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May 18th, 2004, 06:39 PM

peterswan

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loop through all files in a folder

Hello,

Is there a way in ColdFusion to loop through all the files in a folder and drop some links on a page according to what's there?

I've got a bunch of Excel pages and would love to be able to create a page that automatically links to them.

Thanks,

Peter

May 18th, 2004, 10:34 PM

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You have to use <cfdirectory action="list"> tags. See documentation for the tag description or else you can look in developer exchange for some custom tags

May 18th, 2004, 11:49 PM

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Solution wickedwd.com style

I'm not sure what you want to do, plus it's late and i'm tired, plus i've got a Final tomorrow and i should be studying instead of helping you, but i'm sure there will be a time when you help me in return. If not well then all i can say is

This should get u started

Code:

<CFQUERY NAME="Exceltables" DATASOURCE="YourDatabaseName">
SELECT TableID, Column Name1, Column Name 2, etc.
FROM Table Name
ORDER BY Whatever you want
</CFQUERY>

<!--- Provided by Alas from Wickedwd.com --->
<!--- You're a dork if u erase my name --->
<HTML>
<HEAD>
    <TITLE>Excel Tables and such</TITLE>
</HEAD>

<BODY>

<TABLE>
<TR>

<!--- remeber the TableID column is your primary key in the DB --->
<CFOUTPUT QUERY="Exceltables">
<TR>
 <TD>
  <B><A HREF="Pagewheretablesareat.cfm?TableID=#URLEncodedFormat(Trim(TableID))#">#ColumnName1 or 2, whatever#</A></B>
 </TD>
</CFOUTPUT>
</TABLE>

</BODY>
</HTML>

Ps hope this helps, im off to study.

Check u later,
Alas

May 19th, 2004, 08:18 AM

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I think the question was directed more at reading files from a directory, not a database. If this is indeed the case, then using <cfdirectory> is the best route.

May 19th, 2004, 08:53 AM

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yeah, it's pretty easy, here's my version

Code:

<CFDIRECTORY NAME="myfiles"
  DIRECTORY="#ExpandPath('.')#" 
  FILTER="*.*m*"
  SORT="DateLastModified DESC">

<h3>My Files</h3>
<p><CFOUTPUT QUERY="myfiles">
#myfiles.DateLastModified# <a href="#myfiles.Name#">#myfiles.Name#</a><br />
</CFOUTPUT></p>

this cfm sits inside the folder (the DIRECTORY parameter indicates the current folder) and reports only what's inside it (the HREF is relative)

the filter pulls out only .*m* file extensions, e.g. .cfm, .htm, .html

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