I didn't see it working as I only have the dateStart and dateEnd. I guess it's time I learn how a numbers table works.
Thx -----Original Message----- From: Russ Michaels [mailto:r...@michaels.me.uk] Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2010 5:21 AM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: cfoutput or cfloop? which is the more practical solution did the grouped cfoutpout not work for you then ? On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 4:55 AM, GLM <g...@glmdesigns.com> wrote: > > Mike thanks for the lead. It had crossed my mind to build a numbers table > but I didn't think it would work. (I've never used them myself.) > > I thought that it was somewhat excessive as there would have to be at least > 365x220 rows (over 80,000). In the examples I gave I think one row per year > (220) would be more than good enough but there are numerous exceptions > (people dying in office, getting nominated to higher office, etc...) > > I'll give it a shot. > > Thx > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mike Chabot [mailto:mcha...@gmail.com] > Sent: Saturday, September 25, 2010 10:50 PM > To: cf-talk > Subject: Re: cfoutput or cfloop? which is the more practical solution > > > You can do this in SQL, although the methods I can think of involve > advanced techniques so I hesitate to recommend them based on your > stated SQL experience. One technique involves joining to a "numbers > table" which will transform the start and end dates into one row per > year. > > You can use the cfloop technique in your first post. It should get the > job done. It isn't the fastest method, but it could be fast enough. > One alternative to consider would be to have one big database query, > then loop over the one query once and build up an array or a structure > containing the data you want to output, then cfoutput the array or > structure. > > -Mike Chabot > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:337563 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
