1) Main thing is that you don't need it, because you're already in the query 'scope' inside a CFOUTPUT or CFLOOP 2) If you do a <cfoutput>#cats.category#</cfoutput> on its own, it pulls the first record, as though it were cats.category[1]. By putting <cfoutput query="cats">#cats.category#</cfoutput> you're expecting CF to reference the query again, but to override its default behavior (pull #1) to pull the CurrentRow instead. In rare cases, this can actually cause problems where the 1st element of the query is returned within a loop rather than the CurrentRow element.
So, basically, just cleaner and a wee bit safer to skip it since you're already in scope. >Why safer to lose the query ref? > >Adrian > >structure > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:315076 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
