I think so. When you do the order by, should it be something like this (assuming you are ordering by the ...adversements.city column)?
ORDER BY #APPLICATION.DBPRE#Advertisements.#ARGUMENTS.SORTYBY# #ARGUMENTS.SORTDIRECTION# O On 11/21/06 9:37 PM, "Doug Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a sort function on a search results page that is giving me an Ambiguous > column name error, and for the life of me I do not know why. I can sort by > price, SKUName and photo just fine but cannot sort by city or state. I have a > city and state column in the table I am joining with, but cannot see that > would be the problem. Am I wrong? > > Query > > SELECT #APPLICATION.DBPRE#MemberProfile.RscreenName, > #APPLICATION.DBPRE#Advertisements.AdID, > #APPLICATION.DBPRE#Advertisements.MemberID, > #APPLICATION.DBPRE#Advertisements.CategoryID, > #APPLICATION.DBPRE#Advertisements.SCategoryID, > #APPLICATION.DBPRE#Advertisements.ItemPhoto, > #APPLICATION.DBPRE#Advertisements.SKUName, > #APPLICATION.DBPRE#Advertisements.Price, > #APPLICATION.DBPRE#Advertisements.AQuantity, > #APPLICATION.DBPRE#Advertisements.State, > #APPLICATION.DBPRE#Advertisements.County, > #APPLICATION.DBPRE#Advertisements.City > FROM #APPLICATION.DBPRE#Advertisements > INNER JOIN #APPLICATION.DBPRE#MemberProfile > ON #APPLICATION.DBPRE#Advertisements.MemberID = > #APPLICATION.DBPRE#MemberProfile.MemberID > WHERE #APPLICATION.DBPRE#Advertisements.Status = <cfqueryparam > cfsqltype="CF_SQL_BIT" value="#Val(ARGUMENTS.Status)#"> > > > offending code > > <cfif Len(ARGUMENTS.search_visitor_city) gt 0> > AND #APPLICATION.DBPRE#Advertisements.State = <cfqueryparam > cfsqltype="CF_SQL_CHAR" value="'#Trim(ARGUMENTS.search_state)#'"> > AND #APPLICATION.DBPRE#Advertisements.City = <cfqueryparam > cfsqltype="CF_SQL_VARCHAR" value="'#Trim(ARGUMENTS.search_visitor_city)#'"> > </cfif> > > ORDER BY #ARGUMENTS.sortBy# > #ARGUMENTS.sortDirection# > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:261352 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4

