>"Any time you have nested hash marks, that's a good sign things aren't right."
I like that. I'm going to have to store it in my "quote arsenal". Thanks, Eric Cobb ECAR Technologies, LLC http://www.ecartech.com http://www.cfgears.com Dave Watts wrote: >> I must have gone brain dead. Seem to me like I should be able to set field >> names with a value but it's not working. Know I've done something like this >> before (this is just a sample of function... not the code): >> >> <cfloop from="1" to="20" index="i"> >> <cfoutput> >> <cfset column_#i#="#evaluate("post#i#_data")#"> >> </cfoutput> >> </cfloop> >> >> I should get 20 fields, column_1 through column_20 but it's not liking the >> #i# being used to build the column_X fields. >> >> What am I doing wrong? >> > > Any time you have nested hash marks, that's a good sign things aren't > right. Replace > > <cfset column_#i#="#evaluate("post#i#_data")#"> > > with > > <cfset "column_#i#" = evaluate("post" & i & "_data")> > > or > > <cfset Variables["column_#i#"] = evaluate("post" & i & "_data")> > > or > > <cfset Variables["column_" & i] = evaluate("post" & i & "_data")> > > Or consider using an array for your column values. > > 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 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:338153 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
