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CHAPTER 2
ColdFusion Tags
ColdFusion Markup Language (CFML) includes a set of tags that you use in Macromedia
ColdFusion MX 7 pages to interact with data sources, manipulate data, and display output.
CFML tag syntax is similar to HTML element syntax.
This chapter contains categorized and alphabetical lists of the tags followed by the detailed tag
descriptions.
Contents
Tag summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Tags by function . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Tag changes since ColdFusion 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Tag descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Tag summary
The following table briefly describes CFML tags:
CFML tag Category Description
cfabort Flow-control tags Stops the processing of a ColdFusion page at
the tag location
cfapplet Forms tags Embeds Java applets in a cfform tag
cfapplication Application framework
tags
Defines an application name; activates client
variables; specifies client variable storage
mechanism
cfargument Extensibility tags Creates a parameter definition within a
component definition; defines a function
argument
cfassociate Application framework
tags
Enables subtag data to be saved with a base tag
cfbreak Flow-control tags Breaks out of a CFML looping construct
cfcache Page processing tags Caches ColdFusion pages