August 2003
Intermediate to advanced
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cfparam
<cfparam>
Defines a parameter and sets a default value. Can also be used to test for the existence of a parameter and its datatype.
name="
parameter_name
"
Name of the parameter to create. Required.
default="
value
"
Default value to assign to the variable if it doesn’t exist or has no value already assigned.
type="
data_type"
The required parameter type. Valid entries are
Any, Array,
Binary (new in ColdFusion MX),
Boolean, Date,
GUID (new in ColdFusion MX),
Numeric, Query,
String, Struct,
UUID, and VariableName (checks
to make sure the variable you are checking contains a value that is a
valid variable name). Optional. The default is
Any. For more information on the difference
between a GUID and a UUID, see the entry for CreateUUID(
) in Appendix B.