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A small wave of changes for OpenBD 1.4a
This morning we are releasing a small wave of changes to the underlying core engine of OpenBD. This is for the upcoming 1.4 release in October 2010, but available for playing with now under the nightly build.
Upgrading OpenBD
Upgrading your instance of OpenBD CFML server couldn't be easier. But if you are wondering how to keep uptodate with the latest releases and play with all the new features then discover how here.
OpenBD gains "new x.y.z()" support
OpenBD gains support for the new operator which makes loading and creating CFCs much quicker and more Java like in its syntax
Loop around queries in with do ... while
Looping around query objects within CFSCRIPT can be done using a for() but did you know you can use do/while
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.
OpenBD gets native JSONP support
OpenBD gets native JSONP support enabling Javascript pages the ability to consume your CFC's from remote domains without you having to touch your existing CFC.
New Query Functions released
A number of new Query related functions added including: QueryDeleteColumn(), QueryColumnArray(), QueryIsEmpty(), QueryRowStruct(), QueryColumnList()
CFJAVASCRIPT gets a turbo boost
CFJAVASCRIPT gets some open source loving with a whole host of new features that makes it indepensable to any web application.
New QueryRun() + QueryOfQueryRun() functions
Two new (long overdue) functions are released to OpenBD giving CFML developers the ability to manipulate databases from within cfscript and other functions. Take control of your database without needing to use CFQUERY
