When I tried it, it worked without name. Adobe is very careful about backward compatibility, so it's unlikely they would break something like this which probably exists (for better or worse) in a lot of existing code.
On 8/1/07, Kris Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I haven't loaded CF8 yet, or I'd try it myself, but didn't I see > someone post last week that "name" is a required attribute to cfquery > in CF8? > > > I poked around by dumping the variables scope, as well as getting into > the > > underlying Java class that represents the variables scope of a CFC. On > both > > CF7 and CF8 it appears that an unnamed query does NOT go into the > variables > > scope. I was thinking it would go in as an unnamed variable, but as far > as I > > can tell it does not. The query's execution time does go into the > variables > > scope though, as variables.cfquery.executiontime. > > > > Interestingly, if you specify name="" in the cfquery, then the query > DOES go > > into the variables scope as an unnamed variable. This is what I had > assumed > > would also happen if you did not specify the name at all. So it looks > like > > you're safe. Personally I'd still name it and var scope it anyway, but > then > > I'm paranoid. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion 8 - Build next generation apps today, with easy PDF and Ajax features - download now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:285127 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
