ColdFusion 11 – MySQL no Suitable Driver
For reasons too complicated to get into, ColdFusion 11 no longer ships with a JDBC driver for MySQL. This is a change over previous...
How to get Oracle 8i to Start on Windows XP
Oracle Error – Oracle Not Available I’m working on a client project that uses an Oracle 8i database. We’ll eventually...
How to solve error: [Oracle JDBC Driver]Transliteration failed, reason: invalid UTF8 data
I got a strange error “Oracle JDBC DriverTransliteration failed, reason: invalid UTF8 data” while working on a client system. I...
How to resolve svn: Error setting property ‘log’:
I was trying to check in some changes on the Model-Glue framework and kept getting this error: update...
ColdFusion 7 error 500 Null with Custom Tags
I spent a couple hours diagnosing a 500 Null error. There was little information to go on and 500 Null errors are hard to figure out in...
Fix for Filezilla Failing to Retrieve Directory Listing
I use Filezilla FTP client to manage files on many servers. I had a specific Filezilla client that refused to retrieve a directory listing....
Diagnosing Server Issues
I’ve had the pleasure of working for many diverse employers and clients. A number of times I’ve been on a team working to...
Flash Security with Off-Root CrossDomain.xml files
Bruce Phillips (You should check out his interesting Flex posts) let me know that my Surfing Stats data didn’t load when the swf was...
XP Drivers for Toshiba A215 – S7428
Recently I removed Windows Vista and installed Windows XP on the Toshiba A215-S7428. The Windows XP installation is complete and...
Toshiba Satellite A215-S7428 on Windows XP
I recently purchased a Toshiba Satellite A215-S7428. This well-equipped notebook computer comes with Windows Vista Home Premium. I planned...