Introduction to Retrieving and Formatting Data

This chapter provides an introduction to retrieving and formatting data. It describes how to use forms to get user data and how to control the data that is displayed by a dynamic web page. It also describes how to populate a table with query results and how to use Macromedia ColdFusion MX functions to format and manipulate data. This chapter assumes that you are familiar with HTML forms.

Contents

Using forms in ColdFusion MX

Working with action pages

Working with queries and data

Returning results to the user

Dynamically populating list boxes

Creating dynamic check boxes and multiple-selection list boxes