Because a column is basically an array. Each row in the record set is an element in that array
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kay Smoljak Sent: Monday, 4 February 2008 5:22 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [cfaussie] structure notation and queries Hey guys, Can anyone explain to me "why is it so": when dynamically referencing a structure or an array, you would do: Struct[dynamicIndexVariable].StructKey Yet when you're dealing with a query, which I always understood to be basically the same thing, internally, you have to do: Query.ColumnName[dynamicIndexVariable] I was just working through some code with someone learning CF and the first time I got the query syntax the wrong way and it was hard to explain why it was that way... it didn't make sense to him or me, really. So is it an inconsistency in the language or is there a logical reason for it? Cheers, K. -- Kay Smoljak business: www.cleverstarfish.com standards: kay.zombiecoder.com coldfusion: kay.smoljak.com personal: goatlady.wordpress.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
