Question

I’m hitting the DB for a 100 records from a MySQL DB that have a DateAdded (timestamp) column.

I’d like to find a SMART way to display the records as follows in Coldfusion, w/o hitting the database multiple times.

Today:
– records…..
Yesterday:
– records…..
Earlier This Week:
– records…..
Earlier This Month:
– records…..
Older:
– records…..

Thanks for the ideas on how to get this done smartly in ColdFusion.

Answer 1

Query of Queries? – http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/8/htmldocs/using_recordsets_3.html#1157970

<h1>Today:</h1>
<cfquery name="todayRecords" dbtype="query">
    select *
    from originalQuery
    where DateAdded = #createODBCDate(year(now()), month(now()), day(now()))#
</CFQUERY>
<cfdump var="#todayRecords#">

You may want to use the BETWEEN SQL operator. See: http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/8/htmldocs/using_recordsets_7.html

You may also use <cfqueryparam> tag. See: http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/8/htmldocs/Tags_p-q_18.html#1102474

Query of Queries might not be the most efficient, but in my opinion it is the cleanest way to represent your intent and it just works.