Yes Adam it does, I had to change much code back in the day due to that very issue.
Regards Russ Michaels www.michaels.me.uk www.cfmldeveloper.com - Free CFML hosting for developers www.cfsearch.com - CF search engine On Mar 1, 2013 12:26 PM, "Adam Cameron" <adamcameroncoldfus...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On 1 March 2013 08:37, Russ Michaels <r...@michaels.me.uk> wrote: > > > > > The.simple answer is, only use an index loop where there is more than 1 > > iteration. It will always run once even if the loop is 0, because it has > to > > run once to find that out. > > > > Nah, the condition is checked, but the code within the loop is not run even > once if the condition is not met: > > <cfoutput> > Before<br> > <cfloop index="i" from="1" to="0"> > Within: #i#<br> > </cfloop> > After #i#<br> > </cfoutput> > > Output: > Before > After 1 > > As per the OP's situation, if the TO value is dynamic, one doesn't always > know whether the loop will run zero, one or more times. So to say one > should only use a loop when there's more than one iteration is a bit > unreasonable. Anyway, the looping construct works fine no matter what > combination of FROM/TO values you give it, so as long as you know how the > thing works, it's safe to use it however one wants to. > > -- > Adam > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:354754 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
