Morgan provided the solution to me directly. It was to establish Email as a new struct.
<cfset Email = StructNew()> CF 4.5 didn't seem to mind not having that declaration. CF 8 just has different ways, I guess... Thanks for everyone's help! Rick > -----Original Message----- > From: Billy Cox [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2008 12:13 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Aaack! What does this error message mean? > > It generally means that you tried to call an undefined variable. Why it > couldn't just say that, I don't know. I think that a group of Macromedia > nerds were trying to cook up an error message that sounded more ominous than > 'Java null pointer exception'. You know...something to strike fear into the > end users. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:299454 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4