Allaire's ColdFusion is one of the most robust server-side scripting solutions for Web developers, offering the notable advantage of cross-platform deployment. Mastering ColdFusion 4.5 is a comprehensive exploration of this powerful product that makes migration to the language quick and first exposure to server-scripting easy to follow. / With more than 1000 pages, this book provides a step-by-step education in ColdFusion and plenty of examples for hands-on learning. The first chapters immediately give the reader a feel for how ColdFusion templates interact with HTML. Then the text steps back to begin presenting more details systematically. One of ColdFusion's key features--database interaction with the CFQUERY tag and SQL--is addressed early on with simple examples.