Well variable["one"] is different to variable["#one#"] You still need quotes if you are referring to the name of a key directly, rather than using a variable to indirectly reference it.
<cfset variable.one = 1 /> <cfset variable.two = 2 /> <cfset variable.elephant = 3 /> <cfset one = "elephant" /> variable["one"] is 1 variable[one] is variable["elephant"] is 3 variable["#one#"] is variable["elephant"] is 3 variable["two"] is 2 variable[two] causes error (variable two is undefined) variable["#two#"] causes same error So variable[x] and variable["#x#"] are the same, but the first is easier to read and quicker to type. However, sometimes you might have, say variable.fish1 variable.fish2 variable.fish3 etc. Ideally that'd be an array, but if you cant use an array then you might end up doing variable["fish#x#"] instead. You can also use variable["fish"&x] as well. Does that all make sense? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:315905 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
