On 10/16/06, Dave Hoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm sure this isn't best practice, but I'm working with the "menu" event > gateway example that ships with CF7 and I'm trying to generate the menu from > a database replacing the hard-coded menu that is there. The menu is stored in > a session variable and I need to dynamically assign the session name and its > value. > > ------------- > childVar = "session.M" & i & "_" & j; > tempVar = "session.M" & i; > > #childVar# = #tempVar#.addChild(name="#childName#", key="#j#", > cfc="#childCFC#", method="#childMethod#"); > ------------- > > It looks like #childVar# works, but when I assign it to #tempVar#.addChild CF > throws an error.
What error is thrown? For readability (and maybe functionality), try: childVar = session['M' & i & '_' & j]; tempVar = session['M' & i]; Or, just do it all at once: session['M' & i & '_' & j] = session['M' & i].addChild ( ... ); ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:256918 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
