Adobe 38040334 - Dreamweaver CS3 User Manual page 677

For more information, see the ColdFusion documentation from within Dreamweaver (Help > Using ColdFusion).
Save the page (File > Save).
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Define a recordset in a CFC
Dreamweaver can help you define a recordset (also known as a ColdFusion query) in a ColdFusion component
(CFC). By defining a recordset in a CFC, you don't need to define the recordset on each page that uses it. You define
the recordset once in the CFC and use the CFC on different pages.
Note: This feature is available only if you have access to a computer running ColdFusion MX 7 or later. For more infor-
mation, see "Enable the ColdFusion enhancements" on page 674.
Create or open an existing CFC file in Dreamweaver.
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2 In the Bindings panel (Window > Bindings), click the Plus (+) button and select Recordset (Query) from the
pop-up menu.
The Recordset dialog box appears. You can work in either the simple or the advanced Recordset dialog boxes.
To use an existing function in the CFC, select the function from the Function pop-up menu and skip to step 5.
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The recordset is defined in the function.
4 To define a new function in the CFC, click the New Function button, enter a name for the function in the dialog
box that appears, and then click OK.
The name must contain only alphanumeric characters and underscores (_).
To define a recordset for the function, complete the Recordset dialog box options.
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The new function is inserted into the CFC that defines the recordset.
See also
"Create or delete a CFC in Dreamweaver" on page 666
Use a CFC recordset as a source of dynamic content
You can use a ColdFusion component (CFC) as a source of dynamic content for your pages if the component
contains a function defining a recordset.
Note: This feature is available only if you have access to a computer running ColdFusion MX 7 or later. For more infor-
mation, see Enable the ColdFusion enhancements.
Open a ColdFusion page in Dreamweaver.
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In the Bindings panel (Window > Bindings), click the Plus (+) button and select Recordset (Query) from the
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pop-up menu.
The Recordset dialog box appears. You can work in either the simple or the advanced Recordset dialog box.
3 Click the CFC Query button.
Complete the CFC query dialog box, click OK, and then click OK again to add the CFC recordset to the list of
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available content sources in the Bindings panel.
5 Use the Bindings panel to bind the recordset to various page elements.
For more information, see "Adding dynamic content to pages" on page 564.
September 4, 2007
DREAMWEAVER CS3 670
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