Displaying Database Query Results

Listings 10.2 and 10.3 displayed data in simple line-by-line outputs. But that’s not all you can do with ColdFusion—in fact, there is no type of output that can’t be generated with it. ColdFusion has absolutely nothing to do with formatting and generating output; as long as you can write what you want (in HTML, JavaScript, Flash, DHTML, or any other client technology), ColdFusion generates the output dynamically.

To better understand this, let’s look at some alternative output options.

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