I figured out a way around this problem, using the JavaCast() function:
<cfset myVar = 2 />
<cfset myOtherVar = JavaCast("string",myVar + 1) />
<cffile action="write" file="#filePath#" output="#myOtherVar#"
addnewline="no" />
andy
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Kief [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Sunday, October 13, 2002 2:00 AM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: RE: Possible cffile bug in CFMX
>
>
> Thanks for the response Lee. I'm glad I'm not the only one who is seeing
> this.
>
> I tried the following as a workaround and cffile worked as expected:
>
> <cfscript>
> // create myVar
> myVar = 1;
> // add 1 to myVar
> myOtherVar = myVar + 1;
> // java casting error workaround
> // this will force CF to cast myOtherVar back into a string
> myOtherVar = "x#myOtherVar#";
> myOtherVar = replace(myOtherVar,"x","","all");
> </cfscript>
>
> chris
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lee Fuller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2002 10:39 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: RE: Possible cffile bug in CFMX
>
> That's interesting.
>
> Almost as if it's reverse type casting. Odd.
>
> Don't have the answer. But it's truly odd.
>
>
>
> | -----Original Message-----
> | From: Chris Kief [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> | Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2002 10:30 PM
> | To: CF-Talk
> | Subject: RE: Possible cffile bug in CFMX
> |
> |
> | I should note...
> |
> | Including ANY additional text in output="" along with the
> | variable will cause cffile to work as expected. (i.e.
> | output="X#myOtherVar#")
> |
> | chris
> |
> |
> |
> | -----Original Message-----
> | From: Chris Kief [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> | Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2002 10:26 PM
> | To: CF-Talk
> | Subject: Possible cffile bug in CFMX
> |
> | This may be a simple error on my part or a bug in CFMX:
> |
> | The following code simply creates a variable with the value
> | of 2 and writes it to a file...this works fine:
> |
> | <cfset myVar = 2 />
> |
> | <cffile action="write" file="#filePath#" output="#myVar#"
> | addnewline="no" />
> |
> |
> |
> | The follwing code creates the same variable, adds 1 to it,
> | and writes the the result to a file...this DOESN'T work:
> |
> | <cfset myVar = 2 />
> |
> | <cfset myOtherVar = myVar + 1 />
> |
> | <cffile action="write" file="#filePath#"
> | output="#myOtherVar#" addnewline="no" />
> |
> |
> |
> | This code fails with the following error:
> |
> | Error casting an object of type java.lang.Double to an
> | incompatible type. This usually indicates a programming error
> | in Java, although it could also mean you have tried to use a
> | foreign object in a different way than it was designed.
> | java.lang.Double
> |
> | Any insights in to what this may be??
> |
> | TIA,
> | chris
> |
> |
> |
> |
>
>
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