You mispelled default in your second argument - therefore a default value was not created.
======================================================================= Raymond Camden, ColdFusion Jedi Master for Mindseye, Inc Member of Team Macromedia Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Blog : www.camdenfamily.com/morpheus/blog Yahoo IM : morpheus "My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda > -----Original Message----- > From: S. Isaac Dealey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 7:43 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: > cffunction_arguments_"[undefined_struct_element]"_--_what_the_hell?_ > > > I'm working with a function that's designed to return > alternative values for "yes" or "no" from yesnoformat() > > I have this code: > > <cffunction name="alttext" returntype="string"> > <cfargument name="itemid" type="string" required="true"> > <cfargument name="no" type="string" defualt="New"> > <cfargument name="yes" type="string" default="Edit"> > > <cfset var istrue = false> > <cfset arguments["No"] = arguments[2]> > <cfset arguments.no = arguments[2]> > <cfdump var="#arguments#"> > > <cfif not isnumeric(itemid)> > <cfset itemid = len(trim(itemid))></cfif> > > <cfreturn arguments[yesnoformat(itemid)]> > </cffunction> > > > A couple of those lines were added to see if I could work > around the problem, which is that where the cfdump is > executed, the value shown for arguments.no is "[undefined > struct element]" ... What I don't understand is > -- if the key exists, how is the struct element not defined? > And if it was obviously able to get the value of the key "no" > from the cfargument tag, why was it not able to get the > default value "New"? > > Incidentally, no exception is thrown when the value is false, > it just returns an empty string. > > Any help greatly appreciated. > > s. isaac dealey 954-776-0046 > > new epoch http://www.turnkey.to > > lead architect, tapestry cms http://products.turnkey.to > > tapestry api is opensource http://www.turnkey.to/tapi > > certified advanced coldfusion 5 developer > http://www.macromedia.com/v1/handlers/index.cf> m?ID=21816 > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 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 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
