Re: Return boolean from a CFC query -- UPDATE: Solved
On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 12:30 PM, Ezra Parker wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 10:43 AM, Charlie Griefer > wrote: >> > > Unless I'm missing something, this should be: > > Y'know, I'd bring up the fact that I've been working in script much more than tags lately... but "=" *still* wouldn't be the correct operator. *sigh* :) -- Charlie Griefer http://charlie.griefer.com/ I have failed as much as I have succeeded. But I love my life. I love my wife. And I wish you my kind of success. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:341433 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Return boolean from a CFC query -- UPDATE: Solved
On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 10:43 AM, Charlie Griefer wrote: > Unless I'm missing something, this should be: -- Ezra Parker ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:341430 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Return boolean from a CFC query -- UPDATE: Solved
One last note. You need to var scope your query. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:341429 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Return boolean from a CFC query
> Gotta say thats a first and I have been doing mssql for ten years. I am > telling you this is what is causing his error because tsql is not as flexible > as you think because its procedural and requires you do it in a certain way. This is incorrect. Literal values can be placed on either side of the comparison operator in T-SQL. In older versions of MS SQL Server, it was recommended to put the field first in the expression because the query analyzer would use indexes, but I suspect that's no longer true. In any case, you could do it even in old versions of SQL Server - 6.5, for example. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:341425 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Return boolean from a CFC query -- UPDATE: Solved
d'oH! Good catch. So if you go the implicit boolean conversion route, switch the "return true" for "return false"... On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 12:06 PM, Scott Stroz wrote: > > Actually, these will not return the same value. > > Lets assume the query returns 0 records. > > will return true > > will return false > > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 1:43 PM, Charlie Griefer > wrote: >> >> On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 11:31 AM, Adam Bourg wrote: >>> >>> I solved it with the first couple of posts help. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> Glad you got it working. >> >> You can tighten that return up a bit by doing: >> >> >> >> Then no need for the conditional. >> >> You could also drop the comparison itself since CF does implicit >> boolean conversion. >> >> >> >> ^That'll do the same thing. >> >> -- >> Charlie Griefer >> http://charlie.griefer.com/ >> >> I have failed as much as I have succeeded. But I love my life. I love >> my wife. And I wish you >> >> > > ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:341423 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Return boolean from a CFC query -- UPDATE: Solved
Let me correct that. will return true but will evaluate to false On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 2:06 PM, Scott Stroz wrote: > Actually, these will not return the same value. > > Lets assume the query returns 0 records. > > will return true > > will return false > > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 1:43 PM, Charlie Griefer > wrote: >> >> On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 11:31 AM, Adam Bourg wrote: >>> >>> I solved it with the first couple of posts help. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >> Glad you got it working. >> >> You can tighten that return up a bit by doing: >> >> >> >> Then no need for the conditional. >> >> You could also drop the comparison itself since CF does implicit >> boolean conversion. >> >> >> >> ^That'll do the same thing. >> >> -- >> Charlie Griefer >> http://charlie.griefer.com/ >> >> I have failed as much as I have succeeded. But I love my life. I love >> my wife. And I wish you >> >> ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:341422 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Return boolean from a CFC query -- UPDATE: Solved
Well, it will return the actual recordcount... which is a number. But CF implicitly converts numeric values to boolean values. Any non-zero value is true, while any zero value is false. So given the following code: do something ... assuming myMethod returns a numeric value, your page will output "do something" as long as the value returned is not zero. On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 12:02 PM, Che Vilnonis wrote: > > Charlie, is this true only when the return type is "Boolean"? > Otherwise, it should return the actual recordcount, right? > > Thanks, Che > > > > > You could also drop the comparison itself since CF does implicit boolean > conversion. > > > > ^That'll do the same thing. > > > > ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:341419 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Return boolean from a CFC query -- UPDATE: Solved
Actually, these will not return the same value. Lets assume the query returns 0 records. will return true will return false On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 1:43 PM, Charlie Griefer wrote: > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 11:31 AM, Adam Bourg wrote: >> >> I solved it with the first couple of posts help. >> >> >> >> >> >> > > Glad you got it working. > > You can tighten that return up a bit by doing: > > > > Then no need for the conditional. > > You could also drop the comparison itself since CF does implicit > boolean conversion. > > > > ^That'll do the same thing. > > -- > Charlie Griefer > http://charlie.griefer.com/ > > I have failed as much as I have succeeded. But I love my life. I love > my wife. And I wish you > > ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:341418 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
RE: Return boolean from a CFC query -- UPDATE: Solved
Charlie, is this true only when the return type is "Boolean"? Otherwise, it should return the actual recordcount, right? Thanks, Che You could also drop the comparison itself since CF does implicit boolean conversion. ^That'll do the same thing. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:341415 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Return boolean from a CFC query
This is true. I've done it and it works. It's easy enough to test and see that Alan is correct. On 1/26/2011 1:57 PM, Alan Rother wrote: > I don't know what to tell you Mike, SQL Server doesn't care, it works either > way > > SELECT * > FROM PropImage > WHERE > 20 = PropertyID works exactly the same as PropertyID = 20 > > It's just common convention that we use PropertyID = 20 > > In the internal SQL engine it's just running a logical comparison against > the statement itself. SQL Server is pretty darn intelligent. > > Try it. > > > Now all that being said, I still wouldn't recommend doing things that way, > but it does work. > > > > On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 11:27 AM, Michael Firthwrote: > >> Alan wrote: >> >> MSSQL doesn't care if the field is on the left or the right, it's just >> running a comparison against the statement. >> >> Gotta say thats a first and I have been doing mssql for ten years. I am >> telling you this is what is causing his error because tsql is not as >> flexible as you think because its procedural and requires you do it in a >> certain way. >> >> Mike >> >> On Jan 26, 2011, at 1:23 PM, Alan Rother wrote: >> >>> MSSQL doesn't care if the field is on the left or the right, it's just >>> running a comparison against the statement. >> >> > ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:341412 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Return boolean from a CFC query
I don't know what to tell you Mike, SQL Server doesn't care, it works either way SELECT * FROM PropImage WHERE 20 = PropertyID works exactly the same as PropertyID = 20 It's just common convention that we use PropertyID = 20 In the internal SQL engine it's just running a logical comparison against the statement itself. SQL Server is pretty darn intelligent. Try it. Now all that being said, I still wouldn't recommend doing things that way, but it does work. On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 11:27 AM, Michael Firth wrote: > > Alan wrote: > > MSSQL doesn't care if the field is on the left or the right, it's just > running a comparison against the statement. > > Gotta say thats a first and I have been doing mssql for ten years. I am > telling you this is what is causing his error because tsql is not as > flexible as you think because its procedural and requires you do it in a > certain way. > > Mike > > On Jan 26, 2011, at 1:23 PM, Alan Rother wrote: > > > MSSQL doesn't care if the field is on the left or the right, it's just > > running a comparison against the statement. > > > ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:341411 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Return boolean from a CFC query -- UPDATE: Solved
On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 11:31 AM, Adam Bourg wrote: > > I solved it with the first couple of posts help. > > > > > > Glad you got it working. You can tighten that return up a bit by doing: Then no need for the conditional. You could also drop the comparison itself since CF does implicit boolean conversion. ^That'll do the same thing. -- Charlie Griefer http://charlie.griefer.com/ I have failed as much as I have succeeded. But I love my life. I love my wife. And I wish you ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:341402 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Return boolean from a CFC query -- UPDATE: Solved
Awesome! :) On 1/26/2011 1:31 PM, Adam Bourg wrote: > I solved it with the first couple of posts help. > > New code: > > > > > SELECT > profileID > FROM > mod_userStatus > WHERE > profileID = #Session.Profile.profileID# > > > > > > > > > > > > That returns true or false. Then I invoke the method, return a variable and > do a CF control structure and works no problem now. > > Thanks for the help. > > Adam > > ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:341400 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Return boolean from a CFC query -- UPDATE: Solved
I solved it with the first couple of posts help. New code: SELECT profileID FROM mod_userStatus WHERE profileID = #Session.Profile.profileID# That returns true or false. Then I invoke the method, return a variable and do a CF control structure and works no problem now. Thanks for the help. Adam ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:341399 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Return boolean from a CFC query
Alan wrote: MSSQL doesn't care if the field is on the left or the right, it's just running a comparison against the statement. Gotta say thats a first and I have been doing mssql for ten years. I am telling you this is what is causing his error because tsql is not as flexible as you think because its procedural and requires you do it in a certain way. Mike On Jan 26, 2011, at 1:23 PM, Alan Rother wrote: > MSSQL doesn't care if the field is on the left or the right, it's just > running a comparison against the statement. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:341397 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Return boolean from a CFC query
>>>Kelly is right with the cftry and cfcatch. If you change your query like this it should correct your bug I am thinking because when you write a query the database field has to be on the left. TSQL doesnt know what a session variable is. MSSQL doesn't care if the field is on the left or the right, it's just running a comparison against the statement. It also has no idea that it was a session variable, by the time it gets to the SQL Server, ColdFusion has parsed it out into a SQL string, and that's all that gets passed into the database. -- Alan Rother Manager, Phoenix Cold Fusion User Group, www.AZCFUG.org Twitter: @AlanRother ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:341395 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Return boolean from a CFC query
Got a few questions about your CFC method... 1) where is the variable DSN coming from? 2) Should your WHERE be: WHERE profileID = #session.profile.profileID# ? (essentially the reverse of what you have) 3) consider using in your SQL when using dynamic values (yeah, I know... that's not a question) 4) along those same lines, you should var scope your query name. , and then run the cfquery. It may or may not be a big deal for this particular method... but in general, you want to var scope any variable used in a method. This ensures that the variable is bound to that method and that method only. 5) you're running the query, but returning true regardless of the result of the query. Should there perhaps be a conditional in there? 6) As Michael F. suggested, you might want to pass the profileID variable in as an argument to the method. It's generally considered to be bad practice to reference session (or any outside scope) from within a cfc method, as that breaks encapsulation (meaning the method should only know about itself... nothing about the 'outside world'... anything it needs to know should be sent in to it... think "black box"). 7) To see what the query is returning, you can always do a right after the and above the On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 10:47 AM, Adam Bourg wrote: > > Here's what I'm trying to do. I'm building a module that only our > Professional Staff can access, I am trying to identify where the person > logged in is a pro staff member or a student staffer. When they log into our > CMS, there is a session variable that returns their profile id. it is: > #Session.Profile.profileID# > > We have two tables: > Table 1: pro_profile > Primary key: profileID > This contains all users, their information etc... > > Table 2: mod_userStatus > Primary key: > Sec Key: profileID > This is simply a primary key with a secondary key of profileID. If a person > is on this list they are a prostaffer, if not they are a student. > > I'm trying to query the database and return boolean if the user exists on > mod_userStatus. If yes, they can access the page, if no, redirect. > > Here's the CFC. > > > > SELECT > profileID > FROM > mod_userStatus > WHERE > #Session.Profile.profileID# = profileID > > > > > > When I run this, it just gives me a blank page, returns nothing and no error. > > ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:341393 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
RE: Return boolean from a CFC query
Sorry if I am repeating what anyone else has said, I didn't read the rest of the thread. If you catch errors inside the CFC using try/catch you can then return then in your return struct to inform your calling page that there was an error. e.g. Call your error handler, or do a CFTHROW to cause the default error handler to be used. It is a good idea to then have a template or a cfc that handles your error, outputs a friendly message, logs the error and sends you an email. Frameworks like ColdSpring will handle a lot of this stuff for you if you want to get into that. -- Russ Michaels www.bluethunderinternet.com: Business hosting services & solutions www.cfmldeveloper.com : ColdFusion community and developer hosting www.michaels.me.uk : My Blog www.cfsearch.com : ColdFusion search engine skype me : russmichaels ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:341392 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Return boolean from a CFC query
Kelly is right with the cftry and cfcatch. If you change your query like this it should correct your bug I am thinking because when you write a query the database field has to be on the left. TSQL doesnt know what a session variable is. >> >> SELECT >> profileID >>FROM >> mod_userStatus >> WHERE >> profileID = #Session.Profile.profileID# >> I wonder why ColdFusion does that never really knew why. Perhaps one of the senior guys can answer that one. Thanks, Mike On Jan 26, 2011, at 1:12 PM, Kelly wrote: > > Yep this is true - a cftry/cfcatch helps or just run the query outside > of the cfc to see if it's throwing an error. > > On 1/26/2011 1:03 PM, Michael Firth wrote: >> I also want to add when you run a cfc page with a query sometimes when you >> get an error a blank page will occur without any error information. >> >> >> On Jan 26, 2011, at 12:47 PM, Adam Bourg wrote: >> >>> Here's what I'm trying to do. I'm building a module that only our >>> Professional Staff can access, I am trying to identify where the person >>> logged in is a pro staff member or a student staffer. When they log into >>> our CMS, there is a session variable that returns their profile id. it is: >>> #Session.Profile.profileID# >>> >>> We have two tables: >>> Table 1: pro_profile >>> Primary key: profileID >>> This contains all users, their information etc... >>> >>> Table 2: mod_userStatus >>> Primary key: >>> Sec Key: profileID >>> This is simply a primary key with a secondary key of profileID. If a person >>> is on this list they are a prostaffer, if not they are a student. >>> >>> I'm trying to query the database and return boolean if the user exists on >>> mod_userStatus. If yes, they can access the page, if no, redirect. >>> >>> Here's the CFC. >>> >>> >>> >>> SELECT >>> profileID >>>FROM >>> mod_userStatus >>> WHERE >>> #Session.Profile.profileID# = profileID >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> When I run this, it just gives me a blank page, returns nothing and no >>> error. >>> >>> >> > > ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:341391 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Return boolean from a CFC query
Yep this is true - a cftry/cfcatch helps or just run the query outside of the cfc to see if it's throwing an error. On 1/26/2011 1:03 PM, Michael Firth wrote: > I also want to add when you run a cfc page with a query sometimes when you > get an error a blank page will occur without any error information. > > > On Jan 26, 2011, at 12:47 PM, Adam Bourg wrote: > >> Here's what I'm trying to do. I'm building a module that only our >> Professional Staff can access, I am trying to identify where the person >> logged in is a pro staff member or a student staffer. When they log into our >> CMS, there is a session variable that returns their profile id. it is: >> #Session.Profile.profileID# >> >> We have two tables: >> Table 1: pro_profile >> Primary key: profileID >> This contains all users, their information etc... >> >> Table 2: mod_userStatus >> Primary key: >> Sec Key: profileID >> This is simply a primary key with a secondary key of profileID. If a person >> is on this list they are a prostaffer, if not they are a student. >> >> I'm trying to query the database and return boolean if the user exists on >> mod_userStatus. If yes, they can access the page, if no, redirect. >> >> Here's the CFC. >> >> >> >> SELECT >> profileID >> FROM >> mod_userStatus >> WHERE >> #Session.Profile.profileID# = profileID >> >> >> >> >> >> When I run this, it just gives me a blank page, returns nothing and no error. >> >> > ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:341390 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Return boolean from a CFC query
I also want to add when you run a cfc page with a query sometimes when you get an error a blank page will occur without any error information. On Jan 26, 2011, at 12:47 PM, Adam Bourg wrote: > > Here's what I'm trying to do. I'm building a module that only our > Professional Staff can access, I am trying to identify where the person > logged in is a pro staff member or a student staffer. When they log into our > CMS, there is a session variable that returns their profile id. it is: > #Session.Profile.profileID# > > We have two tables: > Table 1: pro_profile > Primary key: profileID > This contains all users, their information etc... > > Table 2: mod_userStatus > Primary key: > Sec Key: profileID > This is simply a primary key with a secondary key of profileID. If a person > is on this list they are a prostaffer, if not they are a student. > > I'm trying to query the database and return boolean if the user exists on > mod_userStatus. If yes, they can access the page, if no, redirect. > > Here's the CFC. > > > > SELECT > profileID >FROM > mod_userStatus > WHERE > #Session.Profile.profileID# = profileID > > > > > > When I run this, it just gives me a blank page, returns nothing and no error. > > ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:341389 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Return boolean from a CFC query
So the query comes back with no results if it's a student? Why not do something like? On 1/26/2011 12:47 PM, Adam Bourg wrote: > Here's what I'm trying to do. I'm building a module that only our > Professional Staff can access, I am trying to identify where the person > logged in is a pro staff member or a student staffer. When they log into our > CMS, there is a session variable that returns their profile id. it is: > #Session.Profile.profileID# > > We have two tables: > Table 1: pro_profile > Primary key: profileID > This contains all users, their information etc... > > Table 2: mod_userStatus > Primary key: > Sec Key: profileID > This is simply a primary key with a secondary key of profileID. If a person > is on this list they are a prostaffer, if not they are a student. > > I'm trying to query the database and return boolean if the user exists on > mod_userStatus. If yes, they can access the page, if no, redirect. > > Here's the CFC. > > > > SELECT > profileID > FROM > mod_userStatus > WHERE > #Session.Profile.profileID# = profileID > > > > > > When I run this, it just gives me a blank page, returns nothing and no error. > > ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:341388 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Re: Return boolean from a CFC query
Switch the following line in your query profileID = #Session.Profile.profileID# Also, you may want to consider transferring the session into a local variable to be more flexible with your function call Mike On Jan 26, 2011, at 12:47 PM, Adam Bourg wrote: > > Here's what I'm trying to do. I'm building a module that only our > Professional Staff can access, I am trying to identify where the person > logged in is a pro staff member or a student staffer. When they log into our > CMS, there is a session variable that returns their profile id. it is: > #Session.Profile.profileID# > > We have two tables: > Table 1: pro_profile > Primary key: profileID > This contains all users, their information etc... > > Table 2: mod_userStatus > Primary key: > Sec Key: profileID > This is simply a primary key with a secondary key of profileID. If a person > is on this list they are a prostaffer, if not they are a student. > > I'm trying to query the database and return boolean if the user exists on > mod_userStatus. If yes, they can access the page, if no, redirect. > > Here's the CFC. > > > > SELECT > profileID >FROM > mod_userStatus > WHERE > #Session.Profile.profileID# = profileID > > > > > > When I run this, it just gives me a blank page, returns nothing and no error. > > ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:341387 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
Return boolean from a CFC query
Here's what I'm trying to do. I'm building a module that only our Professional Staff can access, I am trying to identify where the person logged in is a pro staff member or a student staffer. When they log into our CMS, there is a session variable that returns their profile id. it is: #Session.Profile.profileID# We have two tables: Table 1: pro_profile Primary key: profileID This contains all users, their information etc... Table 2: mod_userStatus Primary key: Sec Key: profileID This is simply a primary key with a secondary key of profileID. If a person is on this list they are a prostaffer, if not they are a student. I'm trying to query the database and return boolean if the user exists on mod_userStatus. If yes, they can access the page, if no, redirect. Here's the CFC. SELECT profileID FROM mod_userStatus WHERE #Session.Profile.profileID# = profileID When I run this, it just gives me a blank page, returns nothing and no error. ~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:341385 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
