Even with that, you can still successfully pass both arguments to the function. The function might throw an exception as part of it's execution (as might any function), but that's after the arguments have both been passed. Depends on the definition of 'passing an argument', I suppose.
--- Barney Boisvert, Senior Development Engineer AudienceCentral (formerly PIER System, Inc.) [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice : 360.756.8080 x12 fax : 360.647.5351 www.audiencecentral.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 2:21 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: CFC and private function > > > Just to be anal - you CAN have mutually exclusive arguments - but you > have to run the code yourself. For example: > > <cffunction name="foo" returnType="string" access="public"> > <cfargument name="alpha" type="numeric" required="false"> > <cfargument name="beta" type="numeric" required="false"> > > <cfif isDefined("alpha") and isDefined("beta")> > <cfthrow You get the idea > > > > ======================================================================== > === > Raymond Camden, ColdFusion Jedi Master for Mindseye, Inc > (www.mindseye.com) > Member of Team Macromedia (http://www.macromedia.com/go/teammacromedia) > > Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Blog : www.camdenfamily.com/morpheus/blog > Yahoo IM : morpheus > > "My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Barney Boisvert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 2:53 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: RE: CFC and private function > > > > > > You can't have mutually exclusive arguments. If one argument > > is a string, and one is a number, you can do this: > > > > <cffunction name="myfunc"> > > <cfargument name="arg" /> > > > > <cfif isNumeric(arg)> > > <!--- it's a number ---> > > <cfelse> > > <!--- it's a string ---> > > </cfif> > > </cffunction> > > > > However, I'd recommend having two functions, categoryIDExists > > and categoryNameExists to remove all ambiguity from the > > function call and what it is supposed to do. > > > > --- > > Barney Boisvert, Senior Development Engineer > > AudienceCentral (formerly PIER System, Inc.) > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice : 360.756.8080 x12 > > fax : 360.647.5351 > > > > www.audiencecentral.com > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Cedric Villat [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2003 1:15 PM > > > To: CF-Talk > > > Subject: CFC and private function > > > > > > > > > I want to call a private function inside my CFC. All the books say > > > that I can use a private function like any other built-in function, > > > such as: > > > > > > <cfif CategoryExists(CategoryName)> > > > > > > The CategoryExists function has 2 arguments, either the ID or the > > > Name. If I want to use the above syntax to check for the Name, how > > > would I do that? I've tried something like: > > > > > > CategoryExists("", CategoryName) > > > > > > but my function requires that the 2 arguments are mutually > > exclusive. > > > If tried > > > > > > CategoryExists( , CategoryName) > > > > > > but that doesn't make much sense. Basically, how can I specify just > > > the Name argument without defining the ID argument? > > > > > > Cedric > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
