You can't use functions on the left-hand side of an assignment but this might help you: <CFSET "SUM_#attributes.attcode#" = Evaluate("SUM_" & attributes.attcode) + GetVacationDetails.RegHrs>
-----Original Message----- From: Angel Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 15:30 To: CF-Talk Subject: Cannot convert to number OMG. I feel like its all coming apart now. Got hit with another error , on another screen. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------- An error occurred while evaluating the expression: "SUM_#Evaluate("#attributes.attcode#")#" = "SUM_#attributes.attcode#" + #GetVacationDetails.RegHrs# Error near line 106, column 9. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- Cannot convert SUM_8000 to number. Please, check the ColdFusion manual for the allowed conversions between data types ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ------------------------- This is the line of code throwing the error: <CFSET "SUM_#Evaluate("#attributes.attcode#")#"= #Evaluate("SUM_#Evaluate("#attributes.attcode#")#")# + #GetVacationDetails.RegHrs#> It worked fine once..and...now it's not..and...it all doesn't make sense. *falls over* Gods. -Gel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists