User Guide

Contents
Preface: Welcome To ColdFusion ................................................................xiii
Intended Audience.........................................................................................................................xiv
Welcome to the ColdFusion 4.5 Web Application Server ...........................................................xiv
Products and System Requirements ............................................................................................xiv
New features in ColdFusion 4.5.....................................................................................................xv
New visual tools......................................................................................................................xvi
Enhancements to CFML ........................................................................................................xvi
Better reliability ......................................................................................................................xvi
Improved performance.........................................................................................................xvii
Enterprise connectivity features ..........................................................................................xvii
Security enhancements....................................................................................................... xviii
Language Reference Features .......................................................................................................xix
Using Examples ......................................................................................................................xix
Using Code Snippets..............................................................................................................xix
Using End Tags................................................................................................................................xx
Developer Resources ......................................................................................................................xx
About ColdFusion Documentation ..............................................................................................xxi
Documentation updates........................................................................................................xxi
ColdFusion manuals ..............................................................................................................xxi
ColdFusion Server online documentation ..........................................................................xxii
Printing ColdFusion documentation...................................................................................xxii
Documentation conventions.............................................................................................. xxiii
Getting Answers .......................................................................................................................... xxiii
Contacting Allaire................................................................................................................ xxiii
Chapter 1: ColdFusion Tags.............................................................................1
Alphabetical List of ColdFusion Tags ............................................................................................. 2
New Tags in ColdFusion 4.5............................................................................................................ 5
ColdFusion Forms Tags................................................................................................................... 6
Database Manipulation Tags .......................................................................................................... 6
Data Output Tags ............................................................................................................................. 6
Exception Handling Tags ................................................................................................................ 6
Extensibility Tags ............................................................................................................................. 7
File Management Tags..................................................................................................................... 7