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Asked: 2026-06-12T23:59:25+00:00

After my form submits I am calling a controller method that runs an orm

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After my form submits I am calling a controller method that runs an orm EntitySave in my cfc. I would like to dump out the arguments before I save my data via ORM just to visually validate those are indeed the values I want to save in the database.
So when I use this 

<cfthrow message="value = #arguments#">

I am getting this:

Error: Complex object types cannot be converted to simple values.

I understand you are not allowed to do this with complex objects, so in those cases I would use <cfdump> but I can’t find a way to dump in a <cfthrow>. I am sure there is a better way to accomplish this. I have also tried doing a <cfmail> to myself which works amazingly but the email will take a minute or two. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I am currently checking into ValidateThis.

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  1. Editorial Team

    You could serialise it:

    <cfthrow message="value = #serializeJson(arguments)#">

    But I don’t think you want that sort of thing showing up on the screen.

    I’d log it if I was you (so same notion, just <cflog> before the <cfthrow>, and put the arguments in the log entry, and in the <cfthrow> just put a brief explanation of the error (you should also use a TYPE attribute, for subsequent handling of the exception that you’ve raised.

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