coldfusion

ColdFusion

   <World-Wide Web, database, tool> {Allaire Corporation}'s
   commercial {database} application development tool that allows
   {databases} to have a {World-Wide Web} {interface}, so a
   database can be queried and updated using a {web browser}.

   The ColdFusion Server application runs on the {web server} and
   has access to a {database}.  ColdFusion files on the web
   server are {HTML} pages with additional ColdFusion commands to
   {query} or {update} the database, written in {CFML}.  When the
   page is requested by the user, the {web server} passes the
   page to the Cold Fusion application, which executes the {CFML}
   commands, places the results of the {CFML} commands in the
   {HTML} file, and returns the page to the {web server}.  The
   page returned to the {web server} is now an ordinary {HTML}
   file, and it is sent to the user.

   Examples of ColdFusion applications include order entry, event
   registration, catalogue search, directories, calendars, and
   interactive training.  ColdFusion applications are robust
   because all database interactions are encapsulated in a single
   industrial-strength {CGI} script.  The formatting and
   presentation can be modified and revised at any time (as
   opposed to having to edit and recompile {source code}).

   ColdFusion Server can connect with any database that supports
   {ODBC} or {OLE DB} or one that has a native database driver.
   Native database drivers are available for {Oracle} and
   {Sybase} databases.

   ColdFusion is available for {Windows}, {Solaris}, and {HP-UX}.
   A {development environment} for creating ColdFusion files,
   called ColdFusion Studio, is also available for {Windows}.

   Latest version: MX(6), as of 2003-07-11.

   The {filename extension} for ColdFusion files is .cfm

   (http://coldfusion.com/).

   (2003-07-27)