Or the short way <cfif isNumeric(myvar)></cfif>
On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 5:05 PM, Robert Harrison <[email protected] > wrote: > > WHOOPS ... SYNTAX ERROR > > <cfif IsNumeric(myvar) is "true"> > > > Robert B. Harrison > Director of Interactive Services > Austin & Williams > 125 Kennedy Drive, Suite 100 > Hauppauge NY 11788 > P : 631.231.6600 Ext. 119 > F : 631.434.7022 > http://www.austin-williams.com > > Great advertising can't be either/or. It must be &. > > Plug in to our blog: A&W Unplugged > http://www.austin-williams.com/unplugged > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Harrison [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 5:04 PM > To: cf-talk > Subject: RE: coverting string to a numeric value > > > Depending on what you are doing you may want to test the value first to > ensure it's a number. You can get hard errors in some cases for data type > mismatch... like in queries. > > > <cfif IsNumeric(myvar is "true> > > DO YOUR THING > > </cfif> > > > Robert B. Harrison > Director of Interactive Services > Austin & Williams > 125 Kennedy Drive, Suite 100 > Hauppauge NY 11788 > P : 631.231.6600 Ext. 119 > F : 631.434.7022 > http://www.austin-williams.com > > Great advertising can't be either/or. It must be &. > > Plug in to our blog: A&W Unplugged > http://www.austin-williams.com/unplugged > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Watts [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, July 19, 2010 4:57 PM > To: cf-talk > Subject: Re: coverting string to a numeric value > > > > is there a way I can convert a string to number in coldfusion. I could > not > see any related functions to do this? > > ColdFusion is very loosely typed, so you don't need to convert a > string to a number. Just use it a numeric operation and it gets > treated as a number. Try it, it's fun! > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > http://training.figleaf.com/ > > Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on > GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized > instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:335496 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
