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May 31, 2009
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Create a variable

  • May 31, 2009
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I am trying to create a variable in CF8 but cant get the below to work because it doesnt like the tags in the variable. Please advise how I can make the below into one variable?
<cfset mydata="<message>#city#,#state#,#country#</message>">

I tried escaping the variable part but it gave me an error message:

<cfset mydata="\<message\>#city#,#state#,#country#\</message\>">

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    BKBK
    Community Expert
    BKBKCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    June 1, 2009

    Coldfusion has functions to escape tags. Two of them are

    <cfset mydata=htmleditformat("<message>#city#,#state#,#country#</message>")>
    <cfset mydata=xmlformat("<message>#city#,#state#,#country#</message>")>

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    Dan_Bracuk
    Inspiring
    June 1, 2009

    I'm guessing that your variable was created, but your browser won't display it because of the tag.  To test this theory, output it in a text box.

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