If you scope that array to "Request" it will simply be available to the
custom tag...
http://cfhub.com/advanced/customtags/request.cfm
>
> I am trying to write a custom tag that
> will, among other things, add an element
> to an array whose name can vary from situation
> to situation. This array is always stored as a
> session variable. I have been trying to pass
> the name of the array as a character string
> and then manipulate it in the custom tag
> with no luck.
>
> Here is how I call the tag:
>
> ( session.aDirectoryClicked array is created in Application.cfm
> and initialized earlier )
>
> <CFMODULE template="../BumpHitCounter.cfm"
> aIDs="aDirectoryClicked"
> nNumIDs=#ArrayLen( session.aDirectoryClicked )#
> ThisID=#URL.DirectoryID#>
>
> =====
>
> Here is a snippet from BumpHitCounter.cfm that does not work:
>
> <CFLOOP INDEX="n" FROM="1" TO="#Attributes.nNumIDs#">
> <CFIF "Caller.#Attributes.aIDs# [n]" EQ Attributes.ThisID>
> <CFSET Variables.WasClicked = "Yes">
> <CFSET n = Attributes.nNumIDs + 1>
> </CFIF>
> </CFLOOP>
>
> <CFIF Variables.WasClicked EQ "No">
> <CFSET Variables.tmp = ArrayAppend( "Caller.#Attributes.aIDs#",
> #Attributes.ThisID# )>
> </CFIF>
>
> =====
>
> Here is the error message that is thrown:
>
> Error Diagnostic Information
>
> Parameter 1 of function ArrayAppend which is now
> "Caller.aDirectoryClicked" must be an array
>
> The error occurred while evaluating the expression:
>
> Variables.tmp = ArrayAppend( "Caller.#Attributes.aIDs#",
> #Attributes.ThisID# )
>
> =====
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Joe Tartaglia
> High Caliber Systems
>
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