Answering my own question, I see that <cfa_siteElementGet> throws errors with <cfa_throw bAbort=1 ...>, so <cfcatch> never gets the chance to trap the error. I guess I modify the Spectra tag now...
Bob > -----Original Message----- > From: Robert Zimbinski > Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 12:25 PM > To: Spectra-Talk > Subject: <cftry> doesn't catch Spectra tag errors? > > > Can someone help me understand why the following code doesn't > work? If > cfa_siteElementGet is asked to get an elementID that doesn't exist, I > want to protect the user from an ugly error message. Trouble is, > <cftry> and <cfcatch> seem not to work here. Should I be doing this > another way? > > <cftry> > <cfa_siteElementGet > datasource="#request.cfa.objectstore.dsn#" > elementID="Not A Valid Element ID" > r_stElement="stElement"> > <cfcatch type="ANY"> > <cfa_dump var="#cfcatch#"> > </cfcatch> > </cftry> > > > thanks, > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe visit http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/spectra_talk or send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with 'unsubscribe' in the body.
