Essential ColdFusion 5 for Web Professionals, 2/e

With Allaire ColdFusion 5, you can build dynamic Web applications with incredible speed, power, and performance. Now, learn ColdFusion 5 from professional Web developers, through real-world, step-by-step projects. Start with the basics, such as querying databases and working with global templates. Then master every element of a robust ColdFusion solution, from ColdFusion Windows and Linux installation through advanced site customization and administration. Every project's code, database, and images are downloadable from the Companion Website. Fully updated for ColdFusion 5's hottest new features, Essential ColdFusion 5 for Web Professionals, Second Edition is the quickest, easiest way to gain the ColdFusion skills you need right now!

You'll learn all this and much more—hands on!

• Database access and integration
• Building online catalogs, step-by-step
• Automatically sending and retrieving email
• Providing site search with ColdFusion 5's built-in Verity search engine
• Troubleshooting using error checking and logging
• Creating powerful custom tags and user-defined functions
• Using "Query of Queries" to integrate data from multiple sources seamlessly
• Delivering dynamic charts for on-the-fly visual reporting
• Taking control of ColdFusion 5's new administrative tools
• Using WAP and Web Clipping technology to build advanced Palm and phone applications

Table of Contents

Introduction.
Database Basics.
ColdFusion Basics.
Global Templates.
Building an Online Catalog.
Error Checking and Logging.
Sending E-Mail.
Searching the Site.
Knowing Who's Who.
Customizing Your Applications.
ColdFusion and Wireless.
Miscellaneous Tags.
ColdFusion 5 Server Installation.
Creating Forms.
ColdFusion Reference.
ColdFusion 5 Tags and Functions.
Index.