All forms are in the form scope... It's always a good idea to scope your variables for security reasons. It ensures that you know exactly where the data is coming from and not potentially from a misnamed variable that is higher up in the scope order of precendence...
Eric -----Original Message----- From: Rob Voyle [mailto:robvo...@voyle.com] Sent: Wednesday, February 01, 2012 12:03 PM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: Escaping # Hi Dave My forms up until this time have been very simple and I have never defined or specified the scope or structure of variables. Is there a syntax for the cfloop if no structure is defined or is that when i would need to use evaluate? Thanks Rob On 1 Feb 2012 at 12:46, Dave Watts wrote: > > > What you had suggested didn't work as I hadn't scoped the > variables so I got a > > not defined error message when I tried > > <cfoutput>#variables["namefirst" & i]#</cfoutput> > > You can use whatever scope the variables are in, though: > > #form["namefirst" & i]# > > > I tried <cfoutput>#["namefirst" & i]#</cfoutput> but that didn't > > work. > > Right. The brackets indicate membership in a structure, but you didn't > specify the structure > > structure[key] > > Variable scopes are exposed as structures. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > http://training.figleaf.com/ > > Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA > Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized > instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~| > 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:34 > 9719 > Subscription: > http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm > Unsubscribe: > http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:349735 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
