Hi Mark, you wrote:
>I have this working using session variables, and it's no big deal, but >there must be another way to do this. > > Cutting the rest short what you are doing is OK as it is one of many ways to talk to/with a structure (as shown in all of the other replies to this post) but you also mention that you are on CF5 and not every scope is a structure in CF5 so it won't work for some scopes. I would suggest using the request scope as that behaves nicely as does the session scope as you discovered :-) HTH Kym K > >Basically, what I want to be able to do is append a counter variable to >an existing variable name. For instance, let's assume the following >truncated working code: > ><cfset mail_recipients = "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"> ><cfset session.db_name1 = "d:\serverpath\databases\admin.mdb"> ><cfset session.db_name2 = "d:\serverpath\databases\answer.mdb"> ><cfset session.title1 = "Admin Database"> ><cfset session.title2 = "Answer Database"> > ><!-- loop over the variables, gzip the db and send the email ---> ><cfloop from="1" to ="2" index="i"> > ><cfx_gzip > action = "gzip" > infile = "#session['db_name'&i]#" > level = "9"> > ><cffile > action = "move" > source = "#session['db_name'&i]#.gz" > destination = "#session['db_name'&i]#.gz"> > ><cfmail > to = #mail_recipients# > from = "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > subject = "LDC #session['title'&i]# for >#DateFormat(Now(),"yyyy-Mm-dd")#"> > <CFMAILPARAM FILE="#session['db_name'&i]#.gz"> ></cfmail> > ></cfloop> > >Appending the relevant i counter to the db_name and title works fine as >long as I use session variables with that syntax eg >="#session['db_name'&i]#. But there must be a way to do this without >having to use sessions. Any ideas? I tried changing session to >attributes and also variables, but both throw a wobbly and say they >can't find #attributes['db_name'&i]# ... > >I forgot to mention, I'm on a CF5 server here. > >TIA >Mark > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:227576 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
