Todd Why not just do: <cfif isDefined("form.mytest")> ? variable[] isn't really a true variable name. Think of [] as an operator like + and -.
I think that MX fixes that "bug." Mike Wokasch At 09:30 AM 10/25/2002 -0400, you wrote: >Is this not possible? > ><cfset form.mytest = 2> ><cfdump var="#FORM#"> ><cfoutput>#FORM["mytest"]#</cfoutput> ><cfif isdefined('FORM["mytest"]')> >Yup ></cfif> > >Error: >Parameter 1 of function IsDefined, which is now >"FORM["mytest"]", must be a syntactically valid variable name. > >-- >============================================================ >Todd Rafferty ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) - http://www.web-rat.com/ | > Team Macromedia Volunteer for ColdFusion | >http://www.macromedia.com/support/forums/team_macromedia/ | >http://www.flashCFM.com/ - webRat (Moderator) | >http://www.ultrashock.com/ - webRat (Back-end Moderator) | > Speakeasy DSL - http://www.speakeasy.net/refer/18280 | >============================================================ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm