A demonstration of what can be accomplished through CFML-based design.

View this page's ColdFusion source, or view it using CSS Zen Garden theme 043.

The Road to Enlightenment

This is a list of examples for using various ColdFusion methods to interract with data.

SQL examples at SQL Zen Garden.

jQuery examples at jQuery Zen Garden.

For which state would you like to see a report of cities?

Row Action State Name U.S. Date of Statehood
1 Alabama Yes 12/14/1819
2 Alaska Yes 01/03/1959
3 Arizona Yes 02/14/1912
4 Arkansas Yes 06/15/1836
5 California Yes 09/09/1850
6 Colorado Yes 08/01/1876
7 Connecticut Yes 01/09/1788
8 Delaware Yes 12/07/1787
9 District of Columbia Yes
10 Florida Yes 03/03/1845
11 Georgia Yes 01/02/1788
12 Guam No
13 Hawaii Yes 08/21/1959
14 Idaho Yes 07/03/1890
15 Illinois Yes 12/03/1818
16 Indiana Yes 12/11/1816
17 Iowa Yes 12/28/1846
18 Kansas Yes 01/29/1861
19 Kentucky Yes 06/01/1792
20 Louisiana Yes 04/30/1812
21 Maine Yes 03/15/1820
22 Maryland Yes 04/28/1788
23 Massachusetts Yes 02/06/1788
24 Michigan Yes 01/26/1837
25 Minnesota Yes 05/11/1858
26 Mississippi Yes 12/10/1817
27 Missouri Yes 08/10/1821
28 Montana Yes 11/08/1889
29 Nebraska Yes 03/01/1867
30 Nevada Yes 10/31/1864
31 New Hampshire Yes 06/21/1788
32 New Jersey Yes 12/18/1787
33 New Mexico Yes 01/06/1912
34 New York Yes 07/26/1788
35 North Carolina Yes 11/21/1789
36 North Dakota Yes 11/02/1889
37 Ohio Yes 03/01/1803
38 Oklahoma Yes 11/16/1907
39 Oregon Yes 02/14/1859
40 Pennsylvania Yes 12/12/1787
41 Puerto Rico No
42 Rhode Island Yes 05/29/1790
43 South Carolina Yes 05/23/1788
44 South Dakota Yes 11/02/1889
45 Tennessee Yes 06/01/1796
46 Texas Yes 12/29/1845
47 Utah Yes 01/04/1896
48 Vermont Yes 03/04/1791
49 Virginia Yes 06/25/1788
50 Washington Yes 11/11/1889
51 West Virginia Yes 06/20/1863
52 Wisconsin Yes 05/29/1848
53 Wyoming Yes 07/10/1890

Participation

This Zen Garden is not limited to Graphic artists only. Not even strong CFML skills are necessary! The example files provide a good starting point such that even novices can contribute.

You may modify the data in any way you wish. Feel free to change the name of your favorite state, or even delete it! Each user has their own temporary table. This may seem to be over engineering at first, but we want to keep the data clean for everyone.

If you would like to participate, we can give you access to our server.

Benefits

Why participate? For recognition, inspiration, and a resource we can all refer to when making the case for CFML-based design. This is sorely needed, even today. More and more major sites are taking the leap, but not enough have. One day this gallery will be a historical curiosity; that day is not today.

Requirements

We would like to see as much CF8 as possible. CF9 will be encouraged as soon as HostMySite upgrades us. The CFM Zen Garden is about the latest bleeding-edge tags made available, whether it's practical or not. The only real requirement we have is that your code runs.

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