Hi,
You can have strings directly using the "", for example:
<CFOUTPUT QUERY="qStudent">
<CFSET Grade = "#StGrade#">
</CFOUTPUT>
You can convert a string beginning with a numeric to a numeric value, for example:
<CFOUTPUT>
<CFSET value1 = Val(Grade)>
<CFSET value2 = Val('571BFX')>
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