One thing to consider is that there may be certain cases where you can't use the a & b method.
Either way is perfectly acceptable. <!----------------//------ andy matthews web developer certified advanced coldfusion programmer ICGLink, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] 615.370.1530 x737 --------------//---------> -----Original Message----- From: Brian Dumbledore [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 24, 2006 9:32 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: making strings.. good practice?? I know the subject line is a bit foggy, but I was going through some code (not mine) a while back and found the coder doing... <cfset a="#b# blah blah #c#"> I am not old enough with CF and I found this kind of usage peculiar as against "&" ing the variables and string literals all the time. Though the above way looks easier and cleaner, I somehow feel it is a bad practice. What do you all have to say regarding this??? Thanks for your time.. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:247496 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4

