+1 to Rick's +1 to Michael's suggestion. One of the great things about CF is the cfc's can automatically return arrays in JSON format that jQuery can consume. Like so:
<cffunction name="default" returntype="Array" returnformat="JSON" > I can tell you first hand that formatting JSON by hand from a data structure like a query can be a total PITA. So in that respect, returnformat="JSON" is a Godsend for AJAX development. As far as Ajax tutes go, the documentation on the jQuery site for it's AJAX features is a great place to start http://api.jquery.com/category/ajax/ Also, the docs on CFSelect and cfinput that use the bind attribute is also a great place to start. http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/8/htmldocs/help.html?content=Tags_r-s_14.html CF takes a LOT of the grunt work out of working with AJAXish functionality. HTH, G! On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 10:06 AM, Rick Faircloth <[email protected]>wrote: > > +1 > > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Grant [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 7:39 PM > To: cf-talk > Subject: Re: ajax tutorials for form objects > > > I generally prefer to use JQuery over CF's built in stuff. I find it to be > more steamlined. Plus I think you can probably find more tuts for the > JQuery > approach. > > This tut has a nice approach and actually explains ajax a bit. Might be a > good start: http://articles.sitepoint.com/article/ajax-jquery > Ofcourse the JQuery website has great api docs. > > > > On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 2:21 PM, Teed Younger > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > Hi, once again seeking some advice/help with a project. Can anyone direct > > me to a good ajax tutorial that covers how to take form inputs/values and > > then display results using an click event. > > > > What I have is a form with only two inputs. The user types in numeric > > values in each form field, then several mathmatical calculations are > > performed and the results are shown. > > > > Anyway, still very new to ajax, and not even sure I can do this with just > a > > simple ajax script, but any nudges in the right direction would be > greatly > > appreciated. > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:341698 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
