[coldspring-dev] recordsets/queries as properties/constructor args

[Jared Rypka-Hauer]

In common CF lingo, it's usually referred to as a Query Object because of the fact that it's queryable via QofQ, and probably traditionally (and originally) the result of a cfquery tag, but it's also the result of cfdirectory action="", cfpop, cfmail, and a bunch of other stuff. I think generally query, recordset, resultset, and dataset are all used interchangeably... but I agree the use of the word "query" all by itself is confusing because "query" is "select * from wtfYouTalkinBoutWillis" and a query object is what you get after that runs. Rambling at 3:20AM... and now going to bed. :) Gnite! J ------------------------------------------------ Jared C. Rypka-Hauer Continuum Media Group LLC http://www.web-relevant.com Member, Team Macromedia - ColdFusion "That which does not kill me makes me stranger." - Yonah Schmeidler On Feb 24, 2006, at 8:51 PM, Chris Scott wrote: y as in <cfset myRecords = QueryNew("col_a, col_b, etc") /> should be called RecordSet, like <cfset myRecords = RecordSetNew("col_a, col_b, etc") />, I was so damn confused when Dave tried to explain this code to me earlier, and only after reading this post did I get that he wasn't talking about an SQL Query. It's kind of odd. Isn't the result of <cfquery ...> a RecordSet, not a Query? It's always