& is the concact operator of CF not + Var & var & var for stirngs.
-------------- Ian Skinner Web Programmer BloodSource www.BloodSource.org Sacramento, CA "C code. C code run. Run code run. Please!" - Cynthia Dunning ...-----Original Message----- ...From: Eric Creese [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ...Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 2:05 PM ...To: CF-Talk ...Subject: Using variables to build a string ... ...I am trying to build a chatracter string with parts of a date to name an ...excel file I am outputing. But it's trying to mathmatically calulate the ...values. Can't remember how to do this. can anyone help??? ... ...SET @month = CONVERT(varchar(3),DATENAME(m,getdate())) ...SET @day = CONVERT(varchar(2),DATEPART(d,getdate())) ...SET @year = CONVERT(varchar(4),DATEPART(yyyy,getdate())) ... ...SET @filenameend = @month+'-'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'-'[EMAIL PROTECTED] ... ... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware: a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:191297 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54

