well God man, sure there's no 'right' or 'wrong' way but that's just freakishly deviant.
:D On 8/11/06, loathe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I prefer: > > <select> > <cfif value eq url.value> > <cfset selected = "selected"> > <cfelse> > <cfset selected = ""> > </cfif> > <option value="#value#" #selected#> > #text# > </option> > </select> > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mingo Hagen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, August 11, 2006 10:28 AM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Re: CFIF inside a Form > > > > Which is more readable is quite subjective, you probably find this more > > readable: > > <select> > > <option value="#value#"<cfif value eq url.value> > > selected</cfif>>#text#</option> > > </select> > > > > And I this: > > <select> > > <option value="#value#"#iif( value eq url.value, de( ' selected' ), > > de( '' ))#>#text#</option> > > </select> > > > > Partly because homesite+ screws up the color coding and partly because i > > don't like tags inside of tags (even if it's to different languages) > > > > Anyways, I call potayto/potahto. Also I remember reading that iif() is > > actually faster in certain cases, but I forgot why when or how > > (something to do with the Java translation) but thats probably nullified > > by the delayed expressions... > > > > An even better way for the above example would be to put the ' selected' > > into a separate variable alongside the #value# and #text# > > Mingo. > > > > loathe wrote: > > > Honestly, I almost wish that Adobe would do away with iif and evaluate. > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:249580 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4

