Hyperlinks in a database

I'm creating a bulletin board.
Messages are posted through a Coldfusion Form.
They are then inserted into a sql database (or should it be a
Coldfusion table or datagrid?)
The database columns are: MessageID, Subject, Author,
Message, NumberOfResponses, EmailAddress, PostingDateTime
I want the subject cell in the database (datagrid, table) to
be hyperlink that will cause the message to display when clicked.
So how do I hyperlink each subject entry to its corresponding
message?
Thanks a million. I've been researching this for weeks.
Sincerely,
Graham A. Kerby

The previous answer is correct but potentially misleading.
There can be no white space after the question mark. Here is the
same code, with the carraige returns in different places.
<a href="msgInfo.cfm?MessageID=#queryName.MessageID#">
#queryName.Subject#
</a>

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ok
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>
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--add
>
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>
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