> It just seems to make little sense to have two scopes named > the same thing which have nothing to do with each other.
This is true for any two separate CF programs. Each CF program has its own local scope. The same is true for CFML custom tags. > I could have variables.time in a cfc that is 4pm, but > variables.time outside a cfc which has the value of 4am, right? Yes, because the CFC is a separate program. I could have variables.time in a CFM file, and variables.time outside that file, and those would be two separate variables. Again, this is the same for CFML custom tags. Each file has its own local variables scope. It's been like that since CF3. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:307924 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4

