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4.3.31 CFUPDATE 
Like CFMX, BlueDragon does not support “DSN-less connections”; therefore, it always 
requires the 
dataSource attribute and does not support the following optional attributes: 
connectString 
dbName 
dbServer 
dbType 
provider 
providerDSN 
See the discussion of CFQUERY attribute support in Section 4.3.22 for more information. 
4.3.32 CFWDDX 
The following limitations exist in the BlueDragon implementation of the CFWDDX tag 
relative to the ColdFusion implementation: 
1.  BlueDragon cannot deserialize binary data from WDDX to CFML. BlueDragon can 
serialize all other kinds of CFML data, including query resultsets, arrays, and struc-
tures to name a few. 
2.  The 
useTimeZoneInfo attribute is not supported by BlueDragon (defaults to “Yes”). 
3.  The validate attribute is not supported by BlueDragon. 
4.  BlueDragon uses a different notation than ColdFusion when JavaScript objects are 
created: 
  ColdFusion notation:  MyStock[“price”] = “66.25”; 
  BlueDragon notation:  MyStock.price = “66.25”; 
4.4 Enhanced CFML Tags 
This section lists CFML tag enhancements that are unique to BlueDragon. 
4.4.1 CFCOLLECTION 
In BlueDragon, 
CFCOLLECTION does not require use of a PATH attribute (for indicating 
where the collection should be stored). If not specified, it defaults to creating the collec-
tion in 
[bluedragon]\work\cfcollection\. 
On the other hand, only collections created in that default directory are listed in the 
BlueDragon admin console, or when CFCOLLECTION ACTION="list" is used. Collec-
tions created by specifying the 
PATH attribute (placing the collection in another directory) 
will still be available for use by 
CFINDEX and CFSEARCH , but they will not be displayed 
by these two approaches. 
See additional information on the optional 
WAIT attribute, discussed under CFINDEX in 
Section 4.4.6. 
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