Block 2 works better if you are also declaring theName as a local
variable in a cffunction:
<cfset var theName = "Undefined" />
<cfif myQuery.RecordCount>
<cfset theName = myQuery.FIRST_NAME & " " & myQuery.LAST_NAME>
</cfif>
Otherwise I'd probably use block 1.
On Friday, Sep 5, 2003, at 03:39 US/Pacific, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> I was mulling this over last night....
>
> Should there be any preference between the following two examples of
> code?
>
>
> <!--- Code Block 1 --->
> <cfif myQuery.RecordCount>
> <cfset theName = myQuery.FIRST_NAME & " " & myQuery.LAST_NAME>
> <cfelse>
> <cfset theName = "Undefined">
> </cfif>
>
>
> <!--- Code Block 2 --->
> <cfset theName = "Undefined">
> <cfif myQuery.RecordCount>
> <cfset theName = myQuery.FIRST_NAME & " " & myQuery.LAST_NAME>
> </cfif>
>
>
> I prefer code block 2 as it is one less line, but are there any
> technical merits between the two
>
> Does it matter? Should I get out more? It can be grim up north you
> know
> :-)
>
> DC
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