Just wanted to share a bit of fun I had yesterday. (Actually it wasn't very fun). I had a cfquery that was supposed to copy "Template" records linked to one entity inserting them linked to another entity. So, the file was using an Insert/Select. Never seen one? OK, it looks like this. INSERT INTO [Template] ( TemplateName, OwnerID, ... ) SELECT TemplateName, , ... FROM [Template] WHERE OwnerID = ...

As part of a new Adobe initiatives user groups are supposed to have co-managers. So, I will be the new co-manager for the PDXRIA group. The title feels a little like "Assistant to the Regional Manager" ;-). And in more exiting news, Simeon Bateman will be stepping back up as the main manager. We will both do our best to provide engaging presentations and valuable opportunities for networking. For more details see Simeon's blog. P.S. I'm going to try and blog more often.

So, one of the coolest things I learned at the conference was about how Transfer does it's caching. Part of that is using the Java SoftReference class. Soft reference objects are cleared at the discretion of the garbage collector in response to memory demand. Let me show you what I mean. This code mimics a caching mechanism that would put a hard reference in the application.UserCache to a "User" object.

One of the keywords here is "pragmatism". I know from personal, continuing experience that it can be a daunting proposition to move an application from procedural to OO. Things you would want to consider when refactoring are in-house skill-sets, and problem spots in your application. If you have a bunch of people that are very procedural programmers, you may be wasting your time with a re-factor. You're team still has to be able to work on the code right?

I'm at cf.Objective() 2008, sitting in the conference room waiting for the keynote to start. Last years cf.Objective() was a great conference! I see no reason this year will be different. :-) In 2007, I blogged every session I went to in real-time. It was a little stressful (and fun). I think this year I'll just take notes in the sessions and write them up later. That's it for now. Hopefully you are all here with me and not even reading this post.