This ended up doing it: "XOXO" is always the last list item...
<cfquery name="features" datasource="#req.data#" username="#req.user#" password="#req.pass#"> SELECT id_feature, feature_headline, feature_date, year(feature_date) as theYEAR, feature_text FROM feature WHERE <cfloop list="#lst.srchTHS#" index="i"> feature_headline like <cfqueryparam value="%#i#%" cfsqltype="CF_SQL_VARCHAR" /> OR feature_text like <cfqueryparam value="%#i#%" cfsqltype="CF_SQL_VARCHAR" /> <cfif #i# eq "XOXO"><cfelse>OR</cfif> </cfloop> ORDER by feature_date DESC </cfquery> ...unless anybody has a better idea... lst.srchTHS won't ever be more then three to five words or so, but I wish I could figure a way to use cfqueryparam list="yes" instead of a loop... __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus signature database 5138 (20100522) __________ The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. http://www.eset.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:333928 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm