> >thanks very much ill do this > > I just remembered there is a better method and this one _is_ > documented ;-) > > <cfdump var="#getMetaData(theQuery)#"> > > Though again, it returns the case used in your sql statement. Not the > exact case of the column names in your database.
thanks for this c s > Though again, it returns the case used in your sql statement. Not the > exact case of the column names in your database. i know many programmers believe that 'select *' is the devils tool but that will be the answer to my issue i believe as then it will return the actual case in the db. thats what i am currently finding anyway!!! thanks again for the help here c s. i could have used the undocumented getMetaData then im sure i would have had lots of bugs later on without knowing what was the culprit thanks again richard ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:299582 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
