Core Coldfusion 5

by Hewitt, Eben

• ISBN13: 9780130660619
• ISBN10: 0130660612
• Edition: CD
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-10-01
• Publisher: Pearson P T R

Summary

Written from the perspective of an expert ColdFusion developer, this comprehensive introduction to ColdFusion 5.0 development shows readers exactly how to create robust database-driven Web applications, hands-on. Readers master ColdFusion by building a series of increasingly complex, real-world subsystems, and then integrating them into a single, enterprise-class application. This concise, practical guide introduces ColdFusion 5.0's most powerful new features, including user-defined functions, query-of-queries, and data-driven Macromedia Generator graphs. Eben Hewitt provides realistic "notes from the field" to help you cut through the hype and jumpstart your own application development. Among the key topics covered: writing ColdFusion custom tags; building secure application frameworks; content serialization with XML, deploying ColdFusion applications in wireless environments; directory and file management; Web e-mail; database integration, and more. The book also contains a complete ColdFusion 5.0 tag and function reference. The CD-ROM contains 30-day evaluation copies of ColdFusion 5.0 Enterprise Application Server for Windows, Linux, and Solaris; ColdFusion Studio 4.5; HomeSite 4.5; Macromedia Spectra 1.5 Application Framework; and JRun 3.0.1; plus an unlimited copy of ColdFusion Express, and all of the book's source code.

Table of Contents

Preface	xv
Acknowledgments	xxi
Getting the Lay of the Land	2	(12)
What Is CoIdFusion?	3	(3)
What Can It Do for You?	6	(1)
Why CoIdFusion?	7	(2)
What's New in Macromedia CoIdFusion 5?	9	(2)
What Difference Does the Macromedia Merger Make?	11	(3)
The World Wide Web and HTTP	14	(12)
What Is the Internet?	15	(9)
Application Servers	24	(2)
Preparing Your Coldfusion Environment	26	(16)
Operating-System Requirements	27	(1)
Hardware Requirements	28	(2)
Choosing a Web Server	30	(3)
Choosing a Data Server	33	(4)
Choosing a Version of ColdFusion 5	37	(2)
Getting CoIdFusion 5	39	(2)
What's Next?	41	(1)
Installing Coldfusion 5	42	(30)
Checking Installation Requirements	43	(3)
License Agreement	46	(1)
Customer Information	47	(1)
Web Server	47	(1)
Choose Destination Path	48	(1)
Choose Components to Install	48	(4)
Assign Passwords	52	(1)
Confirm Selections	53	(1)
Install Files	54	(4)
What ColdFusion Installs on Your Machine	58	(5)
Troubleshooting Your Installation	63	(2)
Installing ColdFusion on Linux	65	(5)
Uninstalling ColdFusion	70	(2)
Coldfusion Markup Language and Variables	72	(18)
Introduction to the ColdFusion Markup Language	73	(3)
How to Begin	76	(2)
Your First ColdFusion Template	78	(8)
Setting and Outputting Rules	86	(4)
Passing Data Between Templates	90	(24)
What Is Scope?	91	(2)
Scopes Available to ColdFusion	93	(14)
The CGI Scope	107	(5)
Conclusion	112	(2)
Expressions, Conditional Logic, and, Flow Control	114	(40)
What Are Expressions?	115	(2)
What Is Conditional Logic?	117	(22)
Flow Control	139	(6)
A Complete Site Flow Control Framework	145	(9)
Functions and Complex Data Types	154	(56)
What Are Functions?	155	(8)
User-Defined Functions	163	(11)
Working with Lists	174	(7)
Arrays	181	(16)
Structures	197	(5)
Putting It to Work	202	(8)
Designing A Relational Database	210	(30)
Three-Tier Architecture	212	(1)
What Is a Database?	212	(3)
The Relational Database	215	(5)
Normalization	220	(9)
A Database Creation Script for Microsoft SQL Server	229	(5)
Tips for Writing a Database and Planning Your Web-Based Application	234	(3)
Conclusion	237	(3)
Working With Relational Databases	240	(82)
Data Manipulation Language	242	(1)
Connecting to a Database	242	(28)
ColdFusion Datasources	270	(1)
Creating a Datasource in ColdFusion Administrator	270	(9)
<CFQUERY>	279	(8)
Inserting Records	287	(1)
Updating Records	287	(3)
Deleting Records	290	(8)
Joins	298	(6)
Group By	304	(1)
Having	305	(1)
A Complete Search Engine Application	306	(14)
Conclusion	320	(2)
A Note About the Coldfusion Administrator	322	(8)
Server	324	(1)
Security	325	(1)
Tools	326	(4)
Loops	330	(16)
What Is a Loop?	331	(2)
The Query Loop	333	(5)
The Conditional Loop	338	(1)
List Loops	338	(1)
Looping over Structures	339	(3)
<CFFLUSH>	342	(4)
Coldfusion Scripting	346	(14)
How Does CFScript Work?	347	(2)
Conditional Processing	349	(3)
Looping	352	(5)
Another User-Defined Function	357	(2)
Conclusion	359	(1)
The Coldfusion Application Framework	360	(26)
Defining the Application Framework	361	(8)
Session Variables	369	(2)
Client Variables	371	(4)
Server Variables	375	(1)
Error Handling	376	(3)
Logging Site Information with <CFLOG>	379	(2)
Creating a Personalized Web Page	381	(5)
Graphing With Coldfusion	386	(24)
Making a Simple Graph	388	(3)
Horizontal and Bar Graphs	391	(4)
Pie Graphs	395	(1)
Line and Area Graphs	396	(4)
Speeding load Time with <CFSAVECONTENT>	400	(4)
Using <CFGRAPHDATA>	404	(2)
A Complete Data Drill-Down Graph Application	406	(4)
Sending and Receiving Email with Coldfusion	410	(20)
Sending Email	411	(14)
Sending HTML Email	425	(3)
Conclusion	428	(2)
File and Directory Management	430	(20)
<CFFILE>	432	(11)
<CFDIRECTORY>	443	(7)
Writing Custom Tags	450	(26)
Advantages of Custom Tags	452	(1)
Disadvantages of Custom Tags	452	(1)
Creating a Sample Custom Tag	453	(2)
Passing Values into and out of Custom Tags	455	(6)
Making a Banner Ad Custom Tag	461	(3)
How ColfFusion Finds Custom Tags	464	(1)
Nested Custom Tags	465	(8)
Encrypting Custom Tags	473	(1)
Conclusion	473	(3)
XML and Coldfusion	476	(12)
XML	478	(1)
WDDX Datatypes	479	(1)
Serializing and Deserializing	479	(1)
WDDX in Action	480	(6)
Conclusion	486	(2)
Creating Intelligent Agents	488	(12)
CFHTTP	489	(3)
The GET Method	492	(3)
The POST Method	495	(2)
What Do We Do Now?	497	(3)
A Complete E-Commerce Application	500	(69)
Store	503	(19)
Shop	522	(7)
Images	529	(1)
Queries	529	(4)
Checkout	533	(25)
Admin	558	(10)
Conclusion	568	(1)
Appendix A Coldfusion 5 Tag Reference	569	(152)
Appendix B Coldfusion Function Reference	721	(116)
Appendix C Common Errors and What to Do About Them	837	(30)
Appendix D Getting a Coldfusion Job	867	(8)
Appendix E Getting Certified in Coldfusion	875	(18)
Appendix F Best Practices	893	(10)
Appendix G Wireless Coldfusion with WAP and WML	903	(22)
Appendix H Coldfusion Resources, User Groups, and Host	925	(68)
Appendix I SQL Function Reference	993
Index	949