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massive-war · May 29th, 2005, 9:44 PM

What is it???

massive-war · May 30th, 2005, 7:48 AM

Is it a scripting language, a web compiler or what? I know it has something to do with online application development. Anyone know?

deathseeker25 · May 30th, 2005, 9:03 AM

Nop....never heard of it...

thechristelegacy · May 30th, 2005, 10:12 AM

Cold fusion was a scripting language that was developed for web applications. It never really caught on since there is already a myriad of scripting languages out there. PHP, Perl, asp asp.net, etc.

Pizentios · May 30th, 2005, 11:50 AM

also it was really slow and bulky.

Ooble · May 30th, 2005, 9:54 PM

Wikipedia knows all:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ColdFusion

massive-war · May 30th, 2005, 11:01 PM

what about the newer version, coldfusion mx 7.0 or whatever. How does it compare with PHP and ASP?

The reason I'm asking is because my friend uses it, and says it's unbelievable for database programming (SQL for example)

Thanks, Massive

Berto · May 31st, 2005, 3:37 AM

I used it at uni (was forced to) it was good for interacting with an oracle database but it was a pain to do anything more complex the sql queries and the syntax i didnt like.

As for speed I never noticed much of a slow down, but then again i could of done a project in PHP in half the time and even more secure. '.cfm' are the extentions i think. i dont have any old code to dig up as its all on my ftp server at uni which has probably been wiped by now :/

massive-war · May 31st, 2005, 4:11 PM

so... what now... ASP or php

which one???

I have no opinion, so even a biased answer will do

Ooble · May 31st, 2005, 4:14 PM

I believe every single regular in this forum is partial towards PHP. And as a bonus, hosts that support PHP are a lot cheaper.

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thechristelegacy Expert Programmer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Somerset, Pa Posts: 708 Rep Power: 5	Cold fusion was a scripting language that was developed for web applications. It never really caught on since there is already a myriad of scripting languages out there. PHP, Perl, asp asp.net, etc.

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massive-war Hobbyist Programmer Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Illinois--> My room Posts: 117 Rep Power: 0	what about the newer version, coldfusion mx 7.0 or whatever. How does it compare with PHP and ASP? The reason I'm asking is because my friend uses it, and says it's unbelievable for database programming (SQL for example) Thanks, Massive __________________ Support Our Troops

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Berto Programming Guru Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,022 Rep Power: 6	I used it at uni (was forced to) it was good for interacting with an oracle database but it was a pain to do anything more complex the sql queries and the syntax i didnt like. As for speed I never noticed much of a slow down, but then again i could of done a project in PHP in half the time and even more secure. '.cfm' are the extentions i think. i dont have any old code to dig up as its all on my ftp server at uni which has probably been wiped by now :/ __________________ "Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT'S relativity." - Albert Einstein

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