Found the answer was to clone the object, and John Resig had the answer via jQuery’s $.extend() method. It’s awesome when your fav lib has the method you need so writing one from scratch isn’t necessary. Check it out:

cfg = {};
cfg.c = { 'inst' : j.calendars.instance() };
var func = function(s){
	cfg.c.start = typeof s === 'string' && s.length > 0 ? cfg.c.inst.parseDate('mm/dd/yyyy',s) : cfg.c.inst.today();
	cfg.c.end = j.extend({},cfg.c.start); // clone so we're not updating cfg.c.start via reference
};

http://jsfiddle.net/jonjenkins/adJQn/

I like the flexibility WordPress gives me. So over the next few days I’m going to be copying over my Posterous and Tumblr posts to a new WordPress install. It will be at http://creativenotice.com. I’ll be posting more often from there on the topics of jQuery, PHP, Coldfusion and server admin stuff.

I’d love for you to stop by the new digs next week and say hi.

	/**
	* mergeListToArray
	* When provided a list and an array, we convert the list to an array and merge them.
	* @created	11/07/2011
	* @author	Ryan Mueller
	* @param	{Array}		a		Array to merge list to		{required}
	* @param	{String}	l		List to merge with array	{required}
	* @param	{String}	delim	Delimiters to use	default = ','
	* @return	{Array}
	*/
	public Array function mergeListToArray(required array a,required string l,required string delim=','){
		var tmpArr = ListToArray(trim(arguments.l),delim);
		var newArr = arguments.a;
		if(IsArray(newArr) && IsArray(tmpArr)){
			// loop over current array and append to new array
			for(i=1; i LTE ArrayLen(tmpArr); i=(i+1)){
				ArrayAppend(newArr,tmpArr[i]);
			}//end loop
		}//end isarray
		return newArr;
	};

So I set out to find a faster way of getting file information from directories and sure enough taking things back to Java is the way to go. See my benchmark code below and the results. I’m sure you’ll agree.

        // UNC path to look in
	curDir = '\myuncpath';

	// ftime will hold the execution time
	// fio is our java.io.File object
	ftime = gettickcount();
		fio = createObject('java','java.io.File');
		mylist = fio.init(trim(curDir)).list();
	ftime = gettickcount() - ftime;

I run the exact same thing in cfdirectory (tumblr strips cfml tags from posts or i”d post that here too). The results in my case show: files: 3409, ftime: 31, dtime: 17608.

That’s 3409 files. Java returns a list of names in 31ms while cfdirectory does the same in 17.5 seconds.

	/*
	* arrayToQuery
	* Allows us to convert an array into a single column query.
	* @author	Ryan Mueller @CreativeNotice
	* @created	10/27/2011
	* @param	{Array}		arr	Array to be converted		{required}
	* @param	{String}	colname	Name for query column	{required}	default=col1
	*/
	public Query function arrayToQuery(required array arr,required string colname='col1'){
		var qry = queryNew(arguments.colname);
		for(i=1;i <= ArrayLen(arguments.arr);i=(i+1)){
			queryAddRow(qry);
			querySetCell(qry,arguments.colname,arr[i]);
		}
		return qry;
	}

<cfhttpparam type="header" name="Accept-Encoding" Value="no-compression">

http://craigkaminsky.me/cfeclipse-themerations

include "mycfsettinginclude.cfm";

In that file just add one line, your cfsetting tag. 

It’s hacktastic but it works. Oh, and don’t forget to bitch to Adobe about this oversight. sheesh!

https://code.google.com/p/domsnitch/wiki/DOMSnitchDoc