RE: Question about CFQUERYPARAM and GUIDs

2004-02-23 Thread Justin Hansen
I use CF_SQL_VARCHAR for GUIDs. It works just fine. Justin Hansen Project Manager Uhlig Communications   _   From: Lola Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 23, 2004 11:06 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Question about CFQUERYPARAM and GUIDs At work we use SQL Server, and for the

RE: Question about CFQUERYPARAM and GUIDs

2004-02-24 Thread Lola Lee
At 11:16 AM -0600 2/23/04, Justin Hansen wrote: >I use CF_SQL_VARCHAR for GUIDs. It works just fine. What if a string of characters, formatted just the same as a GUID but with one less character, was used?  According to my coworker, this would validate just the same as a real GUID. -- Lola -

RE: Question about CFQUERYPARAM and GUIDs

2004-02-24 Thread Barney Boisvert
ary 24, 2004 8:32 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Question about CFQUERYPARAM and GUIDs > > At 11:16 AM -0600 2/23/04, Justin Hansen wrote: > >I use CF_SQL_VARCHAR for GUIDs. It works just fine. > > > > What if a string of characters, formatted just the same as a GUID

Re: Question about CFQUERYPARAM and GUIDs

2004-02-24 Thread Jochem van Dieten
Lola Lee wrote: > At 11:16 AM -0600 2/23/04, Justin Hansen wrote: >>   >> I use CF_SQL_VARCHAR for GUIDs. It works just fine. > > What if a string of characters, formatted just the same as a GUID but > with one less character, was used?  According to my coworker, this > would validate just the s

RE: Question about CFQUERYPARAM and GUIDs

2004-02-24 Thread Lola Lee
At 8:38 AM -0800 2/24/04, Barney Boisvert wrote: >Any character string will validate if you use CF_SQL_VARCHAR, regardless of >format.  If you want to validate a GUID, you'll have to use something more >than just CFQUERYPARAM.  Easiest is probably a simple Refind call, with the >appropriate RE.  I

RE: Question about CFQUERYPARAM and GUIDs

2004-02-24 Thread Dave Watts
> We're being told to use CFQUERYPARAM in cfqueries. But if I > understand it correctly, there is no CF_SQL types that handle > GUIDs. > > What we need to be able to do is something like this: > > >    select * from user >    where UserID = > value="GUID"> I don't think that UUID/GUID is a

RE: Question about CFQUERYPARAM and GUIDs

2004-02-24 Thread Barney Boisvert
porting role. Cheers, barneyb > -Original Message- > From: Lola Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 8:54 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Question about CFQUERYPARAM and GUIDs > > At 8:38 AM -0800 2/24/04, Barney Boisvert wrote: > >Any ch

RE: Question about CFQUERYPARAM and GUIDs

2004-02-24 Thread Matt Robertson
F-Talk Subject: RE: Question about CFQUERYPARAM and GUIDs At 8:38 AM -0800 2/24/04, Barney Boisvert wrote: >Any character string will validate if you use CF_SQL_VARCHAR, regardless of >format.  If you want to validate a GUID, you'll have to use something more >than just CFQUERYPARAM.

Re: Question about CFQUERYPARAM and GUIDs

2004-02-24 Thread Jochem van Dieten
Lola Lee wrote: > At 8:38 AM -0800 2/24/04, Barney Boisvert wrote: >> >> Any character string will validate if you use CF_SQL_VARCHAR, regardless of >> format.  If you want to validate a GUID, you'll have to use something more >> than just CFQUERYPARAM.  Easiest is probably a simple Refind call, w

RE: Question about CFQUERYPARAM and GUIDs

2004-02-24 Thread Philip Arnold
> From: Lola Lee > > Isn't this counterintuitive? > > We're being told to use CFQUERYPARAM in cfqueries.  But if I > understand it correctly, there is no CF_SQL types that handle GUIDs. > > What we need to be able to do is something like this: > > >    select * from user >    where UserID =

Re: Question about CFQUERYPARAM and GUIDs

2004-02-24 Thread Jochem van Dieten
Philip Arnold wrote: > > What you have to remember is that a GUID is just a string of characters > - different systems produce them differently Actually, a GUID is a 128 bit integer that is produced according to the same algorithm everywhere. > CF, SQL Server and other apps won't produce the sa

RE: Question about CFQUERYPARAM and GUIDs

2004-02-24 Thread Philip Arnold
> Even the string representation of a GUID is the same everywhere. > There is however a difference between the string representation > of a GUID and a UUID. Sorry, I meant UUID/GUID [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]

RE: Question about CFQUERYPARAM and GUIDs

2004-02-24 Thread Matt Robertson
Lola Lee wrote >What if a string of characters, formatted just the same as a GUID but >with one less character, was used?  According to my coworker, this >would validate just the same as a real GUID. It sure would.  Read the earlier posts on this.  You are mistaking cfqueryparam for a data input v