Obviously, sorry about the mislabel.
What I really meant was that in any CF tag, be it <cfmail> or your own custom tag...
<cf_whatever>
Aaron
------ Original Message ------
From: Billy Cravens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: CF-Talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Jan 22, 2001 08:10 PM
Subject: Re: Rule of Thumb
>CFMail isn't a custom tag.
>
>
>
>Good rule of thumb (though there may be exceptions I'm not thinking of):
>
>Attributes to CF tags will always need #, functions don't.
>
>Evaluation of expressions don't need #, but expressions that need to be
>pre-evaluated to
>ie:
><cfset myvar = 10> <-- evaluation
><cfset "#myvar#" = 10> <-- preevaluation needed
>
>Anytime you reference a CF variable outside of a tag or function, always
>use #.
>
>--
>Billy Cravens
>HR Web Development, Sabre
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>> Hi Michael,
>>
>> #'s are only needed in three situations: a) within a <cfoutput></cfoutput> to
>evaluate the value of a variable and b) within a function when you are combining a
>string with a var ie: (trim(evaluate("form.email_#i#")) and c) within a custom tag
>ie: <cfmail to="#form.email#"..>
>>
>> Maybe?
>>
>> Aaron
>>
>> ------ Original Message ------
>> From: Michael Buffington <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> To: CF-Talk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Sent: Jan 22, 2001 04:56 PM
>> Subject: Rule of Thumb
>>
>> >I need a one sentence "rule of thumb" that explains how and when to use #'s
>> >in code:
>> >
>> >Old way:
>> ><cfset var1 = #RandRange(1,6)#> <-- the #'s are not needed
>> >
>> >New way:
>> ><cfset var2 = RandRange(1,6)> <-- cleaner, faster, better
>> >
>> >There are obvious exceptions to this rule (within CFOUTPUT, and within
>> >certain tags like <cfloop from="#var1#"...), and the exceptions should be
>> >included in the rule of thumb.
>> >
>> >Anyone know how to say it cleanly?
>> >
>> >Michael Buffington
>> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >(714) 556-3890 x222
>> >http://www.price.com
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at
http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm
Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/
Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
