You could check the value of the variable to see if it's really 'Yes'
or not:
<cfoutput>
FIELD1='#FIELD1#'<br>
</cfoutput>
Note single quotes surrounding variable output. Check to see if
there might be trailing spaces - this might be the problem.
HTH, Stephen
> Hello!
>
> I'm working with SQL Server 2000 and I have a query I'm confused
> about. There's a field (FIELD1) that's defined as a VARCHAR. The
> field contains either "Yes" or "No". I SELECT all records and then
> want to display somthing different if FIELD1 is a "Yes" or "No".
>
> The following structure works:
> <cfif FIELD1 IS NOT "No">
> Bunch of code
> </cfif>
>
> This structure does not work:
> <cfif FIELD1 IS "Yes">
> Bunch of code
> </cfif>
>
> I've also notice that in SQL, if I do a:
> SELECT *
> FROM TableName
> WHERE (FIELD1 LIKE 'yes')
> it works, but
> SELECT *
> FROM TableName
> WHERE (Field1 IS 'yes')
> does not work...
>
> ???
> Thx
>
>
>
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