Why do Coldfusion structure key cases change depending on declaration style?

component {

     VARIABLES.obj = {};

     VARIABLES.obj.foo = "bar";

     VARIABLES.obj['foo2'] = "bart";

    remote function func1() {

        return VARIABLES.obj;

    }

}

The response from the URL “/test.cfc?method=func1&returnformat=json” looks like this:

• foo2: "bart",

• FOO: "bar"

}

Note that if you declare the property of a structure with dot notation, it is returned in uppercase. Using array like declarations returns it as you specified.

This is still apparent when dumping a structure in a page, but is more of a problem when accessing the results via JSON in a Javascript appliation, as this is case sensitive.

Pete