About Spry data sets

A Spry data set is fundamentally a JavaScript object that holds a collection of data that you specify. With Dreamweaver you can quickly create this object and load data from a data source (such as an XML file or HTML file) into the object. The data set results in an array of data in the form of a standard table containing rows and columns. As you’re creating a Spry data set with Dreamweaver, you can also specify how you want to display the data on a web page.

You can think of a data set as a virtual holding container whose structure is rows and columns. It exists as a JavaScript object whose information is only visible when you specify exactly how to display it on the web page. You can display all of the data in this holding container, or you might choose to display only selected pieces of it.

For complete information on how Spry data sets work, see www.adobe.com/go/learn_dw_sdg_sprydataset_en.

For a video overview from the Dreamweaver engineering team about working with Spry data sets, see www.adobe.com/go/dw10datasets.

For a video tutorial on working with Spry data sets, see www.adobe.com/go/lrvid4047_dw.