Ian, I just posted a blog entry about how easy jQuery & CF can handle using AJAX to populate a form:
http://blog.pengoworks.com/index.cfm/2011/3/3/Easy-AJAX-using-ColdFusion-jQuery-and-CFCs -Dan On 3/3/2011 10:57 AM, Ian Vaughan wrote: > > 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:342725 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
