Question

I am pulling my hair out working on what would seem to be easy problem. But as a ColdFusion rookie I am just having a hell of a time figuring it out.

<cfoutput query="getSeasonAndRate">
    <cfset adultRate = groupRate>
</cfoutput>

So … adultRate = 89

<cfset adultRate = 88>

So why does adultRate STILL equal 89?

Thanks! 😀

Answer 1

If your query contains a column named “adultRate” then your CFSET statement is updating the query object, not the variables scope.

This page (disclosure: on my own blog) discusses scope priority when reading and writing variables without explicitly specifying scope.

To fix your problem, change:

<cfset adultRate = groupRate>

to:

<cfset variables.adultRate = getSeasonAndRate.groupRate>

(assuming the groupRate value you want to get the value from is part of the query)