By the way, you can just use
#Evaluate(collist)# and get rid of the extra quotes and pound signs.
- Andy
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hayes, David [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 5:50 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: RE: Getting the value of a variable, once removed
>
>
> look at Evaluate.
>
> #evaluate("#collist#")#
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, April 05, 2001 3:04 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Getting the value of a variable, once removed
>
>
>
> I have this:
>
> <CFLOOP QUERY="GetFromUAT">
> <CFLOOP QUERY="GetColList">
> <CFIF (FindNoCase(COLLIST, GetFromUAT.Columnlist, 1) NEQ 0 OR
> OPTIONAL IS 0) >
> <TD>
> <CFOUTPUT>#COLLIST#</CFOUTPUT>
> </TD>
> </CFIF>
> </CFLOOP>
> </CFLOOP>
>
> The #COLLIST# variable contains the name of another variable (a
> table column
> name) which is the value I *really* need. I know this sounds confusing.
> Say the current #COLLIST# value is ACCT. What I really need is
> the value of
> #ACCT#, not ACCT (the value of #COLLIST#). Basically what I want to do is
> find out what
> columns were selected, and then display the value of the fields, not the
> name of the column (which is what I get now).
> The value of #GetFromUAT.Columnlist# would be something like this:
> ACCT,BMPRICE,BMREV,BMVOL,NETPRICE,NETREV,NETVOL
> The value of #ACCT#, for example, would be something like this:
> 0000493892847855103 ;
> the value of #BMPRICE# would be 34.48, etc.
> So, for each of the values in the #GetFromUAT.Columnlist#, I need the
> underlying value -
> (in the ACCT example, I actually need to return 0000493892847855103 (the
> value of #ACCT#), not ACCT (the value of #COLLIST#).
> I hope someone can understand this and help me out. I need a function like
> #TheValueOfThisValue(Var)#.
>
> Gina Shillitani
>
>
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