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Asked: 2026-05-28T03:59:53+00:00

I have two queries: <cfquery name=getChairReview datasource=#application.dsn#> SELECT* FROM eval_reviews WHERE faculty = <cfqueryparam

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I have two queries:

<cfquery name="getChairReview" datasource="#application.dsn#">
SELECT*
FROM eval_reviews
WHERE faculty = <cfqueryparam cfsqltype="cf_sql_numeric" value="#HTMLEditFormat(trim(arguments.id))#">
AND evalYear = <cfqueryparam cfsqltype="cf_sql_numeric" value="#HTMLEditFormat(trim(arguments.evalYear))#">
AND levels = <cfqueryparam cfsqltype="cf_sql_varchar" value="chair">
</cfquery>

<cfreturn getChairReview>
</cffunction>


<cffunction name="getDeanReview" access="public" returntype="query">
<cfargument name="id" type="numeric" required="yes">
<cfargument name="evalYear" type="numeric" required="yes">
<cfset var getDeanReview = QueryNew("")>


<cfquery name="getDeanReview" datasource="#application.dsn#">
SELECT*
FROM eval_reviews
WHERE faculty = <cfqueryparam cfsqltype="cf_sql_numeric" value="#HTMLEditFormat(trim(arguments.id))#">
AND evalYear = <cfqueryparam cfsqltype="cf_sql_numeric" value="#HTMLEditFormat(trim(arguments.evalYear))#">
AND levels = 'dean'
</cfquery>

<cfreturn getDeanReview>
</cffunction>

Both of them work fine when evalYear is 2012. If I send in 2011 I get an error on getDeanReview that states: [Macromedia][SQLServer JDBC Driver][SQLServer]Error converting data type varchar to numeric

The line it gives this error on is the AND levels = 'dean' (note: I had taken out the cfqueryparam tag to make sure I didn’t goof that up.)

I find this strange because these two queries are almost identical except one has chair as a param and the other dean. (Yes, I could have had one function to do the job…with extra param for level)

I changed 'dean' to 'chair' with evalYear still 2011…guess what? It worked. This is quite odd…

levels is a varchar field.

Any ideas?

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  1. Editorial Team

    That’s weird.

    Okay, for grits & shins, try making the second query:
    and levels like ‘%dean%’

    Also, try it the way you have it, but remove the line about year and let it select everything regardless of year… see what your output looks like.

    Lastly.. I don’t think you need to worry about HTMLEditFormat in your value params in cfqueryparam.

    Rob

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