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What exactly is Cold Fusion?

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What exactly is Cold Fusion?

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It is a Web Application Server. Cold Fusion is an application that runs on a web server. Currently, it runs on Linux, Solaris, and Windows Servers (even personal web server on win98). The Cold Fusion Web Application Server works with the HTTP server to process requests for web pages. Whenever a Cold Fusion page is requested, the Cold Fusion Application Server executes the script or program the page contains. It is a programming Language. Cold Fusion is a language. It can create and modify variables just like other languages you may be familiar with. It has program flow controls like “IF, Switch Case, Loop, etc”. It has many built in functions for performing more complicated tasks (like finding what day the 3rd of august will be in 2007: “DayOfWeekAsString(DayOfWeek(‘2007/08/03’))” It is a Database Language: OK, not a Database Language, but Cold Fusion makes interacting with your database (Sybase, Oracle, MySQL, SQL, or Access) simple. Using standard SQL (Structured Query Language) your