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= How To Use Scaffolds =

Scaffolds are a tool by which you can very rapidly create basic user interfaces for editing the contents of a database table. By default, a single scaffold creates events that can do the following:

  * Display a "master list" of records in a table
  * Display an editing form capable of editing both a record's data and its relations to other tables (one-to-many and many-to-many)
  * Display a read-only view of a record
  * Update a record's data
  * Delete a record

 1. [wiki:HowTos/HowToUseScaffolds/AddingScaffolds#HowToAddAScaffold How To Add A Scaffold]
 1. [wiki:HowTos/HowToUseScaffolds/AddingSpecificEventHandlers#AddingSpecificEventHandlers Adding Specific Event Handlers]
 1. [wiki:HowTos/HowToUseScaffolds/BroadcastsResultsandViewsinScaffolds#UsingBroadcastsResultsandViewsinScaffolds Using Broadcasts, Results and Views in Scaffolds]
 1. [wiki:HowTos/HowToUseScaffolds/CustomizingGeneratedCfml#CustomizingGeneratedCFML Customizing Generated CFML]
 1. [wiki:HowTos/HowToUseScaffolds/CustomizingScaffoldXslFiles#CustomizingScaffold.XSLFiles Customizing Scaffold .XSL Files]


By learning to properly use scaffolds and modify the code they produce, you can greatly reduce your development time for database-driven tasks.