Cfoutput query group

Question

I have a query that returns data displayed in table that
looks like this :
Name ID Company count
Joe Smith xx1xx Burger Inc 1
Joe Smith xx1xx McDonalds 5
Bob Jones AA2AA Jets Inc 4
What I would like it to look like is this, display the name
and ID only once :
Name ID Company count
Joe Smith xx1xx Burger Inc. 1
McDonalds 5
Bob Jones AA22A Jets Inc 4
This is the code that I am attempting to use, but it
obviously is incorrect.
<cfoutput query="qryGet_Null" group="buyer_number">
<tr>
<cfoutput>
<td>#buyer_name#</td>
<td>#buyer_number#</td>
</cfoutput>
<td>#supplier_name#</td>
<td align="center">#total_count#</td>
</tr>
</cfoutput>
Where do I have to place the cfoutput tags to make the output
displayed like the sample above ?
Also, if I export to excel, will it export just the way it
is, with one name only, per supplier ?
Thanks

Answer 1

Actually, trojnfn's nesting of <cfoutput> was just
fine, since the outer <cfoutput> tag was using the group=""
attribute.
When using the group attribute, you have to remember that
everything inside the outer <Cfoutput> block will only loop
once per instance of the grouped field. the code inside the inner
<cfoutput> block will loop once for each record in your
query.
However, this may not be the best tool to use in this
situation, since it looks like you want multiple rows, but only
display the name on the first row for a given buyer. Maybe
something like this might work better for you:
<!--- Used to store the current buyer name --->
<cfset sHoldName = "">
<cfoutput query="qryGet_Null">
<tr>
<!--- Only display the buyer name if the buyer name has
changed since the last record --->
<td><cfif buyer_name neq
sHoldName>#buyer_name#<cfelse> </cfif></td>
<!--- Only display the buyer number if the buyer name has
changed since the last record --->
<td><cfif buyer_name neq
sHoldName>#buyer_number#<cfelse> </cfif></td>
<!--- List supplier name and total_count for all rows
--->
<td>#supplier_name#</td>
<td align="center">#total_count#</td>
<tr>
<!--- Store the buyer name for comparison against the next
record --->
<cfset sHoldName = buyer_name>
<cfoutput>