Short of looking at it myself, I'd double check the value you're using isn't 21 in length maybe because of a space.
Above the cfqueryparam, output Len(yourValue). Or try trimming. Adrian http://www.adrianlynch.co.uk/ -----Original Message----- From: Richard White [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 17 May 2008 10:13 To: CF-Talk Subject: cfqueryparam maxlength hi i have set my cfgueryparam's maxlength value to the length in the database. for example first name in the db is varchar 20 - so when i query it i code it to say where firstName = <cfqueryparam ... maxlength="20".. but when i pass in a first name of exactly 20 characters, it displays an error saying it is 20 chars long and therefore not valid. the way i have had to get round it is to set the maxlength to 21 is this normal? am i missing something? or is there a big in the cfqueryparam? thanks for your help ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:305561 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
