I think one of the biggest sources of misunderstanding is simply the fact that ColdFusion is loose datatypes.
$123,456.78 is a string. A string representing a monetary amount. but if you look at that going into a database (or even code doing calculations like tax percentages), that's where the need is to convert it to a (usually four decimal place) float (number). am I advocating Coldfusion to become strongly typed like Java and C#? no way, not in a million years. it ain't broke. but it does need an extra "implicit" data conversion in the mind of the coder... --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
