Have you tried using de() within your evaluate to get past the icky column names?
-Justin > -----Original Message----- > From: Steve Milburn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 2:44 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Query column index number > > Yes, I know, and I am using that in one part of the page. > Here's the rub. > I am being given a spreadsheet that I have no control over. > The column > headers in the spreadsheet contain periods(for example, a > column header > might be "5.1.A.1.C"), that when imported to sql server are > converted to "#" > signs, so it becomes "5#1#A#1#C". > > I was using something along these lines: > <cfloop list="qry.columnList" index="column"> > <cfset colValue = #evaluate(column)#> > ...other stuff here... > </cfloop> > > However, CF does not like trying to evaluate columns that > have "#" in them. > I have a few other ideas, but I was hoping I could refer to > the columns by > an index. > > If I do a CFDump of the query, I get the correct values in > the columns, so > CF can process the table on some level. But I can't loop > through the column > names and evaluate them, and by the same token I cant use <cfoutput > query="qry">#columnName#</cfoutput>. Beside, I don't even > know what the > column names will be as they are subject to change. > > Thanks for your help > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Justin D. Scott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 2:26 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Query column index number > > > How can I refer to a column in my query by it's > > position in the query, or an index number, rather > > than the name of the column? For example > > Each query includes a variable called columnList that you can look at. > > <cfoutput query="qry"> > #evaluate("qry." & listGetAt(qry.columnList, 2))# > </cfoutput> > > > -Justin > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): 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:4:222951 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
