You can also do it this way, but dipping into some Java - http://www.compoundtheory.com/?action=displayPost&ID=153
Mark On 10/9/07, Vince Bonfanti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Vince - just out of curiousity, if I've got a bunch of code doing this: > > > ><cfif foo eq ""> > > > >and in some cases it's empty string and others it's null - would that > >code FAIL to wkr as expected under Bluedragon because null neq ""? > > > > That code will work exactly as expected under BlueDragon 7.0. For backwards > compatibility, BD treats null database values as empty strings just as CF > does; but BD gives you the additional option of explicity checking for a null > value. So you can do this (I hope this formatting comes out right): > > <cfif foo eq ""> <!--- database null or empty string ---> > <cfif foo eq null > > <p>foo is a database null > <cfelse> > <p>foo is an empty string > </cfif> > </cfif> > > I'm not sure you'd every write code exactly like that, but it illustrates the > point. > > Vince > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion is delivering applications solutions at at top companies around the world in government. Find out how and where now http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/showcase/index.cfm?event=finder&productID=1522&loc=en_us Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:290616 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
