> >>I don't think its a structure. Just a variable name with a "." in it. > > But this is unconsistent with the way CF really works: > Try <CFSET test.test = 0> > <CFDUMP var="#test#"> > > CFDUMP shows that test is a structure with a variable " test", not a > variable "test.test"
The way CF "really works" in the example you provided is implicitly creating a structure when you use that syntax. In the previous example, since session is an existing structure CF cannot create it so it treats it as a variable "session.test" that it places into the URL scope. You can test this behavior by running the code below: <cfset tester.testme = 'i am alive' /> <!--- creates a structure ---> <cfdump var="#tester#"> <cfdump var="#url#"> If you place these in a file (test.cfm) and browse them with the following urls: Test.cfm Test.cfm?tester.test=1 You will see that the exact same phenomenon occurs; when the struct already exists, CF cannot implicitly create it and creates a variable with the name provided. HTH, Rich Kroll ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get involved in the latest ColdFusion discussions, product development sharing, and articles on the Adobe Labs wiki. http://labs/adobe.com/wiki/index.php/ColdFusion_8 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:290399 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
