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Feature Type Category ColdFusion 8 Railo 2 Railo 3 Beta OpenBD BD J2EE 7 BD.NET 7


! for NOT syntax Yes Yes Yes  ?  ?  ?


&& for AND syntax Yes Yes Yes  ?  ?  ?


|| for OR syntax Yes Yes Yes  ?  ?  ?


onClientStart() feature / function Application.cfc No No No Yes Yes Yes


onMissingTemplate() feature / function Application.cfc Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes


ArrayContains() function arrays No Yes Yes No No No


ArrayFind() function arrays No Yes Yes No No No


ArrayFirst() function arrays No Yes Yes No No No


ArrayIsDefined() / ArrayIndexExists() function arrays Yes[1] Yes[2] Yes[3] No No No


ArrayLast() function arrays No Yes Yes No No No


ArrayMerge() function arrays No Yes Yes No No No


ArrayReverse() function arrays No Yes Yes No No No


ArraySlice() function arrays No Yes Yes No No No


ArrayToStruct() function arrays No Yes Yes No No No


AttributeCollection tag attribute Yes No Yes  ?  ?  ?


Beat() function Dates No Yes Yes No No No


Built-in Database feature Yes[4] Yes[5] Yes[6]  ?  ?  ?


cfabort/type=page tag attribute Page Processing No Yes Yes  ?  ?  ?


cfadmin tag Administrator No Yes Yes No No No


cfapplet tag Yes No No No No No


cfntauthenticate tag Yes No No No No No


cfcalendar tag Yes  ?  ? No No No


cfchart tag Yes No No Yes Yes Yes


cfcollection/action=list tag attribute No Yes Yes No No No


cfcomponent/type=abstract tag attribute components  ?  ?  ? Yes Yes Yes


Interfaces tag attribute components Yes[7] No Yes[8] Yes[9] Yes Yes


cfcontent/range tag attribute No Yes Yes  ?  ?  ?


cfdbinfo tag Yes No Yes  ?  ?  ?


cfdirectory/action=rename tag attribute Directories Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[10]


cfdocument tag Yes Yes Yes[11] No[12] Yes Yes


cfdump/eval tag attribute Debugging No Yes Yes No No No


cfdump/expand tag attribute Debugging Yes Yes Yes No No No


cfdump/version tag attribute Debugging No No No Yes Yes Yes


cffile/action=info tag attribute Files No Yes Yes  ?  ?  ?


cfformgroup tag Yes No No No No No


cfformitem tag Yes No No No No No


cfforward tag Page Context No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes


cfgrid tag Yes No No No No No


cfgridcolumn tag Yes No No No No No


cfgridrow tag Yes No No No No No


cfgridupdate tag Yes No No No No No


cfhttp/addtoken tag attribute No Yes Yes  ?  ?  ?


cfimage tag Yes Yes[13] Yes Yes Yes Yes


cfinterrupt tag threading No No No Yes Yes Yes


cflock.succeeded tag result No Yes Yes  ?  ?  ?


cfloop/file tag attribute Files No Yes Yes  ?  ?  ?


cfobject/com tag attribute Extensions Yes  ?  ? No No No


cfobject/corba tag attribute Extensions Yes No No No No No


cfobject/.net tag attribute Extensions Yes No No Yes Yes Yes


cfquery/background tag attribute Queries  ?  ?  ? Yes Yes Yes


cfquery/PSQ tag attribute Queries No Yes Yes  ?  ?  ?


cfreport tag Yes No No No No No


cfreportparam tag Reporting Yes No No No No No


cfscript udf default value syntax  ? Yes Yes  ?  ?  ?


cfsetting/enablecfoutputonly=reset tag attribute No Yes Yes  ?  ?  ?


cfsetting/requesttimeout tag attribute Yes Yes Yes No No Yes[14]


cftextarea tag Yes No No No No No


cftree tag Yes No No  ?  ?  ?


cfvideo tag No No Yes[15] No No No


cfvideoplayer tag No No Yes[16] No No No


cfwhile tag No Yes Yes  ?  ?  ?


cfx/c++ extensions Extensions Yes No No Yes Yes No


cfx/java extensions Extensions Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No


cfx/.net extensions Extensions No No No No No Yes


cfzip tag Yes No Yes  ?  ?  ?
cfzipparam tag Yes No Yes  ?  ?  ?


Cluster Scope scope clustering No No Yes No No No


Constants feature No No Yes No No No


compress() function Files No Yes Yes  ?  ?  ?


contractPath() function Directories No Yes Yes  ?  ?  ?


CT for CONTAINS syntax No Yes Yes  ?  ?  ?


dayOfWeekShortAsString() function Dates No Yes Yes No No No


decryptBinary() function Yes No Yes  ?  ?  ?


deSerializeJSON () function Yes No Yes  ?  ?  ?


Directory placeholders syntax style="background:#ff9090; color:black;" class="table-no" | No Yes Yes  ?  ?  ?


dump() function Debugging No Yes Yes No No No


echo() function No Yes Yes No No No


encryptBinary() function Yes No Yes  ?  ?  ?


Event Gateway feature Yes No No No[17] No[18] No[19]


EXP for ^ syntax  ? Yes Yes  ?  ?  ?


extract() function Files No Yes Yes  ?  ?  ?


FileClose() function Yes No Yes  ?  ?  ?


FileCopy() function Yes No Yes  ?  ?  ?


FileDelete() function Yes No Yes  ?  ?  ?


FileIsEOF() function Yes No Yes  ?  ?  ?


FileMove() function Yes No Yes  ?  ?  ?


FileOpen() function Yes No Yes  ?  ?  ?


FileRead() function Yes No Yes  ?  ?  ?


FileReadBinary() function Yes No Yes  ?  ?  ?


FileReadLine() function Yes No Yes  ?  ?  ?


FileSetAccessMode() function Yes No Yes  ?  ?  ?


FileSetAttribute() function Yes No Yes  ?  ?  ?


FileSetLastModified() function Yes No Yes  ?  ?  ?


FileWrite() function Yes No Yes  ?  ?  ?


FileWriteLine() function Yes No Yes  ?  ?  ?


GenerateSecretKey() function Yes No No Yes Yes Yes


getAllThreads() function threading  ? No  ? Yes Yes Yes



getComponentMetaData() function Yes No Yes  ?  ?  ?


getException() function Yes No No No No No


getFileInfo() function Yes No Yes  ?  ?  ?


getFunctionData() function No Yes Yes  ?  ?  ?


getGatewayHelper() function Yes No No No No No


getHttpRequestData() function Yes No No  ?  ?  ?


getMetricData() function Yes  ?  ? No No No



getReadableImageFormats() function Yes No Yes  ?  ?  ?


getSOAPRequest() function Yes No No Yes Yes Yes


getSOAPRequestHeader() function Yes No No Yes Yes Yes


getSOAPResponse() function Yes No No Yes Yes Yes


getTagData() function No Yes Yes No No No


getTagList() function No Yes Yes No No No


getVariable() function No Yes Yes No No No


getUserRoles() function Yes No Yes  ?  ?  ?
getWriteableImageFormats() function Yes No Yes  ?  ?  ?



HtmlParse() function No Yes Yes No No No


46xImage* Functions function graphics Yes No Yes No No No


ImageDrawImage() function graphics No No Yes No No No



Implicit getter/setters feature components No Yes Yes  ?  ?  ?


Implicit object conversion feature components No Yes Yes  ?  ?  ?


Inline Array syntax arrays Yes[20] Yes[21] Yes[22]  ?  ?  ?


Inline Query syntax queries No Yes Yes  ?  ?  ?


Inline Struct syntax structs Yes[23] Yes[24] Yes[25]  ?  ?  ?


Instance synchronization feature No No Yes No No No


isImage() function Yes No Yes  ?  ?  ?
isImageFile() function Yes No Yes  ?  ?  ?
isInstanceOf() function Yes No Yes  ?  ?  ?
isJson() function Yes No Yes  ?  ?  ?


isNull() function No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
IsSOAPRequest() function Yes No No Yes Yes Yes
isUserInAnyRole() function Yes No Yes  ?  ?  ?
isUserLoggedIn() function Yes No Yes  ?  ?  ?


isVideoFile() function No No Yes No No No


isZipFile() function No No Yes No No No



ListAvg() function lists No Yes Yes No No No


ListIndexExists() function lists No Yes Yes No No No


ListTrim() function lists No Yes Yes  ?  ?  ?


metaphone() function No Yes Yes No No No


monthShortAsString() function Dates No Yes Yes No No No


Multi-threading feature threading Yes[26] No Yes Yes[27] Yes Yes


NCT for DOES NOT CONTAIN syntax No Yes Yes  ?  ?  ?


Nested Inline Array syntax arrays No Yes Yes  ?  ?  ?


Nested Inline Struct syntax structs No Yes Yes  ?  ?  ?


NowServer() function Dates No Yes Yes  ?  ?  ?


null syntax No Yes[28] Yes[29] Yes[30] Yes Yes


numberFormat() format=roman function argument No Yes Yes  ?  ?  ?


onMissingMethod() feature components Yes Yes Yes  ?  ?  ?


QueryColumnArray() function queries No Yes Yes No No No


QueryColumnList() function queries No Yes Yes No No No


QueryDeleteRow() function queries No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes


QueryGetCell() function queries No Yes Yes No No No


QuerySlice() function queries No Yes Yes No No No


QuerySort() function queries No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes


QoQ extra syntax[31] feature queries Yes Yes Yes No No No


ReMatch function Yes No Yes No No No


ReMatchNoCase function Yes No Yes No No No


Resources feature virtual filesystems No Yes Yes No No No


serialize() function No Yes Yes  ?  ?  ?
serializeJson() function Yes No Yes  ?  ?  ?


sleep() function Yes No Yes  ?  ?  ?


Shorthand Operators feature Yes No No No No No


soundex() function No Yes Yes No No No


StructNew() type=linked/weak function argument structs No Yes Yes No No No


StructNew() case-sensitivity function argument structs No No No Yes Yes Yes


Task Manager[32] feature No No Yes No No No


Thread Sleeping tag threading Yes[33] No  ? Yes[34] Yes Yes


ThreadInterrupt() function threading  ? No  ? Yes Yes Yes


ThreadIsAlive() function threading  ? No No Yes Yes Yes


ThreadJoin() function threading  ? No No Yes Yes Yes


ThreadRunningTime() function threading  ? No  ? Yes Yes Yes


ThreadStop() function threading  ? No  ? Yes Yes Yes


Url Array conversion syntax arrays No Yes Yes  ?  ?  ?


XmlValidate() function Yes No No Yes Yes Yes



[edit] Notes and References

  1. ↑ CF8 supports ArrayIsDefined, equivalent to Railo's ArrayIndexExists
  2. ↑ Railo supports ArrayIndexExists, equivalent to CF8's ArrayIsDefined
  3. ↑ Railo 3 supports ArrayIndexExists and ArrayIsDefined
  4. ↑ CF8 has Apache Derby built-in.
  5. ↑ Railo includes the H2 DB built-in database type.
  6. ↑ Railo includes the H2 DB built-in database type.
  7. ↑ CF8 implements Interfaces with the cfinterface tag.
  8. ↑ R3 implements Interfaces with the cfinterface tag.
  9. ↑ BlueDragon implements Interfaces with the type="interface" attribute of cfcomponent tag.
  10. ↑ Renaming a directory in the webroot causes BlueDragon.NET to restart. This is a limitation of the .NET platform.
  11. ↑ cfdocument will be Railo3 Enterprise only, due to licensing issues.
  12. ↑ cfdocument cannot be bundled with OpenBD, due to licensing issues.
  13. ↑ Railo's cfimage tag is considered Experimental status
  14. ↑ Shows .NET error page, rather than BlueDragon error page.
  15. ↑ Enterprise edition
  16. ↑ Enterprise edition
  17. ↑ BlueDragon supports Threading, which allow the same features as Event Gateways.
  18. ↑ BlueDragon supports Threading, which allow the same features as Event Gateways.
  19. ↑ BlueDragon supports Threading, which allow the same features as Event Gateways.
  20. ↑ ColdFusion 8 adds support for inline arrays using notation [...]
  21. ↑ Railo uses the Array(...) function for inline arrays.
  22. ↑ Railo uses the Array(...) function for inline arrays, but also supports CF8 notation.
  23. ↑ ColdFusion 8 adds support for inline structs using notation {...}
  24. ↑ Railo uses the Struct(...) function for inline structs.
  25. ↑ Railo 3 uses the Struct(...) function for inline structs, but also supports CF8 notation.
  26. ↑ ColdFusion uses cfthread and cfthread/action=join to split and join threads.
  27. ↑ BlueDragon uses cfthread and cfjoin to split and join threads.
  28. ↑ Railo uses the nullValue() function to provide nulls.
  29. ↑ Railo uses the nullValue() function to provide nulls.
  30. ↑ BlueDragon uses the null keyword to provide nulls.
  31. ↑ distinct, union, etc
  32. ↑ Task Manager is an admin front-end spooler for mail, threading, instance sync, etc
  33. ↑ ColdFusion supports thread sleeping using cfthread/action=sleep
  34. ↑ BlueDragon supports thread sleeping using cfpause
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