yes i have dumped out the query named mergedColumnsQuery just before i run the cfquery select statement on that query and it does contain a row with the data that i am trying to select
would it have anything to do with column types? thanks >Hmmm... if it is a query of query, then you are limited to what the parent >query (sorry, don't really know what the first query from DB is called...) >has. So, even if a row of data does exist in a table, if that row of data >is not pulled by the parent query, then there is no way how you can get it >through any query of query based on the parent query. > >Now, if you look at the query result of the parent query, is the desired row >of data in it? > > > >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:308770 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4