FLASH: RE: ASP for Dummy

[Mark Zukiwsky]

Oops... posted this to a CF List by mistake.


>> You're right about all of the above.  But CF tags

>> look like HTML tags.

>> ASP  resides inside of <% ... %> markers and doesn't

>> look like HTML.

>- -----

>Ummm, If I recall, Cold Fusion tags are <# ... #>, so

>does that make it easier than <% ... %>


Actually ColdFusion tags are <cfthis>, <cfthat>, <cfetc>. As far as

the pound sign are concerned, they only wrap variables for output.

So, to out loop through the results of a query:


<cfquery name="myQuery">

    <cfoutput>#LastName#, #firstName#: #phoneNumber#</cfoutput><br>

</cfquery>


So, the above would return something like:


    White, Ted: (403) 439-2559

    Brown, Bob: (403) 437-3090

    Campbell, Dave: (415) 291-9010

    etc.


You can also put wrap the results in html code to make tables, forms, etc.


>The tags don't make it easier, it's just the

>difference in languages themselves.  To each their

>own, but if you are running on NT/IIS, ASP is

>built-in, otherwise you have to *buy* cold fusion on

>top of all that.


There's a free version of called ColdFusion Express. It's available

at http://www.coldfusion.com . There's also a book to go along with

that called "ColdFusion Express for Dummies" by Ben Forta, who is

kind of the king of CF books.


Mark Zukiwsky

Edmonton, Canada


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