Critz, Usually sticking double quotes or [] type brackets around the fields helps alleviate this problem.
Personally I would be tempted to persuade ArcIMS to output valid fieldnames ie. use "number" rather than "#" and substitute the minus symbol with an underscore. Regards Stephen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Critz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, March 18, 2002 12:34 PM Subject: Evaluating # and - > oi CF-Talk!! > > I've got some county data that is returned from ArcIMS as a query. > > Some of the columns returned are > > #_of_farms(2000) > 1-People_living_in_city_limits(2001) > > etc etc > > I normally grab the columnames then just loop thru those and do an > evaluate to dump the values. > > But evaluate keeps dying on the # and the - > > I can <cfdump> the query, so I am assuming CF can evaluate the > columnames somehow. But I cannot seem to get it sorted. Any ideas? > > -- > Best regards, > > Critter, MMCP > Certified ColdFusion Developer > > Crit[s2k] - <CF_ChannelOp Network="EFNet" Channel="ColdFusion"> > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
