On 8/9/07, Dave Watts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You can output text from within a CFC instead of (or in addition to) > returning a value.
I know you CAN, but whether you SHOULD is a different question. Whatever your personal opinion is, it's still a "weirdness" that has to be dealt with. I generally prefer this approach: <cfcomponent> <cffunction ... output="false" returntype="string"> <cfset var result = "" /> <cfsavecontent variable="result"> ... stuff to output ... </cfsavecontent> <cfreturn result /> </cffunction> </cfcomponent> That way you can do either of these: <cfoutput>#cfc.method()#</cfoutput> <cfset output = cfc.method() /> If you output directly, then you can't do the latter, then the two lines are semantically identical (the write to the output) and `output` will be empty/null. That's a drastically different set of circumstances to "typical" CFC usage, which in my mind, makes it a Bad Thing. cheers, barneyb -- Barney Boisvert [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.barneyb.com/ Got Gmail? I have 100 invites. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade to ColdFusion 8 and integrate with Adobe Flex http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJP Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:285853 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
