I could - I was just hoping for a quick(er) fix. I guess I'm also being a little silly... thinking that CFTRY is only for "pure" errors, not validation rules...
But I probably should use it... it does make perfect sense. Jim Davis > -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Brady [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, June 27, 2003 7:53 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Smart or Stupid (CFLOOP as a GOTO) > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Jim Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > That's only checked (as far as I understand it) before each iteration, > not > > throughout the processing. > > > > In other words setting "theform" equal to "invalid" will not stop > processing > > immediately - it will finish out the rest of the code in the loop THEN > stop. > > > What about using a cftry/catch block? > > Put a cftry around it (forget the loop entirely). When you encounter a > validation issue, cfthrow with your error message. Then, in the cfcatch, > do > what you need to do when you want to stop the processing. > > <cftry> > <cfif emailIsInvalid> > <cfthrow type="myValidation" message="The e-mail address is > invalid."> > </cfif> > <cfcatch type="myValidation"> > <cfoutput> > #cfcatch.message# > </cfoutput> > <cfabort> > </cfcatch> > </cftry> > ------------------------------------------- > Scott Brady > http://www.scottbrady.net > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 Host with the leader in ColdFusion hosting. Voted #1 ColdFusion host by CF Developers. Offering shared and dedicated hosting options. www.cfxhosting.com/default.cfm?redirect=10481 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
