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Using CFSWITCH
- Thread starter KevinFSI
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I don't think so, to my understanding the values in the <CFCASE> tag must be a constant value, you can't even use a CF variable in the CFCASE, it must be a "constant value".
You could do <CFCASE VALUE="1,2,3,4,... all the way to.. 98,99">, but that would be a pain.
I'd say your better alternative would to use <CFIF>.
- tleish
You could do <CFCASE VALUE="1,2,3,4,... all the way to.. 98,99">, but that would be a pain.
I'd say your better alternative would to use <CFIF>.
- tleish
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Yes you can. First you need to define your case, i.e.,
<case value="Something">
</cfcase>
Within the <cfcase></cfcase> you can then use your <cfif> statements.
Hope this helps. Yvette Ingram
Brainbench Certified
ColdFusion Application Developer
<case value="Something">
</cfcase>
Within the <cfcase></cfcase> you can then use your <cfif> statements.
Hope this helps. Yvette Ingram
Brainbench Certified
ColdFusion Application Developer
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I knew you could use <CFIF> within <CFCASE> but if you're going to do that, aren't you losing most of what makes <CFSWITCH> more efficient?
I prefer <CFSWITCH> in most situations because it's reported to be more efficient than several <CFIF> statements. If I were to use the two together, how would I benefit? Is there any added value to putting <CFIF> inside a <CFSWITCH> statement? It actually ends up being more code. Kevin
slanek@ssd.fsi.com
I prefer <CFSWITCH> in most situations because it's reported to be more efficient than several <CFIF> statements. If I were to use the two together, how would I benefit? Is there any added value to putting <CFIF> inside a <CFSWITCH> statement? It actually ends up being more code. Kevin
slanek@ssd.fsi.com
CFSwitch/CFCase actually makes it extremely easy for you to match a expression with a range of values.
the CFCase tag supports an option Delimiters argument--the comma (,) is the default delimiter, but you can specify alternative delimiters like this:
I actually just bought a pretty good book that details this: "Mastering Coldfusion 4.5" by Arman Danesh and Kristin Aileen Motlagh. I would highly recommend picking up a copy for reference.
the CFCase tag supports an option Delimiters argument--the comma (,) is the default delimiter, but you can specify alternative delimiters like this:
Code:
<cfcase value="1:2:3:4:5" delimiters=":">
blah blah
</cfcase>I actually just bought a pretty good book that details this: "Mastering Coldfusion 4.5" by Arman Danesh and Kristin Aileen Motlagh. I would highly recommend picking up a copy for reference.
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Oooo, yuk. Hadn't considered that. In that case,it would probably behoove you to use a [cfif #value# gt 0 and #value# lt 10000], which of course could be complicated if your values range from 1 to 10,000, but don't include ALL values between 1 and 10,000.
So, in a nutshell, um, good luck? Let us know if you find anything. {
So, in a nutshell, um, good luck? Let us know if you find anything. {
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