Query Output Notes And Considerations - MACROMEDIA COLDFUSION 4.5-DEVELOPING WEB Develop Manual

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#FirstName#, #LastName#, #Salary#, #Contract#<BR>
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</CFOUTPUT>
</BODY>
</HTML>
3. Save the file as
4. View the page in a browser.
A list of employees appears in the browser, with each line displaying one row of
data.
You have created a ColdFusion application page that retrieves and displays data from a
database. At present, the output is raw. You will learn how to format the data in the
next chapter.
Code Review
You now display the results of the query on the page.
Code
<CFOUTPUT QUERY="EmpList">
#FirstName#, #LastName#,
#Salary#, #Contract#
<BR>
</CFOUTPUT>

Query Output Notes and Considerations

When outputting query results, keep these guidelines in mind:
Run a CFQUERY before referencing its results using a CFOUTPUT with a
QUERY attribute.
It's a good idea to run all queries before all output blocks.
A query name must exist on the page in order to successfully output its data.
Surround variable references with pound signs to output their current values to
a page.
Prefix variables with their variable type — in the case of a query variable, it's the
name of the query.
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emplist.cfm
Description
Display information retrieved in the
EmpList query
Display the value of the
LastName, Salary, Contract
fields of the first record
Insert a line break (go to the next line
Then, keep displaying the fields
you've specified for each record,
followed by a line break, until you run
out of records.
End the CFOUTPUT block
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