Eddie Awad (www.awads.net) wrote a how-to tutorial on how to save an Excel file (binary) into an Oracle database. His blog entry has great example code from start to finish.

Check it out here: http://awads.net/wp/2006/01/25/savingdownloading-files-tofrom-oracle-using-coldfusion/

Pete Freitag posted a blog regarding best practices for designing web forms. Part 1 goes over his first generalization which is:

Don't use a select list when the user can more easily type in what they want.

He is referring to 2-character country code dropdowns as well as 2-character state dropdowns. His recommendation would be to let the user type in their own 2-character country code or state code. Another option would be to use Ajax to pull city and state info when the user types in their zip code.

Read the entire blog post here: http://www.petefreitag.com/item/526.cfm

Rachel Cunliffe (www.cre8d-design.com) has put together a Web Design/Project toolkit with some very useful links to websites with great examples and content. Including inspiration, fonts, images, colors, lists, filler text, and web validators. Check it out here!

Ran into this great ColdFusion Open Source Project list by Brian Rinaldi. It list CF Apps that are free AND open source as well as apps that are free AND NOT open source. Check out the list here!

UPDATE: new URL

Just wanted to wish everyone a Happy and Proserous New Year. I know this year will be filled with alot of fun and joy for me... Happy New Year!