Essential ColdFusion 4.5 for Web professionals
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Essential ColdFusion 4.5 for Web professionals
（The Prentice Hall essential Web professionals series）
Prentice Hall, c2001
Available at 1 libraries
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Includes index
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This concise, example-rich guide teaches Web designers and other graphics professionals exactly what they need to know to build top-quality Web applications with ColdFusion 4.5 -- fast. Endorsed by the World Organization of Webmasters, Essential ColdFusion 4.5 for Web Professionals offers no-nonsense, practical coverage designed around actual application examples. Working Web professionals learn ColdFusion by building real-world applications for a fictitious company -- and checking your work against finished applications deployed on a companion Web site. Along the way, you'll learn each component of a working ColdFusion solution, mastering the most widely used ColdFusion tags and functions as you create increasingly sophisticated applications. Coverage includes: database integration, online catalogs, sending email and interacting with users, providing site search features, and more. The book also includes a thorough introduction to developing e-commerce applications for WAP enabled cell phones and wireless PDAs.
Table of Contents
1. Database Basics.
A Look at Relational Databases. Introduction to SQL. To Quote or Not to Quote? Project I: Creating an Access Database File. Setting Up an ODBC Connection1. Windows Control Panel. ColdFusion Administrator. Project II: Retrieving Data. SQL Builder. Recap.
2. ColdFusion Basics.
Commenting Your Code. Using Quotes. . Passing Variables. VARIABLES. URL. FORM. COOKIE. ATTRIBUTES. SESSION. CGI. APPLICATION. CLIENT. SERVER. Scope. Project I: Passing Variables Between Pages. . . . Now Function. Date Functions. DateFormat. TimeFormat. Project II: Display Days Left Until a User-Defined Date. DateDiff. IsDefined. Replace. Project III: Using . Recap. Advanced Project.
3. Global Templates.
Defining the Application File (application.cfm). . . Project I: Setting Global Values for Your Site. Project II: Defining Header and Footer Files. . Recap. Advanced Project.
4. Building an Online Catalog.
Building an Administration Screen. Setting Up the Administration Screen. Project I: Viewing Items in Your Database. DollarFormat Function. CurrentRow. MOD. IIF. RecordCount. Project II: Uploading Files to Your Site. . . Project III: Adding Records to Your Database. Project IV: Editing an Existing Record in Your Database. Project V: Processing the Information. Adding a Record. . Updating a Record. . Deleting a Record. Project VI: User Pages. Recap. Advanced Project.
5. Sending Email.
. . . and Tags. Project I: Sign Up! . Project II: Retrieving Your Email from a POP Server. Recap. Advanced Project.
6. Searching the Site.
PreserveSingleQuotes. and . . . Project I: Search Engines 'R' Us. Using Verity with ColdFusion. . . . Project II: Collection Management. Project III: Searching with Verity. . Recap. Advanced Project.
7. Knowing Who's Who.
Security Basics. Project I: Protect Your Management Templates. Adding a Table to the shelleyCatalog Database. C Is for Cookie. Project II: Enhanced Functionality with . Recap. Advanced Project.
8. Using Custom Tags.
Introduction to Custom Tags. The Ins and Outs of Custom Tags. Where Can I Use Custom Tags? Project I: Counting Your Hits. SCRIPT_NAME Variable. Adding the Hits Table to the shelleyCatalog Database. Project II: Creating a Random Product Custom Tag. ListLen Function. ListAppend Function. ListGetAt Function. Other Functions Used in this Project. RandRange Function. Option 1-Code Every Page. Option 2-Make Use of the Developer's Friend, the Application.cfm File. Recap. Advanced Project.
9. ColdFusion and Wireless.
What Is WAP and How Is It Useful? Limitations. MIME Types. Internet Information Server 4 and 5. Personal Web Site (PWS). . Project I: WAP-Enabled Product List. Wireless Palm(tm) Series of Handhelds. Limitations. Palm Query Application. Project II: Palm(tm)-Enabled Product List. META Tags. Building and Installing the Palm(tm) Query Application. Recap. Advanced Project.
Appendix A. An Introduction to Forms.
GET. POST. Buttons. Two Types of Buttons. Single-Line Text Box. Scrolling Text Box. Menus. Check Boxes. Radio Buttons. Putting It All Together.
Appendix B. ColdFusion Reference.
Index.
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