You say “I had to resort to using cfquery and bypass DataMgr because I simply can’t use DataMgr to do what I needed.”

So, what couldn’t you do with DataMgr that you needed to do?

I tried using DataMgr to implement a rather simple OO blog app, but I remember I had to resort to using cfquery and bypass DataMgr because I simply can’t use DataMgr to do what I needed.

I personally prefer using CF9′s orm, but I guess that was not the goal for ColdPress to only work in ColdFusion 9.

Yes, you can certainly add in your own custom SQL. It is important to write SQL that will run on any database, however, if you want your app to remain cross-database compatible.

I do run into some situations of sufficient complexity that I abandon DataMgr in favor of cfquery, but in all of those cases I would have had to write a custom query regardless of the data access layer being used.

Thanks for the kind words on DataMgr, BTW. If you run into any issues, let me know.

As I understand it DataMgr has a function that allows me to write custom SQL, so I think I should still be alright.

Steve: Am I right on that?

All: Yes the name is insanely creative.

Why do you think DataMgr is risky? What do you think you would be able to do with another solution that you could not do with DataMgr?

I personally think DataMgr might not be a good choice down the road when you need more than just read/update/delete using the XML. Then you’ll need to write custom CFQUERY for all DB dialect you support.

I think its great that you are writing a blogging application but the name “could” be something a little more original instead of wordpress err coldpress.