No, this is on CF 5.0 .. but for CFMX what can you do to work around this?
SO I cannot set the following in CFMX: <cfset variables.myStr = "Hello World, you are wonderful."> (period at the end of a sentance?) That kind of bites! Paul Giesenhagen QuillDesign ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gyrus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 1:00 PM Subject: Re: setting variable with a period > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Paul Giesenhagen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > I am doing the following but am getting an invalid parser construct, it > > doesn't like the period is 1.5 > > > > <cfscript> > > request.shipcode_1.5 = '1.50'; > > </cfscript> > --------------------------- > > Are you on MX? MX now doesn't allow periods in var names. Or rather, if you > put a period in a var name, it treats it as a structure, and if the > structure isn't defined, it creates it dynamically. > > So the above code would try to create a new structure called > 'request.shipcode_1', and set the key '5' to '1.50'. And I guess like other > vars, the key can't start with a numeral... > > HTH, > > - Gyrus > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > - [EMAIL PROTECTED] > work: http://www.tengai.co.uk > play: http://www.norlonto.net > - PGP key available > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm