Yeah, the cieling (i before e except after c, right?) thing looked like it might even it out also.
But the problem then becomes that you have Amber 234-4556 across from Zeno 204-2340, right? CSS and a set number of records per "page" seems easiest to me right now... a simple position:float on <p>s or some such... if pages are a req. On 4/7/06, Mike Kear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > No, he knew what he meant. Made sense to me. > > His code was like this: > > <CFOUTPUT QUERY="myQuery "> > <CFIF myQuery.recordcount MOD 2> > <!--- Display all elements for 2 column ---> > <CFELSE> > <!--- Display all elements for 1 column ---> > </CFIF> > </CFOUTPUT> > > However if the query has an odd number of records, it'll output the > whole thing in one column. It'll only give you two columns if there's > an even number of records. I dont think that's what the original > poster wanted. > > I think the process should go like this (Untested but I think it should > work): > > <!----[ Figure out how many records should be in each column ]----> > <cfset columnlength = myQuery.recordcount/2 /> > <!----[ if there is an odd number of records, add 1 to the first > column to make it the longer of the two ]----> > <cfif myQuery.recordcount MOD 2> > <cfset columnlength = columnlength + 1 /> > </cfif> > <!----[ Output the records for the first column ]----> > <div id="leftcolumn"> > <cfoutput query="myQuery" startrow="1" maxrows="#columnlength#"> > #rowstuff# <br /> > </cfoutput> > </div> > <!----[ Output the records for the second column. ]----> > <div id="rightcolumn"> > <cfoutput query="myQuery" startrow="#columnlength +1#"> > #rowstuff# <br /> > </cfoutput> > </div> > > > And if you're still in the early 2000s and using tables for layout, > you'll get this for output: > > <table> > <tr> > <td> > row 1 > row 2 > row 3 > row 4 > row 5 > </td> > <td> > row 6 > row 7 > row 8 > row 9 > row 10 > </td> > </tr> > </table> > > Or if you've moved into the 21st century and are using CSS based > layouts, you'll get something like this: > > <div id="leftcolumn"> > row 1 > row 2 > row 3 > row 4 > row 5 > </div> > <div id="rightcolumn"> > row 6 > row 7 > row 8 > row 9 > row 10 > </div> > > Cheers > Mike Kear > Windsor, NSW, Australia > Certified Advanced ColdFusion Developer > AFP Webworks > http://afpwebworks.com > ColdFusion, PHP, ASP, ASP.NET hosting from AUD$15/month > > > On 4/8/06, Denny Valliant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think you meant: > > <cfloop query="myQuery"> > > <if currentrow MOD 2> > > all row one data > > <cfelse> > > all row two data (or is that backwards? ;) > > </cfif> > > </cfloop> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:237230 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
