Andy Birchall

ColdFusion is basically a language that acts as an intermediary between databases and the exciting World Wide Web. As such, it has the marvelous ability to retrieve data from databases (or "datasources," as they are defined) and place it on the page in whatever form the developer wishes, whether just a list of clients, a current menu for a restaurant or major applications such as a hotel booking system. To help it accomplish this task, CF works with two other major elements; occasionally, to add finishing touches, a third is employed. These other agents are of course SQL, or structured query language, and HTML, or Hypertext Markup Language (to demystify a couple of the many acronyms present in the world of CF). The finishing touches are often applied with a touch of Ja... (more)