thanks Dave... it appears to be a CF version problem... its throws the error on CF5 not CFMX >-----Original Message----- >From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2005 04:47 PM >To: 'CF-Talk' >Subject: RE: cfcontent error > >> Has anyone seen this type of error with cfcontent before and what >> this means: >> >> Error Diagnostic Information >> Context validation error in tag CFCONTENT >> >> The tag is not correctly positioned relative to other tags in the >> template: tag CFCONTENT must have empty content. This means >> that there can be no tags or text or even whitespace >> characters between the <CFCONTENT> and </CFCONTENT> markers. >> >> ... >> >> here's the cfcontent page code: >> >> <cfquery name="Search_product" datasource="CMS_master"> >> select * from contact_detail cd , product_link pl where >> cd.contact_id= pl.contact_id and cd.state in (#states#) and >> pl.prod_id in (#products#) >> >> </cfquery> >> <cfoutput> >> <CFHEADER NAME="Content-Disposition" VALUE="inline; >> filename=foo.xls"> <cfcontent file="filename" >> type="application/msexcel"> >> >> <table> ... > >I haven't seen this specific error, but when you use the CFCONTENT tag, you >either specify a file using the FILE attribute or you follow the CFCONTENT >tag with the output that you want to display, not both. Also, if you use a >literal value of "filename" within the FILE attribute, that won't resolve to >an actual file. You have to specify a valid file path. Presumably, in your >case you don't want to use the FILE attribute at all. > >Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software >http://www.figleaf.com/ > >Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized >instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, >Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. >Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! > > >
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