CFCOL |
Description Defines table column header, width, alignment, and text. Used within a cftable tag.
Category Data output tags
Syntax
    <cfcol
       header = "column_header_text"
       width = "number_indicating_width_of_column"
       align = "left" or "right" or "center"
       text = "column_text">
See also cfcontent, cfoutput, cftable; "Performing file operations with cfftp" in Chapter 40, "Interacting with Remote Servers," in ColdFusion MX Developer's Guide
History ColdFusion MX: Added the ability to construct dynamic cfcol statements.
Usage At least one cfcol tag is required within the cftable tag. You must put cfcol and cftable tags adjacent in a page. The only tag that you can nest within the cftable tag is the cfcol tag. You cannot nest cftable tags. To display the cfcol header text, you must specify the cfcol header and the cftable colHeader attribute. If you specify either attribute without the other, the header does not display. No error is thrown.
Example
    <!--- This example shows the use of cfcol and cftable to align
    information returned from a query. --->
    <!--- query selects information from cfdocexamples data source. --->
    <cfquery name = "GetEmployees" dataSource = "cfdocexamples">
       SELECT Emp_ID, FirstName, LastName, EMail, Phone, Department
       FROM Employees
    </cfquery>
    <html>
    <body>
    <h3>cfcol Example</h3>
    <!--- Uses the HTMLTable attribute to display cftable as an HTML
    table, rather than PRE formatted information --->
    <cftable
       query = "GetEmployees"
       startRow = "1" colSpacing = "3"
       HTMLTable colheaders>
    <!--- Each cfcol tag sets the width of a column in the table,
    the header information, and the text/CFML for the cell. --->
       <cfcol header = "<b>ID</b>"
          align = "Left"
          width = 2
          text  = "#Emp_ID#">
       <cfcol header = "<b>Name/Email</b>"
          align = "Left"
          width = 15
          text  = "<a href = 'mailto:#Email#'>#FirstName# #LastName#</A>">
       <cfcol header = "<b>Phone Number</b>"
          align = "Center"
          width = 15
          text  = "#Phone#">
    </cftable>

HEADER |
| Required
Column header text. To use this attribute, you must also use the cftable colHeaders attribute.

WIDTH |
| Optional
Default value: "20" Column width. If the length of data displayed exceeds this value, data is truncated to fit. To avoid this, use an HTML table tag. If the surrounding cftable tag includes the htmltable attribute, width specifies the percent of the table width and it does not truncate text; otherwise, width specifies the number of characters.

ALIGN |
| Optional
Default value: "left" Column alignment: left right center

TEXT |
| Required
Double-quotation mark-delimited text; determines what to display. Rules: same as for cfoutput sections. You can embed hyperlinks, image references, and input controls.