Lose the single quotes around the CFQUERYPARAM ... it already handles that for you:
UPDATE dbo.Courses SET CourseName = '#Trim(form.coursename)#', CourseDesc = <cfqueryPARAM value="#form.coursedesc#" CFSQLType="CF_SQL_longvarchar" />, Cost = #form.cost#, MaxStudents = #form.maxstudents# WHERE CourseID = #url.courseid# (and go ahead and use CFQUERYPARAM on all the variables :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:324489 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4