A question I tend to see a lot in the forums is: "How do I delete a directory and all files/directories inside of that directory?".
When did you last change a web page? Have you ever wanted to dynamically display the last date modified on a page for your site?
I tend to do a lot of document serving in my daily routines, by this I mean serving documents from the server to the visitor (end-user) in formats other then HTML..
This tutorial will demonstrate how you can prevent other people from displaying YOUR images on their websites.
Have you ever wanted to create your very own RSS Feed? DO you have anything on your site you would like others to have access to?
By this I mean, on your login form, have you ever wanted to have a "Remember me" checkbox, allowing the member to not have to enter their username and password every time the come to your web site?
This tutorial will show you how to create a local file crawler that will enable you to find a specified document type (i.e. PDF files) within a directory (and it's children directories).
Have you ever wanted to parse through your IIS web logs to create a "WebTrends" like application in ColdFusion?
A lot of people have asked me "what can I do to make the database work for me, instead of ColdFusion?". The truth is that any veteran developer will tell you that making the database do the work, is the best practice in web development. I can think of a few different ways to make the database work for you. By this I mean telling the database to insert values, create tables and much more. In this tutorial I will show you the basics of how to make your database do the work for you! let's begin.
This tutorial will demonstrate how to delete records from the database.
IMPORTANT NOTE: The first thing you must understand is that delete is final (in other words, there's no going back so backup your database before doing anything!)