If you don't explicitly assign a variable to a scope, then it's automatically put into the VARIABLES scope. So in your example, you could refer to your var as foo and it would be just fine.
Having said that, it's a best practice to explicitly scope your variables to avoid confusion, and potential collisions. andy -----Original Message----- From: Chad Gray [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 9:22 AM To: cf-talk Subject: scoping Say you defined a local variable like this on a CFM page and it returns a query object: <cfset foo = application.foo.moo()> Should I write out my variables like this when I out the query object? #variables.foo.goo# Or is this sufficient? #foo.goo# ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:323503 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
