That's why I said use URLEncodedFormat() to pass the parameter via the URL. If you pass it raw as it stands now, it will not arrive as a whole parameter on the receiving page.
Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. VP & Director of E-Commerce Development Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. t. 250.920.8830 e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------- Macromedia Associate Partner www.macromedia.com --------------------------------------------------------- Vancouver Island ColdFusion Users Group Founder & Director www.cfug-vancouverisland.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cutter (CF_Talk)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 02, 2002 9:48 AM Subject: Re: Passing parameters > It's not the browser that interprets that parameter string, but rather > the CFMX server. This bit of syntax... > > <ui:hpimage > image='Dr_Andes_final.jpg' width='204' hieght='238' alt='Dr. Jon M. > Andes and friends' caption='yes'> > > ..on it's own calls a custom tag (hpimage.cfm) that writes some rather > extensive code to the page. I was trying to find a way to pass it as one > parameter to a page instead of as five parameters (without a db call). > > Cutter > > Mike Townend wrote: > > >View the source of the browser window... > > > >My guess is that it is sending the data out, but the browser doesn't > >know how to interpret <ui:hpimage> tags and so hides them > > > >HTH > > > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: Cutter (CF_Talk) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > >Sent: Monday, December 2, 2002 17:23 > >To: CF-Talk > >Subject: Passing parameters > > > > > >For rather odd reasons I am attempting to pass a parameter that looks a > >little like this: > > > ><cfparam name="variables.hpimage" default="<ui:hpimage > >image='Dr_Andes_final.jpg' width='204' hieght='238' alt='Dr. Jon M. > >Andes and friends' caption='yes'>"> > > > >and call it like: > > > ><cfoutput>#variables.hpimage#</cfoutput> > > > >Which gives me...nothing? When I try to call it: > > > ><cfoutput>#evaluate(variables.hpimage)#</cfoutput> > > > >I get the error: > > > >The CFML compiler was processing: > > > >< marks the beginning of a ColdFusion tag.Did you mean LT or LTE? > > > >Is there a way to do this? I know it seems rather odd to pass a tag as a > > > >parameter but.... > > > >Cutter > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm
