Hack:

Select XML_F52E2B61-18A1-11d1-B105-00805F49916B as myxml
>From table

Now use #myxml# in CF


Justin

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Troy Hiltbrand [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Thursday, January 18, 2001 2:58 PM
>To: CF-Talk
>Subject: RE: Variable Names with "-"
>
>
>The problem with this is that I am working with a Microsoft
>product that has
>a mind of its own.  The SQL statement looks like this:
>       SELECT
>       *
>       FROM
>       TABLE
>       for xml auto,elements
>
>It returns a one column result whose name is
>XML_F52E2B61-18A1-11d1-B105-00805F49916B and the xml is broken up to a
>certain number of characters per line. What I want to do is to put
>that back
>together as a single xml string that I can get my hands on, but because of
>the name that Microsoft creates, I can't loop through it with Cold Fusion.
>
>If anyone has any suggestions on how to get at this strange
>Microsoft column
>with Cold Fusion, I would greatly appreciate it.  Thanks.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Scott, Andrew [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 9:37 PM
>To: CF-Talk
>Subject: RE: Varaible Names with "-"
>
>You could do the following if you don't have control of the DB:-)
>
><cfquery name="qtest: datasource="datasource">
> select `field-name` as FieldName from TableName
></cfquery>
>
>Notice the ` which is located under the tilda(~) key this will return the
>fieldname as it was written in the DB. However you can't use this with CF,
>so using the as command this will rename the field to anything you want it
>to be.
>
>So you could then reference it instead of qtest.field-name, but as
>qtest.FieldName instead.
>
>Hope this helps:-)
>
>
>
>regards
>
>Andrew Scott
>Senior Cold Fusion Application Developer
>ANZ Business eCommerce
>* Ph 8615 6018
>* [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Warrick, Mark [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>Sent: 18 January 2001 10:09
>To: CF-Talk
>Subject: RE: Varaible Names with "-"
>
>
>This probably isn't the answer you're looking for, but you should
>rename the
>column.  That's just plain bad database design to begin with.  And there's
>no need to add on another layer of unnecessary programming when all you've
>gotta do is rename the field.
>
>---mark
>
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Troy Hiltbrand [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>> Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 10:00 AM
>> To: CF-Talk
>> Subject: Varaible Names with "-"
>>
>>
>> Is there any way to pull out the information about a query column
>> that has a
>> "-" in it?  The problem is that with SQL Server 2000, when you do a "for
>>  xml" select statement, the column name that is returned has "-"s in it.
>> From the documentation in SQL Server 2000, I am not seeing a name
>> to rename
>> that.  I am trying to pull out the xml from this query, but in
>order to do
>> this, I need to get at the data with a column name that has a "-"
>> in it.  If
>> anyone has any suggestions, please let me know.  Thanks.
>>
>>
>>
>
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