Neil Merton

Types Of ColdFusion Variables

Up until recently I had been using request.variablename for pretty much all my variables when coding in CFML. I’m not sure why I have always used the ‘request’ scope.

Then it dawned on my that maybe the ‘request’ scope should only be used for certain types of variables.

Thankfully a quick search on Google returned the following useful LiveDocs page that does a pretty good job of explaining the various type of ‘variable’ scopes. If this is something you’ve never really looked into then I highly recommend you do.

Using the correct variable scope will help improve your application’s performance.

Makes Me Sick

I recently heard about this story of a woman who knowingly infected her partner with HIV, and only got 32 months sentence.

That’s the British Judicial system for you. It makes me physically sick!

The Knife

A while ago I posted about how much I liked José González’s album Veneer, especially because it has the track ‘Heartbeats’ on it. Well, I recently discovered that the ‘Heartbeats’ track was originally done by another group called ‘The Knife‘. After getting their latest offer ‘Silent Shout‘ I can truly say that I’m a fan of theirs.

‘The Knife’ have managed to create an album that is electronic and dark while still humorous (seriously). It’s one of my favourite albums of the year, and I look forward to exploring their back catalogue.