Don't feel bad. I never used it either. So at least there's 2 of us. -- Ryan
On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 10:51 AM, Rick Faircloth <r...@whitestonemedia.com>wrote: > > Wow! That is a great function that I didn't even know existed! And how > many > times have a simply resorted to looping one query over another > unnecessarily! > And to be able to nest this multiple levels deep is great! > > Finally crawling out from under my rock and into the light of day! > > Doh! > > > On Thu, May 28, 2009 at 11:21 AM, Jason Fisher <ja...@wanax.com> wrote: > > > > > It's actually been there since 4.0, I believe. I know they added the > > groupCaseSensitive attribute in 4.5, so the group option was in place by > > that point. Essentially it's a way to get your output to follow your SQL > > groupings, when that sort of thing is necessary. So like doing a blotter > > style calendar, if you ORDER or GROUP the query by eventDate, you can > then > > cfoutput group="eventDate" to get your day-by-day headings, for example, > > and then cfoutput group="eventStartTime" or whatever to do a little block > > for each event on the blotter ... etc. They can also be nested deeper: > > Company, Department, Individual Employee, for example. > > > > Jason > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:322903 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
