That was kind of my point. Pound signs within IF/ELSE/ELSEIF statements are wholly unnecessary and are, to me at least, somewhat indicative of a person who doesn't understand how ColdFusion processes variables. Not meant as harshly as it sounds, I promise, but might be a useful thing to remember .
> I don't think it is necessary to put pound signs around your variables > until and unless you need to print them on the screen. You can try > removing them from the code given by Asha. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get the answers you are looking for on the ColdFusion Labs Forum direct from active programmers and developers. http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/categories.cfm?forumid-72&catid=648 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:290106 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4