Questions tagged [railo]

Railo is an Open Source (LGPL) rapid application development platform implementing the general-purpose CFML language, compatible with Adobe ColdFusion's implementation but with various extensions/updates. Don't forget to also use the `cfml` tag for any Railo questions involving the CFML language or any general CFML concepts.

Railo is an Open Source server-side rapid application development platform which implements the general-purpose CFML language, partnered with JBoss, and compatible with Adobe ColdFusion's implementation but with various extensions/updates.

When asking Railo-related questions, remember to indicate which servlet engine you are using (e.g. ,,,etc), which installation method used, and any CFML frameworks you might be using. Documentation can be found at http://railodocs.org

Don't forget to also use the tag for any Railo questions involving general CFML concepts. If your question/code is for both Railo and ColdFusion, use both and tags.

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What Notable Differences are there between Railo, Open Bluedragon, and Adobe Coldfusion?

An attempt to capture notable differences between implementations: Adobe ColdFusion Railo Open Bluedragon (I'm aware of Smith, but don't believe it's still active). Include CFML and platform differences - syntax, feature, and extensibility.…
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What could break when migrating from Adobe ColdFusion to an alternative CFML engine?

We are currently using Adobe ColdFusion 9 for a rather large application. We are thinking about moving to Railo or Blue Dragon. What problems will we run into? Will it require a large amount of refactoring or will most CFML code just work on the…
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How do I generate an OpenOffice Draw document?

I want to create a flowchart in OpenOffice Draw. Since there's a lot of steps to show (and may change in future) but I can extract the data, I want to automate the creation with the following steps: Create a new ODG document with specified page…
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How do I locate a custom tag instantiation in a coldFusion App

I am migrating a very old app (currently running in CF8) to Lucee. But I am running into a problem with what appears to be a custom tag of some sort. I have tried to make sure that all the virtual directories are the same in IIS for both the old…
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How can I do a "deep compare" or "diff" on two Structs?

(This is a coldfusion question) I've got two different Structs that may or may not contain the same data, and I want to be able to see if they do! My Structs will always contain simple values (Numbers, Strings or Booleans) because they are being…
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How does one convert from a Java resultset to ColdFusion query in Railo?

The following works fine in CFMX 7 and CF8, and I'd assume CF9 as well: