Jason learning new technology is often not so much cramming information into your brain but learning how to find out stuff you dont know
When you dont know how to do something, the first thing to reach for is your best frends, Ben Forta and Nate Weiss. Since they're not sitting beside you, go for the next best thing, the index in the back of their book CF-WACK. As Matt said to you, go through that book from front to back and it'll give you everything you need to know for about 80%-90% of the things you might want to do in ColdFusion. It's easy to read, and takes you through logically. And Ben doesnt talk down to you, nor confuse with too much jargon. (But i dont recommend reading it in bed, cos you'll end up with a broken nose). I went through it the first time, over a couple of months travelling 3 days a week for an hour and a half in a train I used the time in the train productively rather than sitting staring into space and getting grumpy about the doofdoof noise from other passengers' personal music devices. Next place to go looking, if you dont find what you need in CF-WACK is the Livedocs. There's an excellent search facility and you can find almost everything you'll need there. If you have ColdFusion server installed on your own machine, then there's a copy of the LiveDocs installed on your machine too. By default it's at http://localhost/cfdocs/dochome.htm There are examples of most of the tags, showing you how to use them, and that way you learn where to use the hash characters (#) and where not. I've had to learn lots of technology in the last 14 years since I started my business, and coldfusion has by far the best help system, if you own CF-WACK and have access to the livedocs. If you still cant figure out what to do after all that, you have a lot of helpful folks eager to help you on CF-Talk. But I have to agree with Matt here - you need to show you have tried to figure it out for yourself first. In my opinion that makes you a better programmer than just memorising heaps of code. The best programmer meets a problem he has never seen before and works out how to solve it, works out what he has to learn to be able to solve it, and knows where he can go to find out. To quote one of my son's high school teachers, "it's more realistic to learn your way around the library and the catalogue system than to try to read all the books and memorise all the facts within". Cheers Mike Kear Windsor, NSW, Australia Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer AFP Webworks http://afpwebworks.com ColdFusion, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting from AUD$15/month On 11/12/06, Jason T. Slack <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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" <cf-talk@houseoffusion.com> > > 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:260049 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
