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CREATING SQLITE DATASOURCE IN COLDFUSION

2012-02-23T05:52:00.000-08:00

To create a SQLITE datasource in Coldfusion

Steps

Download the latest Java class file from Zentus
Save downloaded file to Coldfusion8/web-inf/lib directory
Rename to clean the numbers if you wish
Restart the Coldfusion Service or reboot the server
Log into Coldfusion Administrator and click on datasources
Add a new datasouce and for driver, select OTHER
For the JDBC url , enter jdbc:sqlite:\Users\xxx.db

Where xxx.db is the sqlite database file
Note: Use the full path of the fule in the JDBC Url minus the drive letter

Driver Class is: org.sqlite.JDBC
Driver name is :sqlitejdbc.jar
Leave everything blank
Submit and it should be registed....Congrats

How I got started in ColdFusion

2011-08-01T09:12:00.000-07:00

This is in response to Steve Bryant’s original post and idea.

I graduated with a Finance Degree and immediately after my graduation, I got a job with a reputable Financial Organization in the Midwest where I worked for about a year and half. I grew tired of the job and one day decided to move to a new place I had never lived.

I found myself in Baltimore, MD. Again financial experience helped in landing a job with a technical firm in Hanover (Teksystems) where I was a credit analyst. But again I was bored. One day I happened to stroll to the web department of the company and was impressed that they were all having fun at their job. I wanted in. I picked up an HTML book and read it up over a weekend and applied. During those times, 1998-99, there werent too many web designers or developers .

I got a junior position in the web team and promptly got to work. I always told everyone i hate working hard but working smart. There was a small challenge in the web team at that time and since I was the most junior in the team, all the data entry job was given to me. I hated it. I had to figure out how to work smarter. I told a friend about it and he told me about Coldfusion. The name alone was scary at that time but he told me all I had to do was to read it. I read the Ben Forta book three times within a month. I felt like Neo in the Matrix ready to unleash my knowledge on the world.

The following week, i was able to convert the data to access, i linked it to my developer version of Coldfusion and walah!! problem solved. Heck I was able to represent the data in a whole new light. I became an overnight star...

Since then, I have used Coldfusion to solve every issue that has faced me in business, technically etc. I always find a solution with CF. I still use it. Its been 13 years now.... Honestly speaking Coldfusion has changed my life. I made so much money working for the biggest and best organizations because I was a CF programmer. I always thank the day, I picked up the BEN FORTA BOOK. I am run my own company all thanks to COLDFUSION...

Testing

2008-09-08T15:27:00.000-07:00

Believe it or not. This is my first time writing on a blog. I just believe I am led to write out the various things in my mind. My mind is full of thoughts, thoughts so deep I wonder how I'm ever going to deal with them.

I hope this blog captures my mind, my thought, my dreams, my visions, my hopes and best of all, my miracles.

Enjoy