Display a record IF

Question

Hello all!
I am trying to display one record at a time from my query of
multiple tables if the username/password entries match the entries
in the DB but am unsuccessful. The sequence starts from a list of
names, where names is hyperlink to the page where the result of the
query is displayed, but before getting to the results page, the
user has to login.
My question is how can I tell the hyperlink to go to this
specific record (ie. contactID = 34 or whatever the user's ID is)
only after entering a valid username/password. I tried
1. from the login.cfm page: if successful, go to
mypage.cfm?#contactID# (OR mypage.cfm?contactID)
2. mypage.cfm?#contactID# and mypage.cfm?contactID as the
link and both don't display the specific record. Any suggestions on
what I am missing?
TIA,
Karla

Answer 1

Hello All,
Here is a more detailed explanation. Sorry it took too long.
Anyway,
not sure if I need cfparam because I only want to display one
record at a time and not the entire query:
<cfparam name="MaxRows" default="1"> <cfparam name
="StartRow" default="1">
I actually have about 7 tables that I need to get information
from, displaying several columns from each of them. Is INNER JOIN a
good choice to use to display all of the info I need (all tables
except the contact list contain dates)? Anyway, here's the code
I've started:
<cfquery name="qryIndividual" datasource="dshmat">
SELECT ContactList.ContactID, ContactList.FirstName,
ContactList.LastName, BIO.InitialRef2006, BIO.Bsfty2005,
HWG.hwg2006, HWG.hwg2005
FROM (ContactList INNER JOIN BIO on
ContactList.ContactID=BIO.BioID) INNER JOIN HWG on
ContactList.ContactID=HWG.hwgID
ORDER BY ContactList.LastName
</cfquery>
This is the output that I am trying to display. But I'm stuck
as to how to tell the DB to display a specific record if username
and password are valid entries. If username is jdoe, then display
jane doe's record only.
FirstName LastName | InitialRef2006 | Bsfty2005 | hwg2006 |
hwg2005
jane doe 4/1/2006 6/5/2005 2/5/2006 8/6/2005
I have login page, and this is where I want to initiate the
query to display the right record of that individual.
Any suggestions on where to start?
TIA,
Karla