ColdFusion Dates before a date - coldfusion

I seem to have a brain fart here. I'm trying to show all users that were entered in a database 14 days, or more, before today's date. For some reason I either get everyone or no one, but not the ones I need. Here is what I have. Please tell me where I am going wrong. Thank You!
<CFSET TodaysDate = #DateFormat (Now(), "mm-dd-yyyy")#>
<CFSET CheckDate = #DateFormat(TodaysDate-14,"mm-dd-yyyy")#>
<cfquery name="getUser" datasource="DNS_Test">
select *
from Login
where DateEntered <= #CheckDate#
</cfquery>
<cfoutput>
<cfloop QUERY="getUser">
#getUser.LastName#, #getUser.FirstName# <br>
<cfloop>
</cfoutput>

You'll want to use DateAdd().
Example: Never use select *, instead use column names... also investigate using <cfqueryparam>
SELECT LastName, FirstName
FROM Login
WHERE DateEntered <= <cfqueryparam value="#DateAdd( 'd', -14, now() )#" CFSQLType="CF_SQL_DATE">

You may also want to do the calculation in SQL. For example, in SQL Server:
SELECT LastName, FirstName
FROM Login
WHERE DateEntered <= CONVERT(date,
DateAdd(dd, <cfqueryparam value="-14" CFSQLType="CF_SQL_INTEGER">,
getDate())
)
Some adjustments may be needed if DateEntered has hh:mm:ss

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ColdFusion - Output Grouping From a Query

I have a great question that is probably bone-head simple. I have the following query:
<cfquery name="getempareview" dbtype="query">
SELECT firstname,lastname,deptname,supcode
FROM getreviews
WHERE supcode IN (#preserveSingleQuotes(setsupcode)#)
</cfquery>
What I need to do is output so that the supcode has the other data under it in a list. So, if I have 100 rows of data and the supcode is the same on 25 of the records, just have the following:
supcode
firstname lastname - deptname (all 25 records would be listed out here)
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Nested outputs. Try this.
<cfoutput query="YourQueryName" group="SupCode">
<h2>#SupCode#</h2>
<cfoutput>
#FirstName# #LastName# <br/>
</cfoutput>
</cfoutput>
You need to use nested and grouped output. And add an ORDER BY to your query.
<cfset setsupcode = "1,3,5">
<cfquery name="getempareview" dbtype="query">
SELECT firstname,lastname,deptname,supcode
FROM getreviews
WHERE supcode IN (<cfqueryparam value="#setsupcode#" cfsqltype="numeric" list="yes">)
ORDER BY supcode, deptname, lastname, firstname
</cfquery>
<cfoutput query="getempareview" group="supcode">
<h2>#supcode#</h2>
<cfoutput group="deptname">
#firstname# #lastname# (#deptname#) <br>
</cfoutput>
</cfoutput>
https://trycf.com/gist/763ede5485b0978504250f7f5baf9deb/acf11?theme=solarized_dark
Also, since this is apparently a Query of Query, you may be able to better organize your data in your initial query, rather than having to come back to reprocess the data.

ColdFusion 9: how to pad list values with spaces

In the database, style_id columns is defined as CHAR(14).
I need to be able to pad values in the list to 14 with spaces.
How do I go about it?
Thanks,
<cfset style_list = replace(#FORM.style_id#," ","","all")>
select *
from T
where
<cfif IsDefined("form.style_id") and form.style_id is not "">
style_id in
(
<cfqueryparam
value="#UCASE(style_list)#"
cfsqltype="cf_sql_varchar"
list="yes" />
)
</cfif>
Why do you think you need to pad the values? It should work fine without any padding, using cfsqltype CF_SQL_CHAR. Perhaps it's not working as expected because the left side of the comparison (column) is type CHAR while the right (cfqueryparam) is type VARCHAR?
I tested your query and it worked fine with CF 9,0,2,282541 and SQL Server. It also worked correctly with CF 9.0.2 and Oracle 12G. CFQueryparam seemed to handle things automatically.
DDL:
CREATE TABLE someTable(style_id char(14))
INSERT INTO someTable VALUES ('abc'),('efg ')
CF:
<!--- worked with both CF_SQL_VARCHAR and CF_SQL_CHAR --->
<cfset style_list = "abc,efg">
<cfquery name="qTest" datasource="YourDSN">
SELECT *
FROM SomeTable
WHERE style_id in
( <cfqueryparam
value="#UCASE(style_list)#"
cfsqltype="cf_sql_char"
list="yes" />
)
</cfquery>
<cfdump var="#qTest#">
Results:
RESULTSET
query
STYLE_ID
1 abc
2 efg
Do the opposite. Trim the contents of of the style_id column in your SQL statement so that you can batter match the contents of style_list.
Use ljustify or rjustify to pad a string with spaces.
You could pre-process the list with a loop:
<cfset padded_list=""/>
<cfloop list="#style_list#" item="style">
<cfset padded_list=listappend(padded_list, rjustify(style, 14))/>
</cfloop>
If you're using a more recent version of ColdFusion, or a shim, you may also have listmap, which is less ugly:
<cfset style_list=listmap(style_list, function(style) { return rjustify(style, 14); })/>

group cfdirectory by dateLastModified (date not time)

I am running ColdFusion 9 and Oracle database. I am trying to group all files from a directory by the dateLastModified using:
<cfdirectory action="LIST"
directory="#path_to_files#"
name="res"
sort="datelastmodified desc,name ASC"
filter="#filters#">
For example:
Date of File 1: 2016-10-03 11:49:00 am
Date of File 2: 2016-10-03 07:49:00 am
Date of File 3: 2016-08-03 07:49:00 am
File 1 & 2 should be group 1 and File 3 should be group 2
If I use a query of query, how can I compare the date based on days not time? This is what I have so far but it does not seem to work. I get no records.
<cfquery name="getfiles" dbtype="query">
SELECT name, datelastmodified
FROM res
WHERE CAST( [datelastmodified] as date) = CAST(<cfqueryparam cfsqltype="CF_SQL_DATE" value="#d#"/> as date)
</cfquery>
Does anyone know a different method to group files based on days not time?
method to group files based on days not time
To group by Date (only), add the "date only" column to your SELECT list. Then ORDER BY the new column:
<cfquery name="qSortedFiles" dbtype="query">
SELECT CAST(DateLastModified AS Date) AS DateOnly
, Name
, DateLastModified
FROM getFiles
ORDER BY DateOnly
</cfquery>
<cfoutput query="qSortedFiles" group="DateOnly">
#DateOnly#<br>
<cfoutput>
- #DateLastModified#<br>
</cfoutput>
</cfoutput>
I get no records.
FWIW, the reason is that despite using CAST ... as Date, apparently CF still preserves the "time" portion internally. So the WHERE clause is still comparing apples and oranges:
<!--- comparing Date and Time to Date (only)
WHERE 2016-08-03 07:49:00 am = 2016-08-03 00:00:00 am
Instead of using an equals comparison, use this approach:
WHERE DateLastModified >= {TheStartDateAtMidnight}
AND DateLastModified < {TheNextDayAtMidnight}
This type of comparison is more flexible as it works with both date and time columns - and dates (only).
WHERE CAST(DateLastModified AS Date) >= <cfqueryparam value="#someDate#" cfsqltype="cf_sql_date">
AND CAST(DateLastModified AS Date) < <cfqueryparam value="#dateAdd('d', 1, someDate)#" cfsqltype="cf_sql_date">
Step 1 - Use cfdirectory to get a query object.
Step 2 - Add a column using queryaddcolumn.
Step 3 - Loop through the query. Use querySetCell and dateformat on your new column
Step 4 - use cfoutput, group by your new column, to do what you need to do. Your cfdirectory tag already has the data sorted.
So I figured it out. Thanks to #Dan and #Leigh for their suggestion. I used both as guides to get what I wanted.
I used cfdirectory to get a query object.
I created a new query using QueryNew, QueryAddRow and QuerySetCell.
On the columns of the new query contained the formatted date (mm/dd/yyyy). Make sure that you declare the column as varchar not date when setting the column names QueryNew.
I used cfloop and group option and cfoutput to display the records.
<cfset path_to_files = "d:\inetpub\wwwroot\mailrideli\webrpt\">
<cfset filters = "*.pdf|*.txt|*.xls">
<cfdirectory action="LIST" directory="#path_to_files#" name="res" sort="datelastmodified desc,name ASC" filter="#filters#">
<cfset q = QueryNew("Name,dateformated,datelastmodified, size","Varchar, Varchar, date, varchar")>
<cfset count = 1>
<cfset newRow = QueryAddRow(q,res.recordCount)>
<cfloop query="res">
<cfset d = DateFormat(res.dateLastModified,"mm/dd/yyyy")>
<cfset temp = QuerySetCell(q, "Name", "#res.name#", count)>
<cfset temp = QuerySetCell(q, "dateformated", "#d#", count)>
<cfset temp = QuerySetCell(q, "datelastmodified", "#res.datelastmodified#", count)>
<cfset temp = QuerySetCell(q, "size", "#res.size#", count)>
<cfset count += 1>
</cfloop>
<cfoutput>
<cfloop query="q" group="dateformated">
#q.dateformated#<br />
<table>
<tr>
<th>File Name</th>
<th>Size (bytes)</th>
<th>Last Modified</th>
</tr>
<cfloop>
<tr>
<td>#q.name#</td>
<td>#q.size#</td>
<td>#dateformat(q.dateLastModified, 'mm/dd/yyyy')# #timeformat(q.dateLastModified, 'hh:mm:ssTT')#</td>
</tr>
</cfloop>
</table>
</cfloop>
</cfoutput>
I hope it helps anyone out there.

ColdFusion 11 DateFormat

I am moving one of our applications from ColdFusion 9.01 to ColdFusion 11 and encountered a situation where I cannot get the date formatted the way I want it using "DateFormat". I read through the docs since things have changed in CF versions, but I honestly can't figure out why this isn't working. It worked beautifully in CF 9. I know it's probably something very easy, but I am just not seeing it.
The query (Oracle DB) provides me a list of the last 30 days and the loop is simply to reformat the date output from "2014-07-01 00:00:00.0" to a more friendly looking display of 01-Jul-2014 except that I cannot get it to format as "dd-mmm-yyyy" it just spits back the original output from the query. I hard coded the date where normally there would be a cfquerparam. Any ideas?
<cfquery name="qryDateArray" datasource="#request.db#">
select trunc(to_date('07/01/2014', 'mm/dd/yyyy') + 1 - rownum) as ref_date
from dual connect by rownum <= 30
</cfquery>
<cfloop from="1" to="#qryDateArray.recordcount#" index="j">
<cfset qryDateArray.ref_date[j] = DateFormat(qryDateArray.ref_date[j], "dd-mmm-yyyy")>
</cfloop>
<cfoutput>
<cfdump var="#qryDateArray#">
</cfoutput>
I could not test this on CF11 since I do not have it handy. I did verify that your code though returns results as you explained when I ran it on my CF10 environment here. So what you can do is add a column to the query object and define it as a varchar and add your formatted data to that. This in turn dumped out the formatted dates.
<cfquery name="qryDateArray" datasource="#request.db#">
select trunc(to_date('07/01/2014', 'mm/dd/yyyy') + 1 - rownum) as ref_date
from dual connect by rownum <= 30
</cfquery>
<cfset aryData = [] />
<cfloop from="1" to="#qryDateArray.recordcount#" index="j">
<cfset ArrayAppend(aryData, DateFormat(qryDateArray.ref_date[j], "dd-mmm-yyyy")) />
</cfloop>
<cfset QueryAddColumn(qryDateArray, "STRDATE", "VarChar", aryData) />
<cfoutput>
<cfdump var="#qryDateArray#">
</cfoutput>
If dependent on the query column names then could use something like Ben's method explained here to do some renaming of the columns: http://www.bennadel.com/blog/357-ask-ben-changing-coldfusion-query-column-names.htm
It'd be great if you'd given us a portable test case rather than one that relies on your database, but I suspect it is because ColdFusion has become more rigid with its type management of query columns.
So CF considers your ref_date column to be of type date, so when you try to put the formatted string back into the query column, CF tries (and succeeds) to convert the string back into a date.
Aside:
I have to wonder why you don't format the data string in the DB from the outset, and just return it the way you need it, rather than returning something else, then looping over the thing to adjust it..?

can't define id ColdFusion

here is my ColdFusion code:
Example1:
<cfquery name="GET_BRAND" datasource="#dsn1#">
SELECT PRODUCT_CATID
FROM PRODUCT_CAT
WHERE PRODUCT_CATID = PRODUCT_CATID
</cfquery>
#get_brand.product_catid#
But it shows all the time number 1, i just can't understand why, and how do i make it work properly, this code should have defined the brand_id, but instead shows 1.
The system is Workcube.
Here is my example for getting from the static product's id, its dynamic price:
Example 2:
<cfset product_id = 630>
<cfquery name="price_standart" datasource="#dsn3#">
SELECT
PRICE_STANDART.PRICE PRICE
FROM
PRICE_STANDART
WHERE
PRICE_STANDART.PRODUCT_ID =
<cfqueryparam value="#product_id#" cfsqltype="cf_sql_integer">
</cfquery>
But this time i need to get from dynamic product's ID its dynamic brand id.
This script works the same way as the Example 1:
<cfquery name="GET_BRAND" datasource="#dsn1#">
SELECT BRAND_ID
FROM PRODUCT_BRANDS
WHERE BRAND_ID = BRAND_ID
</cfquery>
#get_brand.BRAND_ID#
As Andreas shows in his code, your query isn't going to work as written. The statement WHERE PRODUCT_CATID = PRODUCT_CATID doesn't actually pass a value - it would actually just be self-referential within the table values. In this case, it would return everything in the table.
You should instead have:
WHERE PRODUCT_CATID = #PRODUCT_CATID#
Where #PRODUCT_CATID# represents a variable. Better yet, use cfqueryparam as Andreas shows (this prevents SQL injection and improves query performance). However, I am not even sure that is what you intend since if you have the product ID why do you need to get it from the database? Instead, I assume you probably want to get the brands from the product in a particular category. Not knowing your table structure, it's hard to write that query for you but it might look something like:
<cfquery name="GET_BRAND" datasource="#dsn1#">
SELECT PRODUCT.BRAND_ID
FROM PRODUCT
INNER JOIN PRODUCT_CAT
ON PRODUCT.PRODUCT_CATID = PRODUCT_CAT.PRODUCT_CATID
WHERE PRODUCT_CATID = <cfqueryparam cfsqltype="cf_sql_integer" value="#product_catid#">
</cfquery>
Lastly, as both comments indicate, you would need to loop through the results to see all the records returned.
You need to wrap the statement in tags like this.
<cfquery name="GET_BRAND" datasource="#dsn1#">
SELECT PRODUCT_CATID FROM PRODUCT_CAT WHERE PRODUCT_CATID = PRODUCT_CATID
</cfquery>
<cfoutput query =GET_Brand">
#get_brand.product_catid#
</cfoutput>
It's not very clear what your question really is about, but let me guess:
<cfquery name="GET_BRAND" datasource="#dsn1#">
SELECT PRODUCT_CATID
FROM PRODUCT_CAT
WHERE PRODUCT_CATID = <cfqueryparam cfsqltype="cf_sql_integer" value="#product_catid#">
</cfquery>
where #product_catid# refers to a variable you defined earlier in your code or received via form or url scope.
<cfloop query="GET_BRAND">
#get_brand.product_catid#<br />
</cfloop>
will show a list of all the product_catid's returned by the query.
It's not too clear what you are after here, but in the queries there are at least 2 problems. First your WHERE clause
WHERE PRODUCT_CATID = PRODUCT_CATID
is like saying
WHERE 1=1
This will return the full recordset. You can see this by adding
<cfdump var="#GET_BRAND#">
under your code to see the query output. I'm guessing this will show all records in the table.
To match just one record you need your WHERE clause to be like
WHERE PRODUCT_CATID = 3
or have the #...# wrapped around the variable you are trying to match to make it dynamic.
Secondly to the query result may be more than one record, and to see any more than the first record you need to loop over the output. One way is to use
<cfoutput query="GET_BRAND">
#BRAND_ID# <br>
</cfoutput>
My guess of what you are after is
<cfset ID_TO_MATCH=3>
<cfquery name="GET_BRAND" datasource="#dsn1#">
SELECT BRAND_ID
FROM PRODUCT_CAT
WHERE PRODUCT_CATID = #ID_TO_MATCH#
</cfquery>
<cfoutput query="GET_BRAND">
#BRAND_ID# <br>
</cfoutput>