cf by default will escape single quotes in the sql statement values by doubling them. use #PreserveSingleQuotes(my_new_list)# function to counter this.
Azadi Saryev Sabai-dee.com http://www.sabai-dee.com/ Developer MediaDoc wrote: > Hi All, > > Have run across a VERY STRANGE behaviour in CF 8.01 / mySQL 5.0 > > I've got a code snippet to modify vaules in an enum field in our database. > <cfset my_new_list ="'A','B','C','D'"> > <cfquery datasource="#APPLICATION.dsn#" name="test"> > ALTER TABLE the_table MODIFY the_field ENUM(#my_new_list#) NOT NULL; > ; > </cfquery> > > Results in an CF/mySQL error... for SOME reason my_new_list when inside the > <cfquery> gets transformed to > "A","B","C","D".. which mySQL does not like. > > I have found that if use: > <cfset my_new_list = "A,B,C,D"> > > ALTER TABLE the_table MODIFY the_field > ENUM('#ListChangeDelims(my_new_list,"','")#') NOT NULL; > > Things work... > > Anyone have a reason why the first does not work.. and I hope this saves > someone some grief! > > Cheers, > > Matts > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:311497 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
