BGCOLOR in <TD> Tag Spoils My Script

[Chinyere]

Hello,

I am using ColdFusion Studio to edit a CF page so I wanted to change the color of a table cell background one day...

I innocently typed in something like <TD bgcolor=&quot;#3DA768&quot;>...

When I test the script, lo and behold, I receive an error message that goes something like this:
___________________
ERROR!

CF was looking for &quot;

The last line processed was (54:40)...
______________________

What is up with THAT?

When I take out the hex color, it works like a charm. Huh? Does anyone out there have any idea why this is happening? It would be great to receive an answer soon.

Chinyere

PS I made up the hex color above ; I am not sure that it exists...

 

[JHoarty]

If that tag is inside of cfoutput tags, you'll have to escape the pound sign. Try using

<td bgcolor=&quot;##3DA768&quot;>

John Hoarty
jhoarty@quickestore.com

http://www.quickestore.com

 

[timmoser]

Use two pound signs ##3DA768...

 

[bamboo]

CF can't read a single '#'. You need to either eliminate the '#' or add two of them like this. <td bgcolor=&quot;##FFFFFF&quot;>. Hope this helps or if I mis-read your message.

-Bamboo

 

[Chinyere]

Thanks guys!

That was ultraquick! Can't believe it!

May I throw in another quick question (or maybe I should start a new thread...)

I tried to center an image inside a table and it wouldn't take (the program ignored it).

As you all mentioned above, again this table was nested inside CF tags.

Any tips?

Chinyere

PS Please bear with me, I am a newbie CF developer .

 

[imstillatwork]

are you doing this for the cell ?

<td bgcolor=&quot;##FFFFFF&quot; align=&quot;center&quot;>

 

[MorganGreylock]

Keep in mind though, that you only need to escape the # with
double #'s if its inside a CFOUTPUT section. I got burned by
that once.

MG