I tested this with both CFMX 7 & CFMX 8 and both yielded the same results.
Todd > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 7:11 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: LOOPY LOOP LOOP > > What version of CF are you using? > > -----Original Message---- > -From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -Date: Sep 18, 2007 16:56 > -To: "CF-Talk"<[email protected]> > -Subj: LOOPY LOOP LOOP > - > -Here is a fun one that I somehow missed in the past... > - > -We were looking at some code that appeared to be looping > over itself and -tracked it down to an extraneous <CFOUTPUT> > clause inside the parent -<CFOUTPUT QUERY..> loop. > - > -Here is a quick example: > - > -<cfoutput query="getItems"> > -#getItems.itemId#<br> > -</cfoutput> > - > -Outputs the item id numbers as expected.. > -IE: > -1 > -2 > -3 > -4 > - > -Now try this: > - > -<cfoutput query="getItems"> > -<cfoutput>#getItems.itemId#</cfoutput><br> > -</cfoutput> > - > -The second version outputs a loop of the items in a loop of > the records.. > -IE: > -1234 > -234 > -34 > -4 > - > -Although this does make some sense, it seems strange that > the second -cfoutput is indeed interacting with the parent > cfoutput loop but not like -one might expect. > - > -Of course the obvious solution is to avoid extraneous > CFOUTPUTs, but I -thought it might be helpful to post in case > anyone else encounters a similar -issue in the future. > - > -This behavior occurs in both CFMX 7 and CFMX 8 FWIW. > - > -Nothing earth shattering here.. Just one of those nuances > that makes you -feel a little crazy from time to time. ;) > - > -For fun, can anyone come up with a scenario where this type > of behavior is -actually DESIRED instead of both outputting > the same results like might be -expected? > - > -Todd > - > - > - > - > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get the answers you are looking for on the ColdFusion Labs Forum direct from active programmers and developers. http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/categories.cfm?forumid-72&catid=648 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:288760 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
