Or much easier <cfset session[column_name] = project_Retrieval[column_name][currentRow]>
-------------- Ian Skinner Web Programmer BloodSource www.BloodSource.org Sacramento, CA "C code. C code run. Run code run. Please!" - Cynthia Dunning ....-----Original Message----- ....From: Ben Mueller [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ....Sent: Friday, May 27, 2005 8:32 AM ....To: CF-Talk ....Subject: setting session vars to database field values .... ....I'm pretty sure that you don't need the evaluate in the first part of ....your <cfset statement. .... ....<cfset evaluate('session.#column_name#') = ....evaluate('project_retrieval.#column_name#')> .... ....The evaluate statement is going to try to return a value, but you don't ....have a value for session.#column_name# yet. .... ....Try this instead: .... ....<cfset "session.#column_name#" = ....evaluate("project_retrieval.#column_name#")> .... ....There may be other issues with your code, but that's the one that stood ....out to me. .... .... .... ....>I have a database with an unknown field set. I want to take whatever ....>is in the DB and make a session variable for it. ....> ....><cfif structKeyExists(form,'project_category')> ....> <cfset project_id = evaluate('form.#form.project_category#')> ....> <CFQUERY name="table_dsc" datasource="dpch"> ....> select column_name ....> from user_tab_columns ....> where upper(table_name) = upper('empower_project_data') ....> ORDER BY column_name ....> </CFQUERY> ....> ....> <CFQUERY NAME="project_retrieval" DATASOURCE="dpch"> ....> SELECT * ....> FROM empower_project_data ....> WHERE project_id = #project_id# ....> </CFQUERY> ....> ....> ....> ....> </cfif> ....> ....> <cfoutput query="table_dsc"> ....> #column_name#<br> ....> ....> <!--- this part doesn't work ---> ....> <cfset evaluate('session.#column_name#') = ....>evaluate('project_retrieval.#column_name#')> ....> ....></cfoutput> ....> ....>This gives an error that you can't set a value to a function, which I ....>understand. I'm not sure how to set a session var where I want it to ....>be the same name as the column in the database, without knowing that ....>column name ahead of time. ....> ....>-- ....>Daniel Kessler ....> ....>Department of Public and Community Health ....>University of Maryland ....>Suite 2387 Valley Drive ....>College Park, MD 20742-2611 ....>301-405-2545 Phone ....>www.phi.umd.edu .... .... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:207867 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
