That won't work because the object always is an object, it's just not initialised.
On 8/9/06, Andrew Mercer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > by fail, I don't me crash and burn, but fails some business rule > > for example, a product component, initialise with a productID, but if that > product does not exist in the database do not return a handle to it. > > > I am currently setting return type to and and retuning empty string on fail. > Then the caller is testing to see if it has an object -> isObject() > > > > On 8/9/06, Dale Fraser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't think so. > > > > > > > > CF just doesn't handle nulls. > > > > > > > > How can an init function fail? And can't you trap this in the CFC rather > back in the calling page. > > > > > > Regards > > Dale Fraser > > > > http://dale.fraser.id.au > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > From: cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Andrew Mercer > > Sent: Wednesday, 9 August 2006 7:34 PM > > To: cfaussie@googlegroups.com > > Subject: [cfaussie] CFC init() return null? > > > > > > > > > > with a CFC init function that does a cfreturn this > > > > can you return null if the init fails? > > > > what is the best way to let the caller know the init has failed? > > > > TIA > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Chris Velevitch Manager - Sydney Flash Platform Developers Group www.flashdev.org.au --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to cfaussie@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
