Extending ColdFusion Pages with CFML Scripting

Macromedia ColdFusion MX offers a server-side scripting language, CFScript, that provides ColdFusion functionality in script syntax. This JavaScript-like language gives developers the same control flow as ColdFusion, but without tags. You can also use CFScript to write user-defined functions that you can use anywhere that a ColdFusion expression is allowed.

This chapter describes the CFScript language’s functionality and syntax, and provides information on using CFScript effectively in ColdFusion pages.

Contents

About CFScript

The CFScript language

Using CFScript statements

Handling exceptions

CFScript example