Scripting Questions

Regarding:  "In scripting, what happens if you include templates not in <cfscript> such as HTML or tag based CFML?"

You get an ugly grey box on your monitor with an informative message inside. 

1.) In queries with conditionals (if-statements or dynamic variables), how would I implement this in the scripting syntax?

One builds up the string first, eg:

sql = "

SELECT *

FROM ExampleTable

WHERE

";

if (arguments.Example eq "Example"){

     sql &= "IN(?)";

}else{

     sql &= "'#arguments.myExample#'";

}

Then passes the string to the call to Query.cfc.

Parameters are done slightly differently than in a <cfquery> tag in that one only needs a place holder in the SQL string, and then set the parameter details separately with addParam().

It's all documented here:

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/ColdFusion/9.0/CFMLRef/WSe9cbe5cf462523a0693d5dae123bcd28f6d-7ffb.html

2.) In scripting, what happens if you include templates not in <cfscript> such as HTML or tag based CFML? I tried using include a couple times and it wouldn't work, and I'm assuming the reason is because what I was including was HTML and/or tag based.

The included files are compiled separately, so it doesn't matter what code is within them compared to the including template.

As to why you had problems, it's impossible to say given the only info you offer is "wouldn't work".  You don't tell us in what way it "wouldn't work".

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Adam