User Guide

322 Chapter 2: ColdFusion Tags
cfoutput
Description
Displays output that can contain the results of processing ColdFusion variables and functions.
Can loop over the results of a database query.
Category
Data output tags
Syntax
<cfoutput
query = "query_name"
group = "query_column"
groupCaseSensitive = "yes" or "no"
startRow = "start_row"
maxRows = "max_rows_output">
</cfoutput>
See also
cfcol
, cfcontent, cfdirectory, cftable
History
ColdFusion 4.5.0: Added the groupCaseSensitive attribute.
Attributes
Usage
In the cfoutput tag body, ColdFusion treats text that is surrounded by number signs (#) as a
ColdFusion variable or function call. For example, the following code displays the text "Hello
World!":
<cfset myVar="Hello World!">
<cfoutput>#myVar#</cfoutput>
Attribute Req/Opt Default Description
query Optional Name of
cfquery from which to draw data for output section.
group Optional Query column to use to group sets of records. Eliminates
adjacent duplicate rows when data is sorted. Use if you
retrieved a record set ordered on one or more a query
columns. For example, if a record set is ordered on
"
Customer_ID" in the cfquery tag, you can group the output on
"
Customer_ID."
groupCase
Sensitive
Optional Yes Boolean. Whether to consider the case in grouping rows.
startRow Optional 1 Row from which to start output.
maxRows Optional displays all
rows
Maximum number of rows to display.