Simon,
Yes, you absolutley can. Here is a website that we recently did using
ColdFusion and Generator:
http://www.miriellografico.com/
Generator templates can produce dynamic media from datasources. These
datasources can be either a JDBC/ODBC connection or a text file. We used
ColdFusion extensivley in this application to format the data we pull from
SQL Server and produce dynamic text files.. In this case, CF is just acting
as a middle man between the database and Generator. While you can connect
directly to databases with Generator, using a middle-ware scripting language
like CF allows you much more flexibility.
There are two methods of using Generator, online and offline (CF can assist
both methods). When using online Generation, your media is generated at
each request (However, you do have the ability to do some server side
caching of this media). This method works fine for smaller, lower traffic
Generator sites, or components that change very often (stock tickers, etc).
When using offline generation, you produce static copies of the media in
batch. Some larger content management tools do similar operations,
producing static HTML files from the output of CF templates. Offline
Generation is vital for larger sites.
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Paul Mone
Ninthlink Consulting Group
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.ninthlink.com
619.222.7082
----- Original Message -----
From: "Simon Whittaker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 12:52 AM
Subject: Slightly OT: CF + Generator
> I am under the impression that you can use CF pages to create dynamic
flash pages with Generator. Does anyone know more details about this or have
examples that I could look through?
>
> Cheers
>
> Simon
>
>
>
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