All cleared up... thanks, Charlie. Rick
Charlie Griefer wrote: > the return variable has to match whatever it is you want to return. in > *this* case, it's the query. > let's say you just wanted to return a recordcount... then the return > variable wouldn't match the query name. it'd match a variable name: > > <cffunction name="getNumberOfUsers" output="false" returntype="numeric"> > > <cfset var myQuery = "" /> > <cfset var howMany = "" /> > > <cfquery name="myQuery" datasource="#application.dsn#"> > SELECT * FROM foo WHERE bar = 1 > </cfquery> > > <cfset howMany = myQuery.recordcount /> > > <cfreturn myQuery.recordcount /> > </cffunction> > > for what it's worth, the function above doesn't need the 'howMany' variable. > you can simply <cfreturn myQuery.recordcount />. just trying to illustrate > the use of variable names for you. > > also (and this might have been said already), in the interest of keeping the > CFC black-boxed... the datasource name should be passed in (as opposed to > referencing the application scope from within the CFC). > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:314250 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
