If you're wanting to know if it was returned from a query..
<cfif queryname.recordcount>
#variable#
</cfif>
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On 6/3/02 at 1:08 PM trey wrote:
>I simply want to test to see if a variable has a value (eg text has been
>returned from a query) and if so, show it. There seem to be a few options
>--
>
><cfif isdefined(#variable#)>
> #variable#
></cfif>
>
>or
>
><cfif len(#variable#) GT 0>
> #variable#
></cfif>
>
>or
>
><cfif #variable# IS "">
> #variable#
></cfif>
>
>Is one of these better than the others for dealing with text values? I
>understand that IsDefined should be locked; I assume that is not the case
>for the other two.
>
>TIA,
>Trey
>
>
>
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