wrap qryHighestNum.highestNumber in a val() in the event that the argument is an empty string, val() will it as a zero.
so: <cfset nextReqNumber = val(qryHighestNum.HighestNumber) + 1 /> On 1/30/07, Melissa Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've very new to ColdFusion and need some help. I've written a page that has > six fields: office, year, number, title, contact and phone number. The > first two are hidden fields have a value attached to them and the third > changes. The user enters the title, contact and phone number and then the > data is entered into a database. The two hidden fields are populated with no > problems. For the third field, number, a query is ran to find the highest > number in that field and then add one to it to get the next number. When an > initial record is in the database everything works perfect however, when the > table is empty I get an error message. > > It says that it cannot convert " " to a number. I even put a cfset statement > in there to set the field to 1 but it isn't working. Any ideas? > > Below is the query to find the highest number and the cfif statement to > handle the number. > <cfquery name="qryHighestNum" datasource="ocreodsn"> > Select Max(ReqNum) as HighestNumber > from PrintingReq > </cfquery> > > <cfif qryHighestNum.RecordCount is 0> > <cfset NextReqNumber = 1> > <cfelse> > <cfset NextReqNumber = #qryHighestNum.HighestNumber# + 1> > </cfif> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:268112 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
