Dave,
The problem appears to be happening when the string could be referenced
as one of the ColdFusion scope names. Perhaps try passing the string
with the following syntax and see if it helps:
variables.aesEncryption.SetStringVal("#arguments.string#"),[unrelated
parameter],[unrelated parameter]);
Tom
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Shuck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, August 16, 2005 12:32 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: data type problem
I have set up an instance of an encryption class in the server scope on
one of our servers so that all applications on our server can
access it. I call the encryption function like this:
#server.encryption.AESEncrypt("My Cool String")#
After a series of actions, "My Cool String" that has been passed to the
CFC is then sent to an encryption DLL component, like this:
<cfscript>
private.encrypted =
variables.aesEncryption.SetStringVal(toString(arguments.string),[unrelat
ed
parameter],[unrelated parameter]);
return private.encrypted;
</cfscript>
I was converting a test database of thousands of different test
passwords, and found that I needed to add that toString() function due
to some values that were making it barf. One lingering issue is giving
me grief. It is a string "private". ColdFusion is giving me an error:
-- Complex object types cannot be converted to simple values..
Interestingly I found that I received a slightly different error when I
tried to pass a string "variables" or "request", etc. But the bottom
line is that it is confusing the string with named data structures.
If I just call the DLL from the CFM page like this, I have no problems:
<cfset myVariable = "private" />
#variables.aesEncryption.SetStringVal(toString(myVariable), [unrelated
parameter],[unrelated parameter])#
It is only happening when the value is passed as an argument to the
CFC and then to the DLL.
Am I missing something obvious here that anyone else sees?
Thanks!
--
~Dave Shuck
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
www.worldwildweb.biz
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