We had a small number of attendants, but high quality professionals and all interested in the new tags, functions and perks of Railo.

Gert offered us some inside tips about the new version 3.3 that they will release at the end of May and some ideas of what is coming with version 4.0 beginning of next year.

Also, of course, we had pizza and Coca-Cola, sponsored by our host Aaron Greenlee.

Here are some photos:

Tomorrow we’ll have another presentation at the CFWDUG in Tampa, at 6:30pm which will also be broadcast.
Here is the link: http://ricardo.parente.us/2011/05/coldfusion-meetup-special-railo-event-in-tampa-by-gert-franz/

Below are some photos I took. Sorry for the bad quality, my camera is not that good at night.

Apply here.

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• Responsible for coordinating, maintaining, and updating information on the organization’s various websites.
• Remains familiar with the websites in order to help maintain website content as needed.
• Responsible for developing new online applications using HTML and ColdFusion.
• Responsible for maintaining existing online applications using ASP as assigned until they can be ported to ColdFusion
• Creates, modifies, and maintains tables in databases such as Access, Oracle, or SQL Server as needed for projects assigned.
• Reads and responds to all email from users regarding the organization’s websites and difficulty using the site or finding information.

Necessary Skills / Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s and at least 4 years experience in web development required.
• Advanced knowledge and experience with HTML coding (including tables, forms, Dynamic HTML and Cascading Style Sheets).
• Advanced knowledge of Javascript and ColdFusion.
• Familiarity with ASP and .NET framework.
• Ability to create, troubleshoot, and update pages on websites, including the ability to create, troubleshoot, and update ColdFusion files.
• Working knowledge and experience with HTML coding (including tables, forms, Dynamic HTML and Cascading Style Sheets).  Familiarity with Javascript, VBScript, ASP, and ColdFusion.
• Ability to create, troubleshoot, and update pages on websites, including the ability to create, troubleshoot, and update VBScript, ASP and ColdFusion files.
• Familiarity with Microsoft Internet Information Server Administration, as well as advanced knowledge of Macromedia Dreamweaver.
• Familiarity with Internet resources, including email, listservers, web browsing, newsgroups, online services, and FTP.
• Familiarity with database development and design, as well as ODBC data sources connecting with VBScript, ASP and Coldfusion.
• Familiarity with Microsoft SQL Server Administration, Microsoft Access, as well as advanced knowledge of database design fundamentals.
• Familiarity with the life-cycle of application development.
• Strong organizational, interpersonal, and diplomacy skills.
• Strong written and oral communications.
• Must be able to work independently and effectively in a busy environment.

Base Pay: $65,000 – $74,000 /Year

Here is the link.

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This is the picture of the official Christmas Tree in Rio de Janeiro at the “Rodrigo de Freitas” lagoon.

Just FYI, in Brazil we do not have to say “Happy Holidays” because we still consider it a Christian country and we give our best wishes to anyone, no matter ther religion or creed, without anyone being offended.

Requirrements:

• 3 Relevant Experience (Yrs)
• 5+ years of experience, out of which minimum 2 years experience as functional analyst
• Expert Knowledge of JavaScript User Interface libraries (JQuery, YUI) and HTML 5 CSS attributes based on W3C standards
• Experienced with building MVC ColdFusion Application using MVC framework (ColdSpring, Mach-II, Fusebox etc.) and building ColdFusion applications using ANT scripts
• Expert knowledge in designing and building Oracle datastructures. Has thorough knowledge of Oracle, Oracle stored procedures design, Oracle PL/SQL. Experienced with building database views and links.
• Understanding Boeing P+ Methodology (Macroscope documentation) is Plus
• High proficiency in gathering and documenting requirements
• High proficiency in creating test cases and executing tests
• Demonstrated ability to effectively document and present technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences at all levels of the organization
• Experience of coordination with offshore Experience Required Must have Functional analyst experience and good Knowledge of writing requirement and design documents
• preferably knowledge of P+ Macroscope Methodology.
• Should have experience of designing Rich GUI using Javascript Libraries (JQuery, or YUI), HTML5, CSS.
• Should have experience in design application using Cold Fusion MVC framework.
• Should have experience of design Oracle Data structure, writing PL/SQL and Oracle scripts.
• Should have previous experience of communicating offshore team.

Here is the link.

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Since I use Fusebox, all parameters passed in the URL query string are converted to the scope “attributes”.  So, here is the procedure call:

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<cfstoredproc procedure="dbo.pagination" datasource="#application.mainDSN#">
<cfprocparam cfsqltype="cf_SQL_INTEGER" value="#attributes.startRow#"  />
<cfprocparam cfsqltype="cf_SQL_INTEGER" value="#attributes.endRow#" />
<cfprocparam cfsqltype="cf_SQL_INTEGER" value="#attributes.priceFrom#" null="#(not len(trim(attributes.priceFrom)))#" />
<cfprocparam cfsqltype="cf_SQL_INTEGER" value="#attributes.sortBy#" null="#(not len(trim(attributes.sortBy)))#" />
<cfprocresult name="qProps" />
</cfstoredproc>

You may have noticed that some parameters if not passed to this template, it will send a NULL value to the store procedure.

Since the SortBy parameter is dynamic and I need to retrieve only a subset of the query, I mean, the amount of records to fit one page, I could not use CTE because SQL Server does not allow the ORDER BY clause in the CTE (temporary table). Also, we needed to have a CASE statement in the ODER BY clause to allow dynamic sorting.

After such a pain in the neck, I did some research and found some examples on Pinal Dave blog “SQL Authority“. One of the comments on his article suggested the use of RANK(), and that was it, the solution for my problem.

Here is the stored procedure:

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CREATE PROCEDURE [dbo].[Pagination]
@arg_startRow int
,   @arg_endRow int
,   @arg_priceFrom money = NULL
,   @arg_priceTo money = NULL
,   @arg_sortBy varchar(50) = NULL

AS
BEGIN
SET NOCOUNT ON;
DECLARE @temp table (
propertyUUID uniqueidentifier
,   price money
,   yearBuilt smallint
,   cityName nvarchar(50)
,   rowNum int
)
INSERT INTO @temp
SELECT
p.propertyUUID
,   p.price
,   p.yearBuilt
,   c.cityName
,   rowNum =
CASE
WHEN (@arg_sortBy = 'price ASC') THEN
ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY p.price)
WHEN (@arg_sortBy = 'price DESC') THEN
ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY p.price DESC)
-- default order
ELSE ROW_NUMBER() OVER(ORDER BY c.cityName)
END
FROM dbo.properties p
LEFT JOIN dbo.cities c ON c.cityCode = p.cityCode
WHERE p.isActive = 1
AND (@arg_priceFrom IS NULL OR p.price >= @arg_priceFrom)
AND (@arg_priceTo IS NULL OR p.price <= @arg_priceTo)
AND (@arg_cityName IS NULL OR c.cityName = @arg_cityName)
ORDER BY
CASE
WHEN @arg_sortBy = 'price ASC' THEN
RANK() OVER(ORDER BY p.price)
WHEN @arg_sortBy = 'price DESC' THEN
RANK() OVER(ORDER BY p.price DESC)
ELSE c.cityName
END

-- Now select only the number of rows passed from the pagination request
SELECT
propertyUUID
,   cityName
,   price
,   yearBuilt
FROM @temp
WHERE rowNum BETWEEN @arg_startRow AND @arg_endRow

With that SP we can now paginate without losing the order by set by the url parameter.

Thanks Pinal Dave!

Project Description :

Development of project management tools for managing on time performance related to service order provisioning of special service orders and wireless / wireline integration within the Southeast Construction and Engineering organization. Will develop tracking processes and reports to assist the project.

Skills :

• MS Office Intermediate Required
• MS SQL Server 2005 Transact SQL Expert Required
• Cold Fusion Expert Desired

Here is the link.

http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/24/os-xbox-pro-casemod-build-video-is-mesmerizing/