Hi, Ian... I use CF and jQuery all the time to perform all types of user-interface interaction, as well as ajax database access, using CF 8/9 and MySQL 5.
I haven't used CF and jQuery to pre-fill a form, but it won't require much change in what I do now to make that happen. I've been planning to set up some tutorials on this sort of thing, but until I get those ready, I'd be willing to work directly with you to show you a simple example of the type of functionality you need and then help you get your work set up and working. Interested? Rick -----Original Message----- From: Ian Vaughan [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, March 03, 2011 10:58 AM To: cf-talk Subject: RE: Database Lookup - Possible with CF? Hi Dave I'm willing to give CF a go, even though here the move is away from CF onto .NET and Java (ADF) Do you have any step by step tutorials that I could follow that I can use to implement the feature below in CF, if they can see what it can do it would certainly help its case. All I am looking to do is when a user fills in their employee number in a form text field, ajax calls CF to run a SQL query to bring back and populate the other fields in the form with that employees info. Is it really that difficult to achieve the above? Are there any ajax/jquery libraries I could use to integrate in with CF because javascript is not be strong point -----Original Message----- From: Dave Watts [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: 03 March 2011 15:02 To: cf-talk Subject: Re: Database Lookup - Possible with CF? > So would I be better developing this application in a language that is > more scaleable/future proof than CF You won't be using ASP.NET then, right? Because (a) it's not more scalable, and (b) any platform effectively limited to Windows is not more future-proof. I mean, I could see your point if you were talking about Java, even if I'd quibble on the scalability bit. Having worked with some high-scalability clients, I am very confident that CF is as scalable as .NET. I've mentioned them on the list before, so I'm not going to bother enumerating them now, but I'll be happy to provide further details on request. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:342721 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
