Web forms introduction

Here, we will discuss web forms along with CFCs.

Let us view our web form page. Web forms are the same in ColdFusion as they are in any other HTML scenario. You might even note that there is very little use for web forms until you have a server-side technology such as ColdFusion. This is because when the form is posted, you need some sort of program to handle the data posted back to the server.

<!--- Example: 3_1.cfm --->
<!--- Processing --->
<!--- Content --->
<form action="3_1.cfm" method="post">
  <table>
    <tr>
      <td>Name:</td>
      <td><input type="text" name="name" id="idName" value="" /></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Description:</td>
      <td><input type="text" name="description" id="idDescription" value="" /></td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td>Price:</td>
      <td><input type="text" name="price" id="idPrice...