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Programming ColdFusion MX, 2nd Edition
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Programming ColdFusion MX, 2nd Edition

by Rob Brooks-Bilson
August 2003
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
1140 pages
68h 45m
English
O'Reilly Media, Inc.
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Name

cfdump

Synopsis

                  
                  <cfdump>

Displays the value of a variable in a color-coded DHTML-formatted table. cfdump is useful in debugging situations where you need to display a variable’s contents, especially for arrays and structures. The cfdump tag can output the contents of most datatypes.

Attributes

var="# variable_name #"

The name of the variable you want to display the value(s) for. cfdump is capable of recognizing simple datatypes as well as arrays, binary data, CFCs, COM objects (new in ColdFusion MX 6.1), Java objects, query objects, structures, UDFs, WDDX, and XML document objects. Note that it is necessary to surround the variable name with pound signs.

expand="Yes|No"

Indicates whether to expand DHTML table views (works in most modern browsers). Optional. Default is Yes.

label=" Label_Text "

Specifies a header for the table created by the dump. Optional.

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