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DEVELOPING COLDFUSION 9 APPLICATIONS
Requesting and Presenting Information
<html>
<head>
<title>Retrieving Employee Data Based on Criteria from Form</title>
</head>
<body>
<cfquery name="GetEmployees" datasource="cfdocexamples">
SELECT FirstName, LastName, Salary
FROM Employee
WHERE LastName=<cfqueryparam value="#Form.LastName#"
CFSQLType="CF_SQL_VARCHAR">
</cfquery>
<h4>Employee Data Based on Criteria from Form</h4>
<table>
<tr>
<th>First Name</th>
<th>Last Name</th>
<th>Salary</th>
</tr>
<cfoutput query="GetEmployees">
<tr>
<td>#FirstName#</td>
<td>#LastName#</td>
<td>#Salary#</td>
</tr>
</cfoutput>
</table>
<br>
<cfif IsDefined("Form.Contractor")>
<cfoutput>Contractor: #Form.Contractor#</cfoutput>
</cfif>
</body>
</html>
Save the page as actionpage.cfm in the myapps directory.
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View the formpage.cfm page in your browser.
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Enter Smith in the Last Name text box and submit the form.
The records that match the criteria specified in the form appear in a table.
Reviewing the code
The following table describes the highlighted code and its function:
Code
<table>
<tr>
<th>First Name</th>
<th>Last Name</th>
<th>Salary</th>
</tr>
<cfoutput query="GetEmployees">
Description
Places data into a table.
In the first row of the table, includes three columns, with the headings: First Name,
Last Name, and Salary.
Tells ColdFusion to display the results of the GetEmployees query.
Last updated 8/5/2010
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