Using ColdFusion variables - Coldfusion tutorial

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Looping is a programming technique that repeats a set of instructions or displays output repeatedly until one or more conditions are met.

A simple coldfusion tutorial which explains how to query a database using coldfusion. Querying a database in coldfusion is similar to other programming languages. The query is usually placed at the top of the page, or before where it is used. The query is as below with an opening tag with the name of the query and the datasource that you are querying. Between the opening and closing tags you insert your sql code.

This guide will take you through the steps of setting up a datasource in the coldfusion administrator. To setup a datasource you will need to login to the coldfusion administrator. The Coldfusion administrator is usually found under /CFIDE/administrator/ you will then need to login with the password created on installation.

ColdFusion is a good development tool of choice for rapidly deploying web applications, dynamic web sites, intranets or e-commerce sites.

Writing maintainable code