it happens in MX as well, also with this code:
<cfif comparenocase("yes", "1")>
true
<cfelse>
false
</cfif>
which is just plain silly.
as far as I know its always done this though.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Matt Horn [mailto:matt.horn@;mediatelgroup.co.uk]
> Sent: 18 October 2002 11:19
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [ cf-dev ] CF "Feature"
>
>
> we use 5 at the moment
>
> and yes I did get the window solved
>
> made a workaround .. PPk told me you cant create an empty
> window object
>
>
> At 11:19 18/10/02 +0100, you wrote:
> >hmmmm scary....
> >
> >Is that an MX feature or a CF "all versions" feature?
> >
> >Stephen
> >PS. Did you get your JS window object problem sorted?
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Matt Horn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 11:12 AM
> >Subject: [ cf-dev ] CF "Feature"
> >
> >
> > > Something of interest one of our developers found :
> > >
> > >
> > >
> --------------------------------------------------------------
> ------------
> >-------------
> > > How do you think the following statement will be resolved:
> > > <cfset var1 = "Yes">
> > >
> > > <cfif var1 EQ 1>
> > > true
> > > <cfelse>
> > > false
> > > </cfif>
> > > You would think that it would return false (I certainly
> did), instead it
> > > returns true!
> > > Cold Fusion does a (not so) clever boolean conversion on
> the string "Yes"
> > >
> > > Even if you attempt to cast the 1 as a string "1" in the if:
> > > <cfif var1 EQ "1">
> > > true
> > > <cfelse>
> > > false
> > > </cfif>
> > > Still true!
> > >
> > > The only way to get around this is to do an extra check
> of IsNumeric():
> > > <cfif IsNumeric(var1) AND var1 EQ 1>
> > > true
> > > <cfelse>
> > > false
> > > </cfif>
> > > Then you get false (hurray!).
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