Total Noob wanting some help

Question

Hi guys I just got new job and they use CF over here. My
first small project is thowing me for a loop just because I've
never really worked databases before. I'm looking for some starting
help. We have this intranet site that everyone here uses to place
orders and stuff, they all use bunches of databases. And what my
boss is wanting me to do is find a way to put a count of all the
items in a database that match a certian criteria on the main page.
So what I need is a way to count database items. Help would be
helpful. Like I said I'm a total n00b and forgive me if you can't
make heads or tails of this. I'd be glad to explain more in depth
for help. Thanks guys
Kevin

Answer 1

Well, let says that you want to get a count of everything in
your ITEMS table that has a QUANTITY of at least 3 and a PRICE of
greater than $5.00 (assuming that QUANTITY and PRICE and columns
within the ITEM table)
A real simple way of handling this app would be to first do
the query and then out put the result. Your entire application
would be:
<cfquery name="qGetItemCount"
datasource="datasourceName">
SELECT Count(*) AS itemCount
FROM items
WHERE quantity >= 3
AND price > 5
</cfquery>
<cfoutput>#qGetItemCount.itemCount#</cfoutput>
And that is it. It only gets more complicated from there, and
you need to strongly consider some learning resources if you want
to excel at ColdFusion. It is an easy language to learn and use,
but, like any other language, it should not be fuddled through.
Note: You'll need to get your datasourceName from your
administrator.