Adobe Dreamweaver CS3 User Manual
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DREAMWEAVER CS3
User Guide
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A table appears displaying the returned data. Each row contains a record and each column represents a field in that
record.
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Click OK. The newly defined recordset appears in the Bindings panel.
Options for the simple Recordset dialog box (ColdFusion)
Define a recordset for ColdFusion document types as a source of dynamic content without you having to hand code
SQL statements.
Note: If you are creating recordsets for use with ColdFusion 5 or earlier, use the generic Simple Recordset dialog box
common to other document types such as ASP and JSP.
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In the Name box, enter a name for the recordset.
A common practice is to add the prefix rs to recordset names to distinguish them from other object names in your
code. For example:
rsPressReleases
Recordset names can only contain letters, numbers, and the underscore character (_). You cannot use special
characters or spaces.
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If you’re defining a recordset for a ColdFusion component (that is, if a CFC file is currently open in
Dreamweaver), select an existing CFC function from the Function pop-up menu, or click the New Function button
to create a new function.
Note: The Function pop-up menu is only available if a CFC file is the current document and you have access to a
computer running ColdFusion MX 7 or better.
The recordset is defined in the function.
3
Select a data source from the Data Source pop-up menu.
If no data source appears in the pop-up menu, you must create a ColdFusion data source.
4
In the Username and Password boxes, enter the user name and password for the ColdFusion application server if
required.
Data sources in ColdFusion may require a user name and password to access them. If you do not have the user name
and password to access a data source in ColdFusion, contact your organization’s ColdFusion administrator.
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In the Table pop-up menu, select the database table that will provide data to the recordset.
The Table pop-up menu displays all tables in the specified database.
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To include a subset of the table’s columns in the recordset, click Selected and choose the desired columns by
Control-clicking (Windows) or Command-clicking (Macintosh) them in the list.
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To further limit the records returned from the table, complete the Filter section:
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From the first pop-up menu, select a column in the database table to compare against a test value you define.
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From the second pop-up menu, select a conditional expression to compare the selected value in each record
against the test value.
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From the third pop-up menu, select Entered Value.
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In the box, enter the test value.
If the specified value in a record meets your filtering condition, the record is included in the recordset.
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(Optional) To sort the records, select a column to sort by, and then specify whether the records should be sorted
in ascending (1, 2, 3... or A, B, C...) or descending order.
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