Thanks Russ (and Dave). That's the route I ended up going to. Kind of annoying as I think the Iif() method produces cleaner code (and I had already written it) but it is what it is.
-- Mosh Teitelbaum Russ Michaels wrote > If you are going to use a variable that doesn't exist then using this method > will cause you issues as cf will still try to evaluate both sides of it even > if false. > There are ways round it using nested evaluate and de statements, but frankly > it just becomes messy and unreadable, I used to do this myself. > You are better off just using cfif or switch statement instead. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:360049 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm