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Anyone who is still using Microsoft Access or MSDE for thier development (or even production) database, it’s time to re-evaluate your setup. Oracle and Microsoft have both released very impressive database systems for us that are completely free. You read it right – free. Not evaluation, not trial, not time expiring, free. Are there catches? Sure, but we’ll get into that later.

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Chris ColdFusion Add new tag, ColdFusion, Database

My Opinion

The CFQUERYPARAM tag is, in my opinion, one of the most underused tags by both beginners and developers who have been using ColdFusion for an extended period of time. Straight from the word of the manufacturer: “Macromedia recommends that you use the cfqueryparam tag within every cfquery tag, to help secure your databases from unauthorized users.” (see this page). So what does CFQUERYPARAM do? There are two huge benefits to CFQUERYPARAM, and I’ll run through them both separately.

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Chris ColdFusion ColdFusion, Database