Perhaps you have a variable called premium elsewhere in your code that has a non-simple value?
On Wednesday, Oct 2, 2002, at 04:53 US/Pacific, Dave Wilson wrote: > Hi all, > > I've just been checking through our applications after upgrading from > CF4.5 > to CFMX and came across the following strange error. > > Basically I have a template which carries out various calculations to > determine insurance premiums for a vehicle. So my final output > variable is > simply called "premium" - Straightforward enough. > > When I run the template using CFMX, I get the following error message: > Complex object types cannot be converted to simple values. > The expression has requested a variable or an intermediate expression > result > as a simple value, however, the result cannot be converted to a simple > value. Simple values are strings, numbers, boolean values, and > date/time > values. Queries, arrays, and COM objects are examples of complex > values. > The most likely cause of the error is that you are trying to use a > complex > value as a simple one. For example, you might be trying to use a query > variable in a <CFIF> tag. This was possible in ColdFusion 2.0 but > creates an > error in later versions. > > > Now, when I went through my calculation steps, I found that by > changing the > variable name to ins_premium, everything worked fine. So, basically my > question is: > > Is "premium" a reserved word? If so, is it in fact a complex object as > suggested by the error message? Is this documented or should I be > submitting > it as a bug report? > > TIA, > Dave > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm
