> the only way i can make it actually display an alert within  
> javascript is if i do the following code:
>
> alert("<cfoutput>#student.name#</cfoutput>");
>
> if i do the following it doesnt work:
>
> alert(#student.name#);
>
> am i doing something wrong


Not at all. You can't use a string in Javascript without surrounding  
it in quotes.  Otherwise js considers it a variable.  If you don't  
want to <cfoutput> each variable used in your javascript, you can  
always surround the entire <script> block with cfoutput tags.

- Jon

On Sep 25, 2006, at 12:55 PM, Richard White wrote:





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