you have to put a
<CFOUTPUT> </cfoutput>
around the variables
or <CFOUTPUT query="blah">
<CFOUTPUT> has to be around all ## variables in order to be processed as
anything other then text/html
Bill Wheatley
Director of Development
Allaire Certified ColdFusion Developer
AEPS INC
Allaire ColdFusion Consulting Partner
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Reich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2001 4:10 PM
Subject: CF Variables in database...
> I have data in my database that contains CF varaibles. For example,
"Hello,
> Mr. #lname#" might be in my database. I call this data from a query and
> insert it into a page that has lname defined. So I want it to assign a
value
> to the variable. But when I out the code, it is returned as #lname#,
> complete with pound signs and CF ignores it.
>
> How can I run a query that returns variables to be processed by CF server?
>
> Thanks,
> Steve
>
>
>
>
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