY,
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I placed it before the DOCTYPE and when that didn't work, I
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Coach Bob wrote:
> David,
>
> I would like to understand better your comment about the
money_format. The
> ability to use it is dependent on the host system's
support of the C library
> function strfmon(), correct? So if a user were
developing on a windows box with
> a local WAMP install it would not work while it may work
on their *nix-based
> Web host?
Check the PHP documentation - it tells you all you need to
know:
http://www.php.net/manual/en/function.money-format.php
> I will see to it that it gets corrected in the next
version of the book!
I've no idea what relationship you have with "Training from
the Source",
but I find it interesting - to say the least - that you need
to the ask
the author of a rival book.
David Powers, Adobe Community Expert
Author, "Foundation PHP for Dreamweaver 8" (friends of ED)
Author, "PHP Solutions" (friends of ED)
http://foundationphp.com/

Missing File - Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 with ASP, Coldfusion, and PHP

On page 263 of Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 with ASP, Coldfusion,
and PHP by:Jeffrey Bardzel and Bob Flynn the file called
countryDetailXML.asp is missing. How can I find that file? Any
idea?
Thanks for your help.

@citaiz,
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starting on page 257. For the sake of the lesson, you can use
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I am working through Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 with ASP
coldfusion and PHP with the intent of creating a data base site
that primarily requires a search engine on the index page. The
search page in the book uses specific search criteria ensuring that
there will always be a match to the data base but I need to create
an input text field search engine. My Q, if there is no data within
the data base that match the variable, will it return with an error
requiring an argument in the code to respond to no matching data.
Hopefully there are comprehensive online recourses for these search
engines as they are so common. I am a complete newby to all aspects
of web development and code so it will need to be a thorough
explanation, an idiots guide. ANY HELP GREATLY APPRECIATED

Rob,
Let me try to answer your questions, understanding that my
answers are laced with my experience and therefore my bias.
1. For the most part the SQL that you write for Access, MS
SQL or MySQL is going to be the same. I won't make that claim about
Oracle or PostgreSQL because I have limited or no experience in
those areas. To be sure when you head down the road with any DBMS
there are finer points on 'value added' features (to over simplify
things like MS SQL's Transact SQL), but for the most part when you
are pulling out, inserting or deleting records the SQL that you
write will be the same. In fact, I don't think I had to make any of
the SQL in the book different to deal with the back end db.
2. As for your host steering you away from MySQL, I don't
know why that would be. It is MUCH more stable and robust than
Access for web development. My research showed that you can use
MySQL just fine with ASP though that clearly wouldn't be
Microsoft's first choice.
3. A quick aside, the fact that you are building ASP on a Mac
would seem to indicate that you are developing on your production
server. That's never a good idea. Go local if you can. If you have
a newer Intel Mac you can use VM Fusion, Parallels or even Boot
Camp to run Windows in a virtual environment and develop there,
only moving your code to production when you are happy with it.
There is of course the fact that they two environments would not be
identical and you may need to change a few references, but it is
still a better practice than developing on your live site. Some web
hosts give you the ability to set up a subdomain. If yours does,
you could set one up with a duplicate of your site and develop
there.
4. Let me try to pull your 'rant-let' apart into two issue. I
begin with a question. I'm not sure what the Mac part has to do
with it. The primary language I work in at my day job is
ColdFusion. The majority of the most serious developers I know in
the CF world work on Macs. I am forced into the PC world because of
a cultural bias at the business school where I work. Having said
that, the only time I have felt there was ANY difference in the
tools, resources, choices I had was in any way affected by platform
was when Adobe still had not released Flex Builder 2 for the Mac.
Now that is behind us as well. This reaction of mine may be based
on the fact that Access never comes into play in the work that I
do. I regularly work with MS SQL and MySQL. (OK, so SQL Enterprise
Manager, the MS tool of choice to talk to MS SQL is Windows only,
but I only use that at the day job. But even there you can find
cross-platform, free tools like Aqua Data Studio to talk from a Mac
to MS SQL.) If I'm missing your point on the Mac, please let me
know. Since the advent of the Intel Mac I think it is hands-down
the best choice for a web developer. You can have Mac, Windows and
Unix all on one machine. It doesn't get any better (providing you
have the RAM :-)).
As for the security question, it is somewhat analogous to the
war on viruses and spyware. As the defenses get better, so do the
attacks. Most languages have developed functions for vetting user
input variables and best practices for building these things. It is
mainly a user education issue. When I took over the book you are
working out of, the one thing Jeffrey told me it needed was more
security. I did my best to put more in under the constraints of the
publisher. They didn't want the book to be any longer than the
previous version. I did my best to modify the code used to include
"string safe" functions and to add verbiage about the importance of
security. It was clear that I could not add as much as was needed
and I said so in the book. Much more is needed for a serious
treatment of the subject and not acknowledging that would have been
a disservice to the readers. I've been working as a developer for
over a decade and I don't know all there is to know about it. It's
a constantly changing field, just like all of web development. In
fact next week I'm going through a 2-day SANS Web Application
Security workshop in hopes of learning more. So at the risk of
sounding like an industry apologist, I don't think it's a
shortcoming of the development community. It is, as they say, "a
developing situation".
HTH,
Bob
http://bobflynn.info/

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sometimes it makes sense to look at these things from a different (and broader) perspective.
Especially in a context of a corporation it makes sense to use a Single Sign On (SSO) server for authentication (usually against LDAP) . Something like Netegrity Siteminder, Oracle SSO Server (as part of Oracle Internet Application Server) or something similar.
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Just a different way to look at it.
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Adobe DW CS3 with ASP, Coldfusion, and PHP Training book - problem.

Hi
I have been creating a site and using the DW CS3 'Training
from the Source' book by Jeffrey Bardzell and Bob Flynn as the
tutorial text.
Basically - I have an .asp form that collects data into
fields, which are validated using the DW validate form funstions,
then passes the data to another .asp page that emails the data to
me.
All works well for me and for a lot of people I have used to
test the site....
BUT
I am getting some people whose data is obviously NOT being
captured or passed - as teh Emails are blank. I can't ask them what
browsers they are using - as their Email address should be in the
Data !!
I did try the form with the Javascript Disabled in my browser
- and the validation then failed to work - but the data still did
get sent.
1. If Javascript is disabled - how can I get the validation
to work?
2. Is there any other reason that my data may be getting lost
Thanks in Advance
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PhilAJ,
quote:
Surely if DW is creating this then it should aways work ?
It would be nice, wouldn't it? ;-)
There are two basic types of validation - client-side and
server-side.
Client-side validation uses JavaScript, in this case the code
that DW generates, but you are dependent on the user's browser
settings. It happens on the user's machine before anything is sent
back across the Internet to your web server. If they want to turn
off JS, they can.
Server-side validation takes place on the server with the
data sent from the user. webpro2k has provided you with a nice bit
of code to test whether those fields come in blank. If they do, you
can decide what to do with the user's interaction. Instead of the
Thank You page, or wherever you may have sent them after a
successful submission, you could send them back to the form
indicating the fields they neglected to fill out and pre-populating
those they already filled out with the data from the first
submission.
Best practice is to do both client-side (in theory it reduces
user frustration if done right.) and server side (to ensure clean
data). It takes a little extra work. You know your audience and
your needs, so you can do the cost/benefit analysis.
Regards,
Bob

Dreamweaver 8 with ASP, ColdFusion and PHP Downloads

Hi,
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Dreamweaver 8 with ASP, ColdFusion, and PHP

I'm having trouble with diplaying multiple recordsets. I did
everything that the book told me to do, but it doesn't work. I just
got done with the tours.asp and it works fine. Now I'm working on
the index.asp. rs_journal comes up fine, but when I add the
rs_worldregions, the page won't come up. I even uploaded the
finished sample of index.asp that came with the book and that
didn't work.
Has anyone read this book and have the same troubles?

This is what the code looks like.
<%@LANGUAGE="VBSCRIPT"%>

<%
Dim rs_journal
Dim rs_journal_numRows
Set rs_journal = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
rs_journal.ActiveConnection = MM_conn_newland_STRING
rs_journal.Source = "SELECT journalID, journal_entry FROM
tbl_journal ORDER BY journalID DESC"
rs_journal.CursorType = 0
rs_journal.CursorLocation = 2
rs_journal.LockType = 1
rs_journal.Open()
rs_journal_numRows = 0
%>
<%
Dim rs_worldregions
Dim rs_worldregions_numRows
Set rs_worldregions = Server.CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")
rs_worldregions.ActiveConnection = MM_conn_newland_STRING
rs_worldregions.Source = "SELECT * FROM tbl_region ORDER BY
regionName ASC"
rs_worldregions.CursorType = 0
rs_worldregions.CursorLocation = 2
rs_worldregions.LockType = 1
rs_worldregions.Open()
rs_worldregions_numRows = 0
%>
<%
Dim Repeat1__numRows
Dim Repeat1__index
Repeat1__numRows = -1
Repeat1__index = 0
rs_worldregions_numRows = rs_worldregions_numRows +
Repeat1__numRows
%>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0
Transitional//EN" "
http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd">
<html xmlns="
http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head>
<title>Newland Tours</title>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;
charset=iso-8859-1" />
<link href="css/newland.css" rel="stylesheet"
type="text/css" /></head>
<body>
<table width="750" border="0" cellpadding="3"
cellspacing="0">
<tr>
<td colspan="2" width="470"><img
src="images/banner_left.gif" width="451" height="68" alt="Newland
Tours Banner, Left." /></td>
<td width="280"><img src="images/banner_right.jpg"
width="276" height="68" alt="Newland Tour Banner, Right."
/></td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td width="180"> </td>
<td width="290"> </td>
<td width="280"> </td>
</tr>
<tr valign="top">
<td width="180" bgcolor="#DCDFD9">
Explore the Site

<a href="about.asp">About Newland
Tours</a> 
<a href="tours.asp">Find Tours</a> 
<%
While ((Repeat1__numRows <> 0) AND (NOT
rs_worldregions.EOF))
%>
<a
href="tours_detail.asp?regionID=<%=(rs_worldregions.Fields.Item("regionID").Value)%>"><%= (rs_worldregions.Fields.Item("regionName").Value)%></a> 
<%
Repeat1__index=Repeat1__index+1
Repeat1__numRows=Repeat1__numRows-1
rs_worldregions.MoveNext()
Wend
%>
<a href="profiles.asp">Country
Profiles</a> 
<a href="contact.asp">Contact an
Agent</a>
 
© 2003 Newland Tours
</td>
<td width="290">
Operating since 1968, Newland Tours offers an array
of travel tours. Whether you love hiking in exotic locations or
want to get the most out of your retirement, Newland Tours has a
package for you.
<img src="images/title_featured_vacation.gif"
width="276" height="25" alt="Featured Vacation." />
<img src="images/temple_small.jpg" width="72"
height="90" align="left" alt="Heian Jingu Shrine, Kyoto
Prefecture." />Highlights of
Japan
 Image: Heian Jingu Shrine, Kyoto
Prefecture
Get a taste for Japan's diversity, from the
serenity of its shrines to the chaos of urban life. Meet
"Fuji-san," Japan's highest mountain at 12,387
feet, visit temples, walk through gardens, and browse in Japan's
most elegant shopping districts.

Only $1,199/adult and $899/child USD.

</td>
<td width="280"><img
src="images/title_travelers_journal.gif" width="276" height="25"
alt="Traveler's Journal." />
<img src="images/icon_tj.gif" width="81" height="81"
align="right" "Traveler's Journal logo."
/><%=(rs_journal.Fields.Item("journal_entry").Value)%></td>
</tr>
</table>
 
 
</body>
</html>
<%
rs_journal.Close()
Set rs_journal = Nothing
%>
<%
rs_worldregions.Close()
Set rs_worldregions = Nothing
%>

DW MX 2004 with asp, coldfusion, and php lesson 1

Started Jeffrey Bardzell's book, and sorry, I think I can
struggle through it even though I know little about html. In the
very first lesson I am already stumped. I am hoping there is a
simple setting that needs to be changed. In pasting text from the
contact document into the contact page, DW is supposed to
automatically enter the paragraph and line breaks, according to the
book. Mine doesnt. I have tried numerous times and the
pre-formatted text pastes in and becomes one big running paragraph.
What am I doing wrong?

PhilAJ,
quote:
Surely if DW is creating this then it should aways work ?
It would be nice, wouldn't it? ;-)
There are two basic types of validation - client-side and
server-side.
Client-side validation uses JavaScript, in this case the code
that DW generates, but you are dependent on the user's browser
settings. It happens on the user's machine before anything is sent
back across the Internet to your web server. If they want to turn
off JS, they can.
Server-side validation takes place on the server with the
data sent from the user. webpro2k has provided you with a nice bit
of code to test whether those fields come in blank. If they do, you
can decide what to do with the user's interaction. Instead of the
Thank You page, or wherever you may have sent them after a
successful submission, you could send them back to the form
indicating the fields they neglected to fill out and pre-populating
those they already filled out with the data from the first
submission.
Best practice is to do both client-side (in theory it reduces
user frustration if done right.) and server side (to ensure clean
data). It takes a little extra work. You know your audience and
your needs, so you can do the cost/benefit analysis.
Regards,
Bob

File upload with 'asp vb' backend

Hello,
I am trying to get file uploading with flex (flash buider) working. There are plenty of examples with a php backend, but i need the script for a 'asp vb' backend.
I' ve tried lots of different approaches but can't get it right. Someone out there with a solution?
Thanx!!

Believe it or not I have to do this also.
I have legacy ASP code that uses ASPUpload that I'd like to get working with my Flash CS5 and FlashBuilder Burrito front-ends.
it's just multipart encoded.
So, if you first test it with ASPUpload and a simple form, trying just FILE1 first, and it works with ASP backend then tackle the FlashBuilder side with some debugging.
ASPUpload is still an extremely embedded component on tens of thousands if not more sites, and it was just updated, but I think the previous version just before this update, the one that's out there in code on so many sites, that is what Flash needs to work with.
ASPUpload is doing its part, as it follows all the multipart encoded RFC rules and has worked for years.
I'd love to join you in finding out what's going on here.
This is a long-standing issue.
I've done PHP also. But again, enhancing an interface with FlashBuilder4 or Burrito, to integrate with working legacy code makes it hard when something is not working on the Flash side (it appears anyway) as ASPUpload form posts are extremely easy.

Help needed with .asp files

I am not sure what I am asking or what I need to do, so please bear with me, thanks.
I am helping out with a site that has one dynamic page utilizing a database with an .mdb extension.
Previously hosted on a site with ASP (not sure which version).
New host has MySQL with PHP (?)
I would like to be able to rework the one dynamic page in DW, using .php. I am not able to upload the .mdb file to my localhost MySql area.
It all comes down to the database.....
Is there a way to convert the .mdb file to one with an .sql extension?
Or am I taking the wrong approach?
Thanks,
Melissa

>Previously hosted on a site with ASP (not sure which version).
>New host has MySQL with PHP (?)
Are you sure the host doesn't also support .asp?
>I would like to be able to rework the one dynamic
>page in DW, using .php. I am not able to upload the
>.mdb file to my localhost MySql area.
An mdb file is MS Access. There are conversion utilities that will convert between the two dbms's, but if the schema is not complex you can simply build the new database in MySQL, export the data from access and then import it.

How to send some text to an ASP or PHP page?

How to send some text to an ASP or PHP page with HTTPService?
I'll store the submitted text to database through the page.
Thanks!

Set up an HTTPService. the xml inside the mx:request area
will be passed using the method you define in the httpservice tag.
<mx:HTTPService id="serviceName"
url="
http://www.site.com/page.php"
useProxy="false" method="POST" showBusyCursor="true" >
<mx:request>
<val1>value 1</val1>
<val2>value 2</val2>
<val3>value 3</val3>
</mx:request>
</mx:HTTPService>

Is it possible to execute a ASP/CGI/PHP script thru sockets?

hi,
i was wondering whether it is possible in Java to pass data and execute ASP/CGI/PHP script on demand thru sockets (suppose a port has been specified by both sides) and how? i know this is possible thru the urlConnection, but how about sockets? these scripts could be stored in specific directories on the server.
thanks!!!

hi,
i was wondering whether it is possible in Java to pass
data and execute ASP/CGI/PHP script on demand Yes, completely it's possible!
If you need to access ASP/CGI/PHP/Servlet/JSP thru' Java program, you can refer:
http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/qow/index.jsp
[after a week: http://developer.java.sun.com/developer/qow/archive/index.html
and look for 'Can I send an HTTP request to a servlet from a normal class without having to use a browser to send the HTTP requests?']
-and that's the QOW [Question Of the Week]!
thru sockets (suppose a port has been specified by both
sides) and how? When you say, a port has been specified on both sides,
then it becomes, a NET/Socket programming and you
need to use the 'net' package for the same.
i know this is possible thru the urlConnection, 'possible' means, it's assumed that u're invoking the 'script' thru' a web-server!
And u still use 'http://...' protocol to achieve the same; and u're NOT
directly accessing the script file as "file:\\network-host\root\files\abc.jsp"
but how about sockets? these scripts
could be stored in specific directories on the
server.It's not at all possible to 'invoke' those 'scripts' directly, by
using sockets; If you know that they're existing in one
particular directory of a network system, all you can do is
you can read the file content thru' socket, but you can't
make it become 'alive' and it would not dance for u!
Because, if there is a 'script' [PHP/ASP/CGI/JSP] that is
meant for dancing, then the stage for dancing is provided
by the web-server environment which starts the appropriate
server-side process that can understand and interpret the
given script! And all we can do is asking the web-server
to pull the 'script' to the stage and dance for you! But,
the 'asking' the webserver can be done thru' browser or
a URLConnection! If what you want to do would have been
possible, then, just with FTP we could have achieved the same!
Easy Go Jolly Java!
-RK

DW8 with ASP,ColdFusion,PHP

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