Cfcol - MACROMEDIA COLDFUSION MX 61-CFML Reference

cfcol

Description
Defines table column header, width, alignment, and text. Used within a
Category
Data output tags
Syntax
<cfcol
header = "column_header_text"
width = "number_indicating_width_of_column"
align = "Left" or "Right" or "Center"
text = "column_text">
See also
cfcontent, cfoutput,
History
ColdFusion MX: Added the ability to construct dynamic
Attribute Req/Opt
header Required
width Optional
align Optional
text Required
Usage
At least one
cfcol
adjacent in a page. The only tag that you can nest within the
cannot nest
cftable
To display the
cfcol header
attribute. If you specify either attribute without the other, the header does not display.
colHeader
No error is thrown.
Example
<!--- This example shows the use of cfcol and cftable to align
information returned from a query --->
<!--- query selects information from cfsnippets data source --->
<cfquery name = "GetEmployees" dataSource = "cfsnippets">
SELECT Emp_ID, FirstName, LastName, EMail, Phone, Department
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cftable
Default Description
Column header text. To use this attribute, you must also use the
cftable
20 Column width. If the length of data displayed exceeds this value,
data is truncated to fit. To avoid this, use an HTML
If the surrounding
width
truncate text; otherwise,
characters.
Left Column alignment
• Left
• Right
• Center
Double-quotation mark-delimited text; determines what to
display. Rules: same as for
hyperlinks, image references, and input controls.
tag is required within the
tags.
text, you must specify the
cfcol
attribute.
colHeaders
tag includes the
cftable
specifies the percent of the table width and it does not
width
cfoutput
tag. You must put
cftable
cftable
cfcol header
tag.
cftable
statements.
table
htmltable
specifies the number of
sections. You can embed
and
cfcol cftable
tag is the
cfcol
and the
cftable
tag.
attribute,
tags
tag. You