CFML stored in a database is actually not CFML at all. It's text. Pure and simple.
Now then, there are ways to do what you're trying to do, but they're not necessarily very performant (depending on what and how much you're trying to do). Look into evaluate(). The general idea is something like so: <cfquery name="qry"> // select statement </cfquery> <cfoutput query="qry"> #evaluate(qry.mytextcolumn[currentRow])# </cfoutput> HTH ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:332948 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm

