MACROMEDIA COLFUSION MX 7-CFML Reference page 91

Example
<cfcomponent>
<cffunction name="getEmp">
<cfquery name="empQuery" datasource="cfdocexamples" >
SELECT FIRSTNAME, LASTNAME, EMAIL
FROM tblEmployees
</cfquery>
<cfreturn empQuery>
</cffunction>
<cffunction name="getDept">
<cfquery name="deptQuery" datasource="cfdocexamples" >
SELECT *
FROM tblDepartments
</cfquery>
<cfreturn deptQuery>
</cffunction>
</cfcomponent>
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