<cfcomponent output="false">
    
<cffunction name="checkName" access="remote">
    <cfargument name="firstname" required="true">
    <cfargument name="lastname" required="true">
    <cfset var qryCheck = "">
    <cfquery name="qryCheck" datasource="cfcodeexplorer">
    SELECT artistID
    FROM artists
    WHERE lastname = <cfqueryparam value="#arguments.lastname#">
        AND firstname = <cfqueryparam value="#arguments.firstname#">
    </cfquery>
    <cfreturn qryCheck.recordCount>
</cffunction>
<cffunction name="getCount" access="remote">
    <cfset var qryCount = "">
    <cfquery name="qryCount" datasource="cfcodeexplorer">
    SELECT count(artistID) as total
    FROM artists
    </cfquery>
    <cfreturn qryCount.total>
</cffunction>
</cfcomponent>