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Problem Calling Query in Custom Tag

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December 4, 2008
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I am using this code to call a custom tag called broadcast.cfm

<cf_broadcast query="fe" orgID = "4">

The query fe is an included file on my site and is available to the page I'm calling the custom tag from.

In the custom tag I am referencing the query like:

<cfloop query="#attributes.query#">

but I keep getting this error:
"The value of the attribute query, which is currently "fe", is invalid. "

I must be missing something really simple here but can't figure out what.

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rdk8487 wrote:
> In the custom tag I am referencing the query like:
> <cfloop query="#attributes.query#">
> but I keep getting this error:
> "The value of the attribute query, which is currently "fe", is invalid. "

It is a scoping problem. The query is defined in the calling page. To access it by name, within the custom tag, use the "caller" scope.

<cfloop query="caller.#attributes.nameOfTheQuery#">

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rdk8487 wrote:
> In the custom tag I am referencing the query like:
> <cfloop query="#attributes.query#">
> but I keep getting this error:
> "The value of the attribute query, which is currently "fe", is invalid. "

It is a scoping problem. The query is defined in the calling page. To access it by name, within the custom tag, use the "caller" scope.

<cfloop query="caller.#attributes.nameOfTheQuery#">

J

JR__Bob__Dobbs-qSBHQ2

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quote:

Originally posted by: -==cfSearching==-
rdk8487 wrote:
> In the custom tag I am referencing the query like:
> <cfloop query="#attributes.query#">
> but I keep getting this error:
> "The value of the attribute query, which is currently "fe", is invalid. "

It is a scoping problem. The query is defined in the calling page. To access it by name, within the custom tag, use the "caller" scope.

<cfloop query="caller.#attributes.nameOfTheQuery#">

If the query object is passed to the custom tag via an attribute you shouldn't need the caller scope. See attached sample.

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quote:

Originally posted by: JR "Bob" Dobbs
If the query object is passed to the custom tag via an attribute you shouldn't need the caller scope. See attached sample.

Yes, I believe you do because the query object resides in the caller scope. Using query="attributes.query" fails because CF treats it as a literal string.

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Dan_Bracuk

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Put these two lines at the start of your custom tag.

<cfdump var="#attributes#">
<cfflush>

Then start passing various things for the query attibute. That will help you troubleshoot.

R

rdk8487Author

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Thanks. I tried that and got:

"Complex object types cannot be converted to simple values."

Since fe is the name of the query I'm not sure why it should be treated as a variable though.

J

JR__Bob__Dobbs-qSBHQ2

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If the pound signs are omitted CF will assume "fe" is a string literal and not a variable. It might help if you could post your code. I was able to use #fe# without seeing an error. I have attached the sample code for the custom tag and calling page.

Using "fe" as the value of query displays "Value is not a query", using "#fe#" displays the list of column names for the query object. Note for my example the orgID attribute is not used.

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Dan_Bracuk

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"fe" is a string.

R

rdk8487Author

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can you elaborate? I'm not sure what you're telling me.

J

JR__Bob__Dobbs-qSBHQ2

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<cf_broadcast query="fe" orgID = "4"> 

<cf_broadcast query="#fe#" orgID = "4">

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