Development Considerations

During this chapter, you learned how to:

Add a data source
Build a query to retrieve data from a database
Enable debugging for your ColdFusion Server
Output query variables to a page

Now you are well on your way to harnessing the power of ColdFusion. Before you move on to the next chapter, add some navigation to your page by performing the next procedure.

To add navigation to your page:

Return to EmpList.cfm in HomeSite.
Click here to open a file that contains navigation toolbar code.
Copy the code from within the BODY tag of this open file to EmpList.cfm (Just below the BODY tag.)
Save the page.
Open a browser window.
Enter this URL to view the page in the browser:

http://127.0.0.1/CFDOCS/EmpList.cfm

The query data appears in the browser.

View the source code in the browser.

Click here to see how the file should look in a browser now.

Click here to see the code behind the scenes.

Your application now includes navigation. This will be important as your application grows.

Note:

The navigation links will not work at this time because you have not created the pages that they reference yet.

Where to go from here

Move on to the next chapter to learn how to format data in your ColdFusion applications.
Refer to Chapter 14, Managing Data Sources to learn more about configuring data sources.