Peter... the _ character is indeed legal in CF, but beware. The use of _ in combination with certain key words, can trigger ColdFusion's built in validation. Specifically when you're using it with words like "date" or "time". I've spent hours trying to figure out why the validation was being used when it turns out that the variable name itself was at fault.
andy -----Original Message----- From: Peter Donahue [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2008 1:12 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: The _ character in variable names Hello everyone, I have an application I need to get up and running ASAP. We've been trying to create it using PHP. Right now I feel like I'm Beowulf and that PHP application is Grendle. I have created email applications using ColdFusion and got them to run. I'm considering using ColdFusion to sleigh that dragon so we can get the app up and running this weekend and freeing us up to continue to debug the PHP version. It will also allow the organization in question to carry on its business. Some of the variable names include the _character such as first_name. Is this a legal syntax in ColdFusion allowing me to use something like #first_name# to designate the variables in the form processor? Thanks for the help. Peter Donahue ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charlie Griefer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2008 8:24 PM Subject: Re: CF MX8: This is driving me nuts!!! On Jan 23, 2008 12:24 PM, Rick Root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's another reason I hate MS Access. Retarded error messages. And > that's an insult to retarded people everywhere. hey i'm offended! -- Evelyn the dog, having undergone further modification pondered the significance of short-person behaviour in pedal depressed, pan-chromatic resonance, and other highly ambient domains. "Arf," she said. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:297291 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
