This is, sadly, one of the worst documented features of ColdFusion. A whole chapter is devoted to it in ColdFusion: A Beginner's Guide. ( Most everything in the book still applies to ColdFusion MX) http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0072191090/instantcoldfu-20
I'm guessing you want to write a UDF? You can also check out cflib.org for tons of existing User Defined Functions. I'm not sure what makes a variable "good" in this case, but if you offer more information, perhaps I can offer more information. At 01:11 PM 6/27/2002 -0300, you wrote: >Can someone suggest a good book or site on CFSCRIPT? I'm trying to write a >script that will test a variable and if the variable is good, do some >calculations on it and return the finished value, but if it's bad, it'll >break out with an error message. Other than nesting a lot of ifs, I can't >figure out how to do it. > >T > > ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm 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

