Did the previous guy use "option explicit"? ~Brad
-----Original Message----- From: Dawson, Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2006 1:10 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: equivalent of isDefined in ASP? I'm not an ASP guy, but the previous guy was. >From what I can tell, in ASP, "all" variables exist. If they were not assigned a value, then they will be an empty string (or whatever equivalent for complex variables). He just tested for x <> "" or x = "" and then did what he had to do. M!ke ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:257242 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4