Personally I like to <cfparam> things that I know are supposed to exist, and I will go both ways on page variables that may or may not exist.
I prefer to param it and then test for a valid value than to test for isDefined() Ie... <cfparam name="someid" default=""> <cfif someid eq ""> (or <cfif len(someid) eq 0> ) Holy Crap!<cfabort> </cfif> Rick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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:336743 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm

