Programming the web with coldfusion MX 6.1 using XHTML

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Prayaga, Lakshmi

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New York : McGraw Hill, 2004

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9780072890327

Subject Term:

ColdFusion

Web databases

Database design

XHTML (Document markup language)

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Programming the Web with Cold Fusion is the latest addition to the Web Developer Series. This text has been written in a textbook fashion at an introductory level for ColdFusion MX students. Learning is facilitated with examples and exercises in each chapter. Students are encouraged to try out examples in the classroom and observe results right away. Careful attention has been placed on concepts where novice programmers encounter most difficulty. This textbook makes an ideal reference after a student has joined the workforce as a ColdFusion programmer.

Chapter 1 ColdFusion MX 6.1	p. 1
Client/Server Technologies	p. 1
Client- versus Server-Side Technologies	p. 2
Architecture and Dynamics of a Web Application	p. 2
History of ColdFusion	p. 5
ColdFusion MX	p. 5
ColdFusion MX 6.1	p. 7
ColdFusion MX 6.1 Developer Edition	p. 8
System Requirements	p. 8
Databases Supported by ColdFusion MX 6.1	p. 8
Instructions for Installing ColdFusion MX 6.1 (Developer Edition), Part 1	p. 8
ColdFusion MX 6.1 Installation, Part 2: Configuration and Settings Wizard	p. 14
Writing a "Hello World" Program in ColdFusion	p. 15
ColdFusion Administrator	p. 19
Server Settings	p. 20
Data & Services Settings	p. 21
Debugging & Logging Settings	p. 21
Extensions Settings	p. 21
Security Settings	p. 21
Organization of the Book	p. 22
Chapter 2 ColdFusion: Basics	p. 27
Dynamic versus Static Web Pages	p. 27
Variables, Expressions, and Operators	p. 31
ColdFusion Variables	p. 31
Operators and Operations	p. 40
Expressions	p. 40
Using Functions to Test the Value of Input	p. 43
[left angle bracket]cfparam[right angle bracket] Tag	p. 45
Variable Scoping in ColdFusion	p. 48
Persisting Variables	p. 49
Web Application Framework	p. 49
Application-Level Settings	p. 49
Client-Level Scoping	p. 50
Setting a Cookie	p. 51
Session-Level Variable Scoping	p. 53
Application-Level Scoping	p. 54
Locking Shared-Scope (Session- and Application-Level) Variables	p. 54
URL Variables	p. 58
Variable Scope and Performance	p. 60
Chapter 3 ColdFusion Control Structures (CFML Flow)	p. 65
Control Structures	p. 65
Selection Structures or Conditional Statements	p. 66
Testing Multiple Conditions	p. 71
Testing for a Compound Conditional Statement	p. 73
[left angle bracket]cfswitch[right angle bracket] and [left angle bracket]cfcase[right angle bracket] Tags	p. 76
Predicate Function is Defined	p. 78
Loop Structures	p. 80
Index Loops	p. 80
List Loops	p. 83
Conditional Loops	p. 86
Chapter 4 Forms	p. 95
Creating ColdFusion Forms	p. 96
HTML Forms Overview	p. 96
ColdFusion Forms	p. 96
Form Elements	p. 97
ColdFusion Error Pages	p. 99
Form Processing in ColdFusion	p. 100
Processing Input from Radio Buttons	p. 102
Preventing Radio Button Processing Errors	p. 107
Preselection of Radio Buttons	p. 108
Processing Input from Checkboxes	p. 108
Preventing Checkbox Processing Errors	p. 113
Setting Parameters with Default Values	p. 113
Checking If Form Variables Are Defined before Using Them	p. 115
Processing Input from List Boxes	p. 115
Preventing Drop-Down List Processing Errors	p. 119
Processing Input from a textarea	p. 121
Formatting and Wrapping a textarea	p. 124
Validation of Form Fields	p. 125
Server-Side Validation in ColdFusion	p. 127
Enhancing Functionality with [left angle bracket]cfform[right angle bracket]	p. 133
Creating Forms Using [left angle bracket]cfform[right angle bracket]	p. 133
[left angle bracket]cfinput[right angle bracket] as a Form Element	p. 134
Client-Side Validation Using [left angle bracket]cfinput[right angle bracket]	p. 134
[left angle bracket]cfselect[right angle bracket] as a Form Element	p. 138
ColdFusion Forms and Databases	p. 142
Chapter 5 Database Basics: Connectivity, Simple Queries, and Security Issues	p. 153
Cold Fusion and Database Interaction	p. 154
Creating a Data Source	p. 155
Setting Up a Connection to an Access Database Stored Locally	p. 155
Accessing the Data Source via SQL Select, [left angle bracket]cfquery[right angle bracket], and [left angle bracket]cfoutput[right angle bracket] to Retrieve and Display Data	p. 158
The [left angle bracket]cfquery[right angle bracket] Tag and SQL Select	p. 158
The [left angle bracket]cftable[right angle bracket] Tag	p. 163
Partial Record Sets	p. 164
The [left angle bracket]cfgrid[right angle bracket] Tag	p. 166
Managing Data: Insert, Update, and Delete Records	p. 170
The [left angle bracket]cfinsert[right angle bracket] Tag	p. 170
SQL Insert Statement for ColdFusion	p. 173
SQL Update	p. 174
SQL Delete	p. 178
SQL Join	p. 180
The [left angle bracket]cfselect[right angle bracket] Tag	p. 182
Security Issues of Databases on the ColdFusion Server	p. 185
Security Provided by Database Systems	p. 185
Create Views in MS Access	p. 186
Security Provided by ColdFusion to Maintain Database Integrity	p. 188
Chapter 6 Advanced Database Features	p. 197
SQL Aggregate Functions	p. 197
Min and Max Aggregate Functions	p. 198
The Group By/Order By Command	p. 200
Transaction Processing and Security of the Database	p. 204
The [left angle bracket]cftransaction[right angle bracket] Tag	p. 204
Stored Procedures	p. 212
ColdFusion and MS Access Querying a Query	p. 212
Dynamic SQL	p. 215
Working with Dates	p. 219
Chapter 7 Built-In Functions	p. 229
String Manipulation	p. 230
Trimming Strings	p. 230
Justifying Strings	p. 233
Changing String Case	p. 236
Wrapping Strings	p. 236
String Encryption and Decryption	p. 237
Extracting Substrings	p. 241
Searching and Replacing Strings	p. 244
Decision or Boolean Functions	p. 248
Mathematical Functions	p. 248
Date and Time Functions	p. 252
Creating Date/Time Objects	p. 253
Formatting Dates	p. 253
Date Arithmetic	p. 254
Functions to Extract Parts of Dates	p. 254
Other Date Functions	p. 255
Decision or Boolean Date Functions	p. 255
Evaluation of Expressions	p. 259
Evaluate() as a Dynamic Evaluation Function	p. 259
Business Example for Evaluate()	p. 261
System Functions	p. 266
Chapter 8 Complex Data Types	p. 281
Introduction to Complex Data Types	p. 281
Lists	p. 282
List Functions	p. 282
Arrays	p. 285
Array Dimensions	p. 285
Creating and Accessing Arrays	p. 285
Array Manipulation Functions	p. 286
Looping through One-Dimensional Arrays	p. 290
Looping through Multidimensional Arrays	p. 292
Structures	p. 294
Property Notation	p. 294
Associative Array Notation	p. 297
Structure Functions	p. 298
Collection Loops	p. 299
Building a Multi-Item Shopping Cart	p. 299
Server-Side Scripting	p. 303
Chapter 9 Modular Code	p. 317
Modular Coding	p. 317
Using Include Files	p. 318
User-Defined Functions	p. 320
CFScript Method for UDFs	p. 321
Functions and Variable Scope	p. 324
[left angle bracket]cffunction[right angle bracket] Tag for UDFs	p. 324
Reusing Code with Custom Tags	p. 327
Where to Save Custom Tags	p. 327
Custom Tag Variables and Scope	p. 328
Paired Tags	p. 330
ColdFusion MX Components	p. 333
Business Example Using ColdFusion Components	p. 335
CFC and Object-Oriented Technologies	p. 342
Chapter 10 Cool Features	p. 347
Suppressing Output	p. 348
Debugging	p. 349
Using the [left angle bracket]cftrace[right angle bracket] Tag	p. 349
Exception Handling	p. 352
Exception-Handling Syntax	p. 353
Custom Exceptions	p. 353
Attributes of [left angle bracket]cfcatch[right angle bracket]	p. 354
Message and Detail	p. 354
Sitewise Error Handling	p. 360
[left angle bracket]cferror[right angle bracket] Syntax	p. 360
The Error Object	p. 361
Logging Messages	p. 365
Abort Processing	p. 368
Template Redirection	p. 369
File Handling	p. 373
Sending Email	p. 377
Attaching Files and Headers to Email	p. 378
Multipart Email Messages	p. 378
Graphs and Charts	p. 383
The [left angle bracket]cfchart[right angle bracket] Tag	p. 383
The [left angle bracket]cfchartdata[right angle bracket] Tag	p. 384
The [left angle bracket]cfchartseries[right angle bracket] Tag	p. 385
Graphs with Multiple Data Series	p. 387
Generating XML	p. 390
Chapter 11 E-Commerce Shopping Cart Application	p. 399
E-Commerce and the Shopping Cart	p. 400
High-Level Flow Diagram	p. 401
Data Structures	p. 402
The Item Structure	p. 402
The Shopping Cart Structure	p. 403
Session Variables	p. 406
The Application.cfm File	p. 406
Include Files	p. 407
Header File	p. 407
Footer File	p. 409
Sitewise Error Handling	p. 412
Product Catalog	p. 414
ColdFusion Component to Get the Product List	p. 414
Displaying the Products	p. 415
Shopping Cart	p. 419
Customer Information Page	p. 430
Order Review Page	p. 445
Order Confirmation Page	p. 455
Shopping Cart Enhancements	p. 465
Product Catalog Page	p. 465
Customer Information Page	p. 466
Order Review Page	p. 466
Order Confirmation Page	p. 466
Other Suggested Projects	p. 467
Project 1 Online Customer Service Application	p. 467
Project 2 Online Student Course Registration	p. 467
Appendix A SQL Commands	p. 471
Appendix B XHTML versus HTML Tags Ordered by Function	p. 477

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