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Macromedia® ColdFusion® MX Evaluator's Guide
Feature
Code Compatibility
Analyzer
Expanded
Debugging and
Tracing
Role-Based
Security
Enhanced User-
Defined Functions
Improved Regular
Expressions
Enhanced Query of
Queries
Integrated
Development Web
Server
POWERFUL – Deliver a more compelling user experience.
ColdFusion MX provides a robust architecture and rich set of built-in capabilities that
deliver high performance and scalability and enhance your applications with advanced
functionality.
Key Benefit
Simplify migration from
previous releases by
automatically identifying
deprecated tags and other
problem areas in existing
CFML pages.
Rapidly debug your application
code with customizable
tracing, enhanced error
messages, and better output
organization.
Authenticate and authorize
users against any ColdFusion
data source, including Active
Directory, LDAP servers, and
relational databases.
Enjoy increased flexibility with
the ability to define custom
functions using CFML or
script.
Simplify string parsing and
manipulation with new Perl-
compatible regular
expressions.
Increase performance of in-
memory queries with
expanded support for standard
SQL, expressions, and
aliasing.
Get your development project
started more easily with a
built-in web server
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Example
Save migration time by testing
your entire application before
attempting upgrade to
ColdFusion MX, allowing you
to identify and size any
migration issues up front.
Watch variable assignments
change throughout the
processing of your page and
customize ColdFusion MX by
creating your own debugging
templates.
Restrict access to particular
site areas by validating against
the administrator's group in
your directory database –
using a single tag and one new
function.
Create a function to calculate
currency conversions and then
use it to internationalize the
website.
Use Perl's powerful pattern-
matching capabilities to
process incoming text or
search through large blocks of
unstructured data.
Include aliases in ORDER BY,
GROUP BY, and HAVING
clauses in your Query of
Queries.
Avoid installing and
configuring a web server on
your local machine by using
the integrated ColdFusion MX
web server.