Programming ColdFusion
ISBN: 1-56592-698-6
by Rob Brooks-Bilson, O'Reilly Press
List Price: $ 39.95
Programming ColdFusion guides you through everything you need to know to create effective, highly scalable Web
applications with ColdFusion 5.0. You'll learn techniques for passing data between application templates, methods
for maintaining state in your applications, how to use ColdFusion's sophisticated database techniques, and more.
You'll also learn how to work with the Verity search engine and how to interact with other data sources. Finally, you'll
learn how to reuse code, generate dynamic charts and graphs, and call external objects.
Sample Chapter
Table of Contents
1. Introducing ColdFusion
What Is Allaire's ColdFusion?
ColdFusion Architecture
Getting Started with ColdFusion
2. ColdFusion Basics
Getting Started
Datatypes
Variables
Expressions
Writing Output
Conditional Processing
Looping
Including Other Templates
3. Passing Data Between Templates
Passing Parameters via URL
Passing Data Using Forms
Dealing with Nonexistent Parameters
4. Database Basics
Configuring Data Sources
Introducing CFQUERY
A Quick SQL Primer
Retrieving and Displaying Data
Sorting Query Results
Grouping Output
Looping Over a Query Result Set
Formatting Techniques
5. Maintaining Database Records
Inserting Records
Updating Existing Records
Deleting Records
6. Complex Datatypes
Lists
Arrays
Structures
Query Objects
7. Maintaining State
Setting Up the Web Application Framework
Using Persistent Variables
Browser Redirection
Portal Example
8. Security
Security Basics
Implementing Security from Scratch
Using ColdFusion's Built-in Advanced Security Services
9. Error and Exception Handling
Basic Exception Handling
Custom Exception Handling
Rethrowing Exceptions
Error Handling Within the Web-Application Framework
Server-wide Error Handling
10. Dynamic Form Controls
Combining HTML and CFML Form Controls
Data Validation
Basic Input Controls
Textual Input
A Selection Control
Sliders
Grids
Trees
Custom Controls
Form Controls in Version 5.0
11. Advanced Database Techniques
Display Techniques
Drill-Down Queries
Query Caching
Advanced SQL
CFSQL
Calling Stored Procedures
Transaction Processing
12. Manipulating Files and Directories
Working with Directories
Dealing with Files
Performing FTP Operations
13. Working With Email
Sending Email
Dealing with Undeliverable Email
Retrieving Messages
Building a Web-Based Email Client
14. Interacting with Other Web Servers Using HTTP
Retrieving Information
Parsing Data
Generating Static HTML Pages
Posting Information
CFHTTP Considerations
15. Interfacing with LDAP-Enabled Directories
LDAP Basics
Querying an LDAP Directory
Modifying LDAP Entries
Modifying the Distinguished Name
16. Working with the Verity Search Interface
Creating Collections
Populating Collections
Searching Collections
The Verity Search Language
Updating Collections
Maintaining Collections
Advanced Techniques
17. Regular Expressions in ColdFusion
Regular-Expression Syntax
Finding Strings
Replacing Strings
Back References
Useful Regular Expressions
Input Considerations
Regular Expression Builder
18. Scripting
Scripting Syntax
Writing Output
CFScript Statements
User-Defined Functions
19. Creating Custom Tags
Getting Started
Calling Custom Tags
Passing Data
Returning Data
Attribute Validation and Error Handling
Advanced Techniques
Protecting Your Tags
CFX Tags
20. Sharing Data with WDDX
WDDX Basics
Serializing and Deserializing Data
Storing WDDX Packets
Server-to-Server WDDX
Server-to-Browser WDDX Using JavaScript
21. Working with the System Registry
Getting Registry Keys and Values
Setting Registry Keys and Values
Deleting Registry Keys and Values
22. Using the ColdFusion Scheduler
Scheduling Tasks with the ColdFusion Administrator
Scheduling Tasks with CFSCHEDULE
Additional Considerations
23. Calling External Objects
Connecting to External Objects
Executing Programs
Invoking Java Servlets
24. Graphing and Charting
Creating a Simple Graph
Graphing Query Results
Drilling Down on Graph Data
A. Tag Reference
B. Function Reference
C. Example Database Tables
D. ColdFusion Resources
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