> Yes, point taken, but we did try many formats and since CF does not make > variable types apparent I assumed that when a '4' was output to the screen > that it was actually a '4' in the variable. > CF is basically typeless - its not that it doesn't make data types apparent, it just doesn't care.
Are you sure its not the C application that adding the decimal place on the end? I could imagine that happening. The C app is going to immediately start thinking about decimal places if you set the parameter to expect a "real" type number. > My mistake to assume anything, I suppose. > I don't know where I've got this from, but it something that has become a kind of rule of thumb when doing anything client, data or code related. "Assumption is the mother of all f*** ups" ;oD -- ** 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]
