>>Why "Should not be used if not necessary"? Because, if it is not necessary, hen there is an alternative using [] and it is more effiecient, although the difference may be a couple of miliseconds.
>>What would be an example where it's necessary? For instance, I have this in a custom tag: VALUE="#evaluate('caller.getItem.' & attributes.type & 'EasyFrame')#" There might be a better way, but I got tired trying to figure it out. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:320736 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4