Many thanks Robert, I've added some extra verification to the data being written to the cookie, will see how that goes.
I suspect it is happening when a spam bot hits the form and the data being provided isn't valid. Jenny Gavin-Wear Fast Track Online Tel: 01262 602013 http://www.fasttrackonline.co.uk/ >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Robert Harrison [mailto:rob...@austin-williams.com] >>Sent: 20 October 2011 15:34 >>To: cf-talk >>Subject: RE: Error message >> >> >> >>It appears you are allowing user to enter some values then >>storing them as cookies. The error you are showing looks like it >>may be a syntax error in the CF code where some line is not >>seeing the values correctly. This could happen if you get a stray >>" or stray # in your user values somewhere and aren't handling >>them correctly... >> >>Are you handling special characters like " and # in your user >>entry fields? I'd check that. Try putting some values containing >>" or # in your entry fields and see if that can duplicate the >>error. Try starting a value with " also. >> >>That isn't necessarily the cause, but it's a possiblilty. >> >>Robert B. Harrison >>Director of Interactive Services >>Austin & Williams >>125 Kennedy Drive, Suite 100 >>Hauppauge NY 11788 >>P : 631.231.6600 Ext. 119 >>F : 631.434.7022 >>http://www.austin-williams.com >> >>Great advertising can't be either/or. It must be &. >> >>Plug in to our blog: A&W Unplugged >>http://www.austin-williams.com/unplugged >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:348286 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm