Alphabetical List of ColdFusion Tags

The ColdFusion Markup Language (CFML) consists of a set of tags you use in your ColdFusion pages to interact with data sources, manipulate data, and display output. Using CFML tags is very simple; tag syntax is much like HTML element syntax.


CFML Tag Summary
CFML Tag	Description
CFABORT	Stops processing of a ColdFusion page at the tag location.
CFAPPLET	Embeds Java applets in a CFFORM.
CFAPPLICATION	Defines application name, activates client variables.
CFASSOCIATE	Enables sub-tag data to be saved with the base tag.
CFAUTHENTICATE	Authenticates a user and sets the security context for an application.
CFBREAK	Breaks out of a CFML looping construct.
CFCACHE	Caches ColdFusion pages.
CFCOL	Defines table column header, width, alignment, and text.
CFCOLLECTION	Creates and administers Verity collections.
CFCONTENT	Defines the content type and, optionally, the filename of a file to be downloaded by the current page.
CFCOOKIE	Defines and sets cookie variables.
CFDIRECTORY	Performs typical directory-handling tasks from within your ColdFusion application.
CFERROR	Displays customized HTML error pages when errors occur.
CFEXECUTE	Executes any developer-specified process on the server machine.
CFEXIT	Aborts processing of currently executing CFML custom tag.
CFFILE	Performs typical file-handling tasks from within your ColdFusion application.
CFFORM	Builds an input form and performs client-side input validation.
CFFTP	Permits FTP file operations.
CFGRID	Used in CFFORM to create a grid control for tabular data.
CFGRIDCOLUMN	Used in CFFORM to define the columns used in a CFGRID.
CFGRIDROW	Used with CFGRID to define a grid row.
CFGRIDUPDATE	Performs updates directly to ODBC data source from edited grid data.
CFHEADER	Generates HTTP headers.
CFHTMLHEAD	Writes text, including HTML, to the HEAD section of a specified page.
CFHTTP	Used to perform GET and POST to upload files or post a form, cookie, query, or CGI variable directly to a specified server.
CFHTTPPARAM	Used with CFHTTP to specify parameters necessary for a CFHTTP POST operation.
CFIF CFELSEIF CFELSE	Used to create IF-THEN-ELSE constructs.
CFIMPERSONATE	Allows you to impersonate a user defined in a security context defined in Advanced Security.
CFINCLUDE	Embeds references to ColdFusion pages.
CFINDEX	Used to create Verity search indexes.
CFINPUT	Used in CFFORM to create input elements such as radio buttons, checkboxes, and text entry boxes.
CFINSERT	Inserts records in an ODBC data source.
CFLDAP	Provides access to LDAP directory servers.
CFLOCATION	Opens a ColdFusion page or HTML file.
CFLOCK	Ensures data integrity and synchronizes the execution of CFML code.
CFLOOP	Repeats a set of instructions based on a set of conditions.
CFMAIL	Assembles and posts an email message.
CFMAILPARAM	Attaches a file or adds a header to an email message.
CFMODULE	Invokes a custom tag for use in your ColdFusion application pages.
CFOBJECT	Creates and uses COM, CORBA, or JAVA objects.
CFOUTPUT	Displays output of database query or other operation.
CFPARAM	Defines a parameter and its initial default value.
CFPOP	Retrieves messages from a POP mail server.
CFPROCESSINGDIRECTIVE	Suppresses extraneous white space, and other output.
CFPROCPARAM	Specifies parameter information for a stored procedure.
CFPROCRESULT	Specifies a result set name that other ColdFusion tags use to access the result set from a stored procedure.
CFQUERY	Passes SQL to a database.
CFQUERYPARAM	Reads, writes, and deletes keys and values in the system registry.
CFREGISTRY	Reads, writes, and deletes keys and values in the system registry.
CFREPORT	Embeds a Crystal Reports report.
CFRETHROW	Rethrows the currently active exception.
CFSCHEDULE	Schedules page execution with option to produce static pages.
CFSCRIPT	Encloses a set of CFScript statements.
CFSEARCH	Executes searches against data indexed in Verity collections using CFINDEX.
CFSELECT	Used in CFFORM to create a drop-down list box form element.
CFSERVLET	Executes a Java servlet on a JRun engine.
CFSERVLETPARAM	Used to pass data to the Java servlet. CFSERVLETPARAM is a child tag of CFSERVLET.
CFSET	Defines a variable.
CFSETTING	Define and control a variety ColdFusion settings.
CFSILENT	Suppresses all output that is produced by the CFML within the tag's scope.
CFSLIDER	Used in CFFORM to create a slider control element.
CFSTOREDPROC	Specifies database connection information and identifies the stored procedure to be executed.
CFSWITCH CFCASE CFDEFAULTCASE	Evaluates a passed expression and passes control to the CFCASE tag that matches the expression result.
CFTABLE	Builds a table.
CFTEXTINPUT	Places a single-line text entry box in a CFFORM.
CFTHROW	Raises a developer-specified exception.
CFTRANSACTION	Groups CFQUERYs into a single transaction; performs rollback processing.
CFTREE	Used in CFFORM to create a tree control element.
CFTREEITEM	Used with CFTREE to populate a tree control element in a CFFORM.
CFTRY CFCATCH	Allows developers to catch and process exceptions in ColdFusion pages.
CFUPDATE	Updates rows in a database data source.
CFWDDX	Serializes and de-serializes CFML data structures to the XML-based WDDX format.

CFML Language Reference
Chapter 1 : ColdFusion Tags