> I have a query which has static as well as dynamic columns. something like 
> below:
>
> <cfset vMarks = "marks1, marks2, marks3">
> <cfquery name="querymarks" datasource = "abc">
>
> SELECT firstname, lastname,
> <cfloop from="1" to="listlen(vMarks)" index="index">
>    marks_#index# <cfif #index# NEQ listlen(vMarks)>,</cfif>
> </cfloop>
> </cfquery>
>
> The query result set will look like below:
>
> firstname lastname  marks1 marks2   marks3 ...
> abc        abc         112        113        114
> def        def           121        122        123

This is a denormalized (and therefore usually bad) database schema.
You should have a separate table for marks, and join that to people.

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