Programming ColdFusion MX

ColdFusion has enjoyed widespread use among developers as a powerful, easy-to-learn platform for creating and deploying dynamic web applications. ColdFusion's simple, tag-based language makes it easy to handle basic tasks, like processing form data and querying databases, but the language is also powerful enough to deliver highly scalable, robust applications. And now that Macromedia has integrated ColdFusion into its MX family of technologies, ColdFusion is capable of interacting with Flash MX applications, which opens up even more possibilities. The first edition of this book has been pr.

New ed. - Previous edition published as: Programming Coldfusion, 2001.

Includes index.

Table of Contents; Preface; What's New in ColdFusion MX; Readers of the First Edition; Audience; Organization; Conventions Used in This Book; Comments and Questions; Acknowledgments; Introducing ColdFusion; What Is ColdFusion?; ColdFusion Architecture; Getting Started with ColdFusion; ColdFusion Basics; Getting Started; Saving CFML Templates; Tag Syntax; Comments; Datatypes; Variables; Variable Names; Assigning Values to Variables; Variable Scope; Specifying Default Values Using cfparam; Expressions; Operators; Functions; Writing Output; Using Pound Signs Within Expressions

Includes an expression within a stringIncluding expressions within tag attributes; Nested Pound Signs; Escaping Pound Signs; Conditional Processing; cfif, cfelseif, and cfelse; cfswitch, cfcase, and cfdefaultcase; IIF; Looping; Index Loops; Conditional Loops; Including Other Templates; Passing Data Between Templates; Passing Parameters Via URL; Dealing with Special Characters; Obtaining a List of All Available URL Parameters; Passing Data Using Forms; Handling Specific Types of Form Fields; Multiple selection lists; Checkboxes and radio buttons; Using Hidden Form Fields

Automatically Validating Form-Field Dat…