That's the actual sql... a simple statement. Now this is strange... I ran a little test.
I changed the event_day data directly in the database from 1,1,1,3,4,6 or whatever it was and added one to each digit and made the event_day data 2,2,2,4,5,7. This data is in a MySQL db with a field type of tiny integer. (I then convert this into a day_of_week using MySQL) Anyway, when I run the same query in the MySQL editor, I get the expected results, 2,4,5,7. However, when I run the query via a cf page using... <cfquery name="get_days" datasource="his_anointing"> select distinct event_day from weekly_schedule order by event_day </cfquery> <cfloop query="get_days"> <cfoutput>#get_days.event_day#</cfoutput><br /> </cfloop> <cfdump var="#get_days#"> ....I still get 1,1,1,1 from both the looped output and the cfdump. I even went back and changed the text color on the page to make sure I'm running the correct page in the browser. It's the right one, because the text color is now red. I changed the database table data and changed one of the 2's to a 3 to see if the output and cfdump changed to make sure I'm running the query on the same database in both places... yep, now the output from the editor reads 2,3,4,5,7, but the query output and cfdump reads 1,1,1,1,1. It just added another 1 to the original 4 1's. So the 1's can't be representing the data; there are no 1's in the table now. It's as if it's stuck on a rowcount of 1 or something; or perhaps...no it couldn't be...a value of 1. But that wouldn't make any sense. Is it a variable type (tinyint) problem? I don't see why a variable type of tinyint wouldn't work. I just need to store numbers 1-7 to convert to a day of the week. Which worked fine in MySQL 4.1 and CF 4.5. ??? Rick > -----Original Message----- > From: Azadi Saryev [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 10:17 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Why would this query not return the correct data? > > is this > > select distinct event_day from weekly_schedule order by event_day > > your actual sql statement, or just a 'simplified' version for the > mailing list? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Check out the new features and enhancements in the latest product release - download the "What's New PDF" now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:291085 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4