Hi Doug, Thanks for the suggestions, I am enjoying the book so far. It is a great read.
I am actually sitting down now to go through the 30 minute tutorial. -Jason On Nov 11, 2006, at 6:05 PM, Doug Brown wrote: > And along the lines of what Matt has said, I think you said > previously that > you had a copy of Forta's book on Coldfusion. If I am wrong, pick > one up. > Since you are new to Coldfusion, I would suggest sitting down and > reading > the book from front to back, and then going back to the excercises. > There is > a wealth of knowledge in there, and it will also be a great > reference for > you down the road. Once you get up and running, and feel > comfortable with > the syntax, then go out and buy yourself an Advanced Coldfusion 7 > Application book (also by Ben Forta) and check out all the advanced > features > CF has to offer. I am sure once you have read these books, you can > swing by > here and be helping others with their problems like you have > received help. > > > Best Regards, > > > Doug B. > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Matt Quackenbush" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Talk" <[email protected]> > Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2006 2:46 PM > Subject: RE: RE: Data from MySQL > > >> Look at the data output tags >> > (http://livedocs.macromedia.com/coldfusion/7/htmldocs/ > 00000199.htm#2459638), >> and more specifically the <cfoutput> tag >> > (http://livedocs.macromedia.com/coldfusion/7/htmldocs/ > 00000309.htm#1101659). >> >> Everything you are asking is stuff that should be found in a >> matter of >> moments. I, like most others here, love to help, but I do not >> like to do >> someone's work and research for them unless I'm being paid to do so. > You're >> new to CF, and that is wonderful. You will find that it's the >> easiest >> language to learn, and the community is warm and receptive to >> "newcomers". >> >> My only point is that you need to show us that you're making the >> effort. >> Maybe something like... >> >> "You know, I just can't seem to figure this out. What I'm trying >> to do > is: >> {insert explanation}. Here's the code that I've tried, but I must be >> missing something somewhere {insert code snippet - only the relevant > part}. >> I've read such and such article here {insert link}, but it's still >> a bit >> over my head. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks." >> >> Hope that makes sense. As much as it may sound otherwise, I >> really am >> trying to help you to learn. >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Jason Slack [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2006 3:36 PM >> To: CF-Talk >> Subject: Re: RE: Data from MySQL >> >> I have been searching on LiveDocs for an hour and not finding what >> I need. > I >> guess I dont know how to formulate my query into words that get me >> the > right >> answer. >> >> -Jason >> >> >> On 11/11/06, Matt Quackenbush <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> http://livedocs.macromedia.com/coldfusion/7/index.html >>> >>> LiveDocs is your friend. Arguably your best friend. :-) >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Jason Slack [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2006 3:13 PM >>> To: CF-Talk >>> Subject: Data from MySQL >>> >>> So I am doing good on my 2nd day with CF. >>> >>> How does one get data from MySQL? I can write the query and get a >>> resultset back, but how do I get inside the resultset? >>> >>> Like say I query a table called Locations and gets Locationname in > return. >>> >>> How do I use Locationname values in my app? I want the value from >>> the >>> record that is returned. >>> >>> I have everything written (query, etc) just need to get the data out >>> of the row that is returned. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> -jason >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:260032 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
