Gary, This is happening because technically "MyQueryArray[1]" is not a valid variable name. See, in the query attribute of the CFOutput tag, you aren't actually passing in a value such as #MyQueryArray[1]#. You are just passing in a variable name. ColdFusion then has to take that variable name and find the variable you are referring to. Since MyQueryArray[1] is *not* a proper variable name, this fails.
The intermediary solution you had below does work because you create a valid variable name that has reference to the query in question. So, just to clarify, if you had the query in a structure: objStruct[ "querykey" ] You could NOT pass in : objStruct[ "querykey" ] to the CFOutput tag.... However, you COULD pass in objStruct.querykey as that IS a valid variable name. Small caveat, but it can mess you up. ...................... Ben Nadel Certified Advanced ColdFusion MX7 Developer www.bennadel.com Need ColdFusion Help? www.bennadel.com/ask-ben/ -----Original Message----- From: Gary Boyle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2007 7:25 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Array Variable Problem Hi folks, I have an array of queries called MyQueryArray. When I tried to do some processing based on the first array of the query I was getting an error: <cfoutput query = "MyQueryArray[1]"> <!----processing at this point ---> . . </cfoutput> The error I was getting was: Attribute validation error for tag cfoutput. The value of the attribute query, which is currently "MyQueryArray[1]", is invalid. But I did find a solution: <cfset temp = MyQueryArray[1]> <cfoutput query = "temp"> <!----processing at this point ---> . . </cfoutput> This works grand. I get the results I expect, but I'm just wondering why I have to do this? I'm also wondering if this might highlight a deeper underlying problem (or quirk)? I can see that ColdFusion doesn't like this direct insertion of variables. If anyone can enlighten me as to why this is, that would be great. NB The code snippets aren't my actually code but just used to illustrate my point. Gary ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:269626 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
