You must have copied the code straight off the page. The ticks that my blog displays are blowing up CF. Try this.
<cfscript> variables.foo = 1; out = IIf(variables.foo NEQ 1,"'aString1'","'aString2'"); writeOutput(out); </cfscript> Warmest Regards, Phillip B. Holmes http://phillipholmes.com 214-995-6175 (cell) -----Original Message----- From: Russ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2006 1:11 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: iif: am I understanding correctly? I'm not too sure what you're trying to do in that article, but I couldn't get it to compile... can you explain what you're doing? Russ > -----Original Message----- > From: Phillip Holmes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2006 1:59 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: iif: am I understanding correctly? > > Brad, > > IIF() actually compiles down to a 'short-circuited' if in java. > > Here is an article about how to use IIF() without having to use > evaluate() > - > "IIf() without Delayed Evaluation". > > http://www.phillipholmes.com/?p=43 > > Warmest Regards, > > Phillip B. Holmes > http://phillipholmes.com > 214-995-6175 (cell) > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Brad Wood [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, July 23, 2006 12:40 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: iif: am I understanding correctly? > > Hmm, I had always just figured that cfif and iif just compiled down to > the exact same java anyway... > > I wonder if one could have an advantage over the other if the > condition was either true or false.... all this worrying over a few > microseconds > :) > > ~Brad > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.394 / Virus Database: 268.10.1/390 - Release Date: > 7/17/2006 > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/message.cfm/forumid:4/messageid:247422 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4