i have actually used this in other queries and it does work fine and pulls out the data as required, its just that in this one i am having problems
i have managed now to get rid of the error above, its becuase it was trying to change the single quotes to double quotes. so i used the preservesinglequotes function and it gets rid of that problem i am still getting a problem regarding a null pointer though and cannot work out what it is referring to thanks >I don't think you can have them.. Perhaps you can escape them? /,? > > >> hi, i need the commas in the like clause though, how can i get these in >> there? >> >> thanks >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:307879 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4