Ahhh, thjat does sound useful. I was writing a query the other day that I did not know the data type of one field. I had to put a cfcatch around it and if it failed try it as a numeric field instead.
Thanks for letting us know. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Snake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 11:01 AM Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] cfselect..brain parp > Actually TOM cfinsert and cfupdate are very useful because they figure > out the column data types for you and thus you do not need to know what > they are. > Very useful for doing a dynamic insert or update when u are not sure > what fields u will actually be using. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tom Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 04 December 2002 10:52 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [ cf-dev ] cfselect..brain parp > > > is that the same as the cfinsert (you know the crappy database insert > and update tags) and things like that? rubbish. unless you are > learning and don't know any better > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, December 04, 2002 10:49 AM > Subject: Re: [ cf-dev ] cfselect..brain parp > > > > > > one of those tags that when i first started to learn CF, over 3 years > > ago, I thought, "hey this looks pretty handy", along with CFGrid, > > CFTextInput etc. Then wised up, and haven't used them since. > > > > > > Duncan Cumming > > IT Manager > > > > http://www.alienationdesign.co.uk > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Tel: 0141 575 9700 > > Fax: 0141 575 9600 > > > > Creative solutions in a technical world > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Get your domain names online from: http://www.alienationdomains.co.uk > > Reseller options available! > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > "Taz -=TT=-" > > <chris@cfmast To: > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > er.co.uk> cc: > > Subject: Re: [ cf-dev ] > cfselect..brain parp > > 12/04/02 > > 10:45 AM > > Please > > respond to > > dev > > > > > > > > > > > > > that said, why does it not work? > > > > CFSelect is a crappy tag. I don't think its ever been much use. > > > > Put it down to: "just one of those things" > > > > Taz > > > > -- > > ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________________________ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Everything you'll ever need on one web page > > from News and Sport to Email and Music Charts > > http://uk.my.yahoo.com > > > -- > ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -- > ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- ** Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For human help, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
