you need to properly call the function, and since you are NOT in cfscript block, you need to use <cfset>:
<cfset somevar = getProduct(3)> Azadi Saryev Sabai-dee.com http://www.sabai-dee.com/ On 10/06/2009 23:12, Don L wrote: > Are we able to run a cffunction within a cf query output? Please see below. > Thanks. > > Don > Chunshen Li > > <cfoutput query="myQuery"> > ... > <cfif conditionX eq 1> > <cffunction name="getProduct" access="public" output="no" > returnType="query"> > <cfargument name="id" type="numeric" required="yes"> > <cfset var data = ""> > <cfquery name="data" datasource="myDSN"> > SELECT pname > FROM product > where id=#Arguments.id# > </cfquery> > <cfreturn data> > </cffunction> > > #getProduct(3)# <!-- it fails, why? fyi, the datatype of id is int. --> > </cfif> > > </cfoutput> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:323360 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
