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basic problem with UDF

New Here ,
Mar 15, 2016 Mar 15, 2016

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I'm very frustrated calling a UDF, not getting the correct results

Here's the function, placed in a template named "basic_function.cfm"

<cffunction name="test" access="public" output="yes" returnType="string">

<cfreturn "Hello World">

</cffunction>

<cfoutput>#test#</cfoutput>

The output I get: cfbasic_function2ecfm687063398$funcTEST@70c49b0c

How can I get the string "Hello World"?

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Engaged , Mar 15, 2016 Mar 15, 2016

You are currently just try to output whatever "test" is.  Since test is a function you would get what you are seeing.  Since you actually want to execute the function you need to call it as a function.

<cfoutput>#test()#</cfoutput>

HTH,

--Dave

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You are currently just try to output whatever "test" is.  Since test is a function you would get what you are seeing.  Since you actually want to execute the function you need to call it as a function.

<cfoutput>#test()#</cfoutput>

HTH,

--Dave

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That does it!

Thanks, Dave.

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