Ian, All of what you are trying to achieve is possible with CF7, in fact most of what your are trying to do is client side programming, with a little server-side to run the query. Several people here have offered some great pointers and advice, but the fact of the matter is that no one is going to write this for you. There are thousands of blog posts and tutorials on the web for writing CFC's, and probably almost as many on working with CF and Ajax. Switching platforms is the last solution to your problem, a) the cost of overall development of conversion is unnecessary, b) most of the other platforms that I've researched (and that's a lot) will increase overall development time (costing you more money), and c) other platforms aren't going to do it automatically for you either. If this is something you need done quickly (hours), efficiently, and within your current architecture, then I suggest you head over to the cf-jobs list and reach out to a contractor to fulfill your needs (much more cost effective, and makes more business sense).
Steve 'Cutter' Blades Adobe Certified Expert Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 Developer ____________ http://blog.cutterscrossing.com Co-Author "Learning Ext JS 3.2" Packt Publishing 2010 https://www.packtpub.com/learning-ext-js-3-2-for-building-dynamic-desktop-style-user-interfaces/book "The best way to predict the future is to help create it" On 3/11/2011 8:22 AM, Ian Vaughan wrote: > Thanks all for your help, I was just investigating if it could be done with > CF7, but it is looking like a long winded process to get anywhere with it. > > If you had CF8+ it is easier because of the new tags but it's looking as > though I need to go down the OO route via /NET webforms or MVC2 which will be > a similar learning curve as trying to get it done in CF7 but would give > better long term prospects ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:342958 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
