> First, 0806 is an invalid variable name because it starts with something other than a letter
Make that, "something other than a letter or underscore" :-) ..:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. Bobby Hartsfield http://acoderslife.com -----Original Message----- From: Charlie Griefer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2006 10:45 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: IsDefined on a variable name that begins with a number throws error you're trying to get around a valid error :) CF variables cannot start with a numeric character and therefore you are dealing with syntactically invalid variable names. there are workarounds tho. <cfif isDefined("form['0806']")> might work. I know that array notation allows you to get away with more than dot notation does. might be a better idea to revisit your form and see if you can preface the field names with an alpha character or an underscore. On 11/15/06, Andrew Peterson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I've got a form with field names that begin with a number. On the action page, if I check for its existence - cfif isdefined("form.0806") - it tells me that Parameter 1 of function IsDefined, which is now "form.0806", must be a syntactically valid variable name. Does anyone know of any workaround for this? Can I put an evaluate in there or something? I'm looking for something more elegant than looping through form fields and preceeding each field name with a char. > > Thank you in advance. > > Sincerely, > Andrew > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:260520 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
