Try trimming the number before you send it. PayPal might not be liking the spaces. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 10:33 PM Subject: output a # ?
> ok, i have a form that adds up some form money totals then it should be > inserted into a paypal buy button as a dynamic total. > > the variable for the purchase total is ummm #total# > it on its own output the total as a whole #, like 25 then when i need to > display it i use dollarformat. > > and this is what i put into the form to add the total > "#numberformat(total, '_____.__')#" > hoping that it would input the total as 25.00 and send it to paypal as such > > but i get this error from paypal > > Error Detected > > > > > You have entered an invalid amount. Please make sure that all punctuation > marks are in the correct places and that you only include the numeric > portion of the amount. For example, if the amount is five U.S. Dollars, > you would enter 5.00. > > > any thoughts? > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 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
