The only general advantage I see is that you are reserving memory no matter what, even though it's not much, where as with the isDefined, your just checking, rather than reserving that memory.
>I prefer to CFParam my vars with a default value of a zero len string or a 0 >for numeric values. Then I skip the isdefined and just test against the >value. Well recently someone I know said that it's better to test if it's >defined. Is there a pro or con to doing it my way vs. IsDefined ? > >Thanks. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:336741 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm