MTSQL Tags and ColdFusion

May 07, 2003 2:14 PM
Tags: coldfusion, movabletype, sql
Brad Choate has released an SQL Plugin for Movable Type.

Example:
<MTSQLEntries query="select entry_id from mt_entry
where entry_title like '%Movable Type%'">
  <a href="<MTEntryLink>"><MTEntryTitle></a><br />
</MTSQLEntries>

Look familiar? If you use ColdFusion, it sure is.

<CFQUERY NAME="get_entries">
select entry_id from mt_entry
where entry_title like '%Movable Type%'
</CFQUERY>

<CFOUTPUT QUERY="get_entries">
  <a href="<MTEntryLink>"><MTEntryTitle></a><br />
</CFOUTPUT>

OK, as I said before, MT and CF are not exactly the same, but they overlap increasingly, as MT gains more features.

I think MT's future is not as CGI scripts for blogging, but as a full-fledged tag-based language.

Comments: MTSQL Tags and ColdFusion

You are so right! It's scary how much MT can do now. The learning curve is quite steep but still simpler than other CMS systems.

Posted by: KO on June 20, 2003 2:25 AM | permalink

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