list question

[Leakyradiator]

If I create a list on template A, is it available on template B? If not, how do I pass a list between templates?

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[r937]

depends

how are you invoking template B from template A?

if it's cfinclude, no problemo

if it's cflocation, it's a bit harder

(i've always been very leery of cflocation, i've always figured a cf developer who relies on cflocation a lot just hasn't figured out how to use cfincludes)

session variable will do the trick

url string might also work (if the list isn't too long)

saving the list to a database table is also feasible



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[Leakyradiator]

I wasn't invoking template A in template B. But I want to use the list across multiple templates. Can this be done in the session scope? Or is there a better way to pass lists between templates?

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[TruthInSatire]

shoot... one of my biggest apps puts a list in a session variable. a list is nothing more than a string with a common seperator.

<cfset session.myListOfFriends = "Bob,Jim,Joe,Steve,Alex,Roger,Tracy,Mike,Jackie,Pete,Mary-Jane,Susan">

nothin' to it

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