Correct. Unless the variable is deleted (like the occasional scenario Ben Mentioned) the cfquery will use the variable already declared. Also note that CF does an implicit conversion from a string data type to a query. Quack quack.
~Brad -----Original Message----- From: Bryan Stevenson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2006 1:48 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: CFC oddness > <cffunction ...> > <cfargument ...> > ... > <cfset var q1 = ""> So Dave the line above tells CF that any variable with that name (q1) will remain local to this method (and the cfquery call below with the same name doesn't change it's "scope/keyword/whatever")? > ... > <cfquery name="q1" ...> > ... > <cfreturn q1> > </cffunction> Thanks Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. VP & Director of E-Commerce Development Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. phone: 250.480.0642 fax: 250.480.1264 cell: 250.920.8830 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: www.electricedgesystems.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:257083 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4

