thisNL is a query object, you can't cfset its' values... which is why the latter works and the former doesn't.
..:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:.:. Bobby Hartsfield http://acoderslife.com http://cf4em.com -----Original Message----- From: Les Mizzell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, June 08, 2008 10:16 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Setting a default value and dynamically checking a radio button > If I do <cfoutput>#thisNL.alignHEAD#</cfoutput> - these nothing there, , > so I'm not sure why the below won't set the varialbe to "rgt" in this case. > > <cfif NOT len(trim(thisNL.alignHEAD))> > <cfset thisNL.alignHEAD ="rgt" /> > </cfif> This works: <cfif thisNL.recordcount EQ 0 > <cfset thisNL.alignHEAD ="rgt" /> </cfif> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:307050 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4

