Just to be difficult, >>> You cannot set or get the variables scope directly, so you need the getter and setter to do this. >>>
Actually, in Coldfusion you can. Of course, you have to reference them somewhere else in you CFC if you want to access them from outside your CFC, but it doesnt HAVE to be specific getter and setter methods. Using G/S methods is just the right way to do it, from a best practices standpoint. =] -- Alan Rother Adobe Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX 7 Developer Manager, Phoenix Cold Fusion User Group, AZCFUG.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:307977 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4