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Reading and Writing CSV files
OpenBD provides some functions for working CSV formatted data in a way that you don't have to worry about all the heavy lifting and nasty parsing that can come with this simple, but often used, format.
Adding the power of crontab to OpenBD
The new CRON plugin brings the power of crontab directories to the CFML developer by creating a place to simply drop in templates and have them automatically run.
Official CFML Documentation site released
Official Reference Documentation site released for OpenBD
Add a little CFCONTINUE to your looping
Did you know you can clean up your CFLOOP logic and utilise the CFCONTINUE? This tag allows you to stop the execution of the current iteration and move onto the next without having to resort to lots of nested CFIF's.
Protecting your CFML apps with CFTHROTTLE
Protecting your CFML applications from unwanted attacks is always hitting a moving target, but OpenBD makes it easier for you to stop the sort of attacks the likes of Twitter recently had to endure.
Manage dynamic CFML using Render() function
You can output dynamic content from a variable that contains CFML tags and expressions using the render() function.
Sorting out your CFML queries
CFML has a rich set of techniques you can use to manage query objects returned from CFQUERY and the like. Open BlueDragon adds to this by providing a very fast and highly memory efficient way of sorting queries.
