Replacing Null Values

I thought I'd take the super-easy way out and try this:
<cffile action="readbinary" file="C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\CFDOCS\ADMI\PROD\TEMP_IMPORT\#File.ServerFile#" variable="myBinary">
<cfset myBinary = Replace(myBinary, Chr(0), Chr(45), "ALL")>

which produces this error:
Parameter 1 of function Replace must be a basic value, i.e., a string, number, logical, or date/time value
so it can't be the whole binary file . . .

Thoughts?

All of the records in my file are complete. Each line consists of 2000 characters (if you consider NULL a character). It has 339 fields of information, of which I receive good (complete) data for about 37. If data is ommitted, the hex value 00 is used, which is the same as null or chr(00). If I open this file in a more advanced editor than Notepad (I am currently using NoteTab Pro), the NULL characters show up as periods but in the middle of the char space (so where a plus or hyphen would be).

Here is a line:
01+11065+05202+USA+ +···+P +S06+F+···+···+······+·····+NE +11 +B2 +W3 +···+···+······+·····+·····················+11 +·+······+USA+···+···+NE+1+B2+ +·+·+08926+·+······+000015235+ +·····+·+·+········+·········+·+·+·+·+·+·+·+·+·+·+·+·+·+·+·+·+·+·+20010218+·························+····+································+································+································+Framingham Ford +····················+1130 + +Framingham +MA +017011130 +017+ +1200 Worcester Road +Framingham +MA +01702 +···+···+···+···+····+····+····+····+····+····+·····+·····+·····+·····+·····+·····+20060919+·+·+·+·+·+ +·+·+·+·+·+·+·+·+········+········+·+·+·+·+·+·+·+·+·+·+·+·+·+·····+····································································································+····································································································+ +····················+····················+····················+·+·+·+·+··+·+·····+·+ +·+69+09+97+11+·········+·+·+2006-11-30-08.30.27.595704+ 00.000000+ 000.000000+·+·+········································································································································································································································································································································································································································································································································································································································································································································

Also, I have tried the following piece of code and it didn't work. It said LIST value cannot be converted to a string because it is not a simple value. Simple values are booleans, numbers, strings, and date-time values.

<cffile action="readbinary" file="C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\CFDOCS\ADMI\PROD\TEMP_IMPORT\#File.ServerFile#" variable="myBinary">
<cfloop index="myLine" item="" list="#myBinary#" delimiters="#chr(10)#">
<cfset MyLine2 = replace(MyLine,00000000,00010000,"ALL")>
<cffile action="write" file="C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\CFDOCS\ADMI\PROD\TEMP_IMPORT\goldd_char.txt" variable="myFile" addnewline="yes" output="#myLine2#">
</cfloop>

What does a complete record look like in your file? How about an incomplete one?

The delimeters are chr(10) (new line), so I would hope that they are not being replaced . . . is that what you meant by "getting" all the delimeters?

Is this a delmited file? If so, are you getting all the delimiters?

Unfortunately, the second parameter of Replace() must be a non-empty string. I am getting the error: Parameter 2 of function Replace which is now "" must be a non-empty string

Thank you very much, I was indeed talking about ASCII values. I completely forgot that replace() can be used like that . . . why? I have no idea.

Thanks for convincing me to get some coffee on a Monday!

When you refer to the null character, are you talking about ASCII 0? If so, the following should work:
<CFSET foo = Replace(foo, Chr(0), Chr(32), "ALL")>