is the file path correct? inetpub\webroot ? sure it's not wwwroot? if you are on a windows server use chr(10)&chr(13) as newline delimiter
why don't you loop directly over a file since you are on cf8? why do you use IE as your dev browser? switch to FF+Firebug+Coldfire immediately! :) Azadi Saryev Sabai-dee.com http://www.sabai-dee.com/ Rick Faircloth wrote: > What's wrong with this code? > > (I don't get an error message from CF, just an IE Error 500...) > > Thanks, > > Rick > > <cffile action="read" > file="e:\inetpub\webroot\real_estate_data\hmls\data\2008_0719_idx_custom\active_photos.txt" > variable="photos"> > > <cfset photo_count=1> > > <cfloop index="photo" list="#photos#" delimiters="#chr(10)#"> > > <cfoutput>#index# - #photo_count#</cfoutput><br> > > <cfset photo_count = photo_count + 1> > > </cfloop> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:309307 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4

