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Creating dynamic tables using Coldfusion, CSS or perhaps something else

Asked by: jmosher44

A few years back I built an application using coldfusion that to date has worked great. The down side was certain modifications required actually changing the code to alter the pages. I have since scratched my head on rebuilding the application and create a management interface that could allows administrators of this application to make the changes versus reprogramming the page to accomidate the additions or subtractions. I figure if anyone would know it would be someone here. Now to the nuts and bolts. In my application I have a DB table representing  geographic regions for each branch location.For the purpose of the question I will say we are dealing with branch LA.  The LA branch has areas 1-8, to ouput these I have created a static table giving each area their own cell ( Area 1-4 in row 1 and 5-8 on row 2). Pretty simple. The issue is if area 3 gets reassigned to a new branch or the branches need to add an addition area or just remove one all together the page has to be recoded. so I guess the solution is to find a way to query the DB and out put the records to a max of 5 columns per row, and if the remaining records are less than 5 distribute them evenly across the screen. I am not sure the is possible or practical or what I would have to do to implement this sort of thing, for a suitable solution I offer the max points and my 14th born.  THX in advance

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2008-01-22 at 15:57:39ID23103047
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by: PluckaPosted on 2008-01-22 at 16:11:13ID: 20719741

Should be easy.

Just put all related info in the database and pull it out and display it.

You need to loop over the resulting query and build a table, use the Mod operator to work out if your on the 5th item, if so, create a new row etc, etc.

 

by: scrathcyboyPosted on 2008-01-22 at 18:36:24ID: 20720454

I will take your 14th born instead of the points.  So consider these points --

1.  CF is a STATIC form-based code that has to be redone every major CF update.  Only companies that never evolve are still sticking with it.  If you want code that works years in advance, just dump CF.  I know this will shock many, but I have seen so many CF problems on this site, it is better not to even use it.

2.  What you want is perfect for MySQL -- almost every hosted linux based web servers have MySQL built in and activated.  Just pay $8.88 per year, and you get a ready-made MySQL engine, free, fastest there is.

3.  The only issue is updating the MySQL database each time a location changes statistics.  You need to do a new upload of the database, and although this takes 30 seconds, it is still an ongoing "issue".

4.  With PHP linking to the MySQL database, the output is lightning fast, none of the errors of CF, and it can deliver 10s of thousands of records in a few seconds.  Nothing else comes close.

5.  To make life easier, the MySQL database can be uploaded directly from an Excel spreadsheet, and that would probably be the simplest for most people.  In contrast, I would opt for a text file on the server, and code the MySQL to automatically pull the fields from this CSV file each day, at 7.00 am.

6.  Once you get away from static Cold Fuxion, and move to dynamic databases, you can do anything.

 

by: jmosher44Posted on 2008-01-23 at 09:25:01ID: 31424024

This solution sure poointed me in the right direction. With very little searching I was able to find some sample code to act as a primer to get this working. While it will still take some work to get it fully implemented the info provided pointed me in the exact direction I needed to be. THX

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