RE: [ cf-dev ] why the hell doesn't this work?

[Damian Watson]

Because when it goes through the page it looks for correct syntax before it calculates the code to execute??… so you’ve got two query tags before a close query tag hence an error…   Just a guess! Someone cleverer set me straight.   -----Original Message----- From: Ian Westbrook (FDM) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 20 April 2004 14:12 To: CFUG List Subject: [ cf-dev ] why the hell doesn't this work?   anyone any idea why this doesn't work?   <cfif IsDefined("form.search")> <cfoutput query="allbooks"> <cfelse> <cfoutput query="allbooks" STARTROW="#the_start#" MAXROWS="#records_to_display#"> </cfif> I keep getting the 'extraneous </cfoutput> tag' error from the output's close. All I'm doing is choosing one of the output tags depending on whether a form variable exists or not. If I use either of the output tags straight off, it works fine.   any ideas?   Ian W