http://livedocs.adobe.com/ Macromedia LiveDocs - online documentation with user feedback. Copyright 2009, Macromedia, Inc. 2009-11-25T05:26:16 en-us http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/6/Developing_ColdFusion_MX_Applications_with_CFML/Variables7.htm#21896 However this:<br /><br /><CFFUNCTION NAME="test"><br /><cfargument name="foo" type="string"><br /><CFSET foo=1><br /><CFRETURN foo><br /></CFFUNCTION><br /><CFOUTPUT><br />#test(foo="blather")#<br /></CFOUTPUT> <br /><br />Will return "1"... Marty Pine 0 0 2004-10-03T18:49:24 http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/6/Developing_ColdFusion_MX_Applications_with_CFML/Variables7.htm#1042 The Argument scope has "interesting" behavior.<br>Try the following:<br><br><CFFUNCTION NAME="test"> <br> <cfargument name="foo" type="string"><br> <CFSET Variables.foo=1> <br> <CFRETURN foo> <br></CFFUNCTION> <br><CFOUTPUT> <br>#test(foo="blather")# <br></CFOUTPUT><br><br>Since the scope is intended for use with arguments passed in, this seems like a more appropriate test.<br><br>We omitted "file" scope out because we don't generally document it as a scope, rather as "returned" struct with status variables, and we've deprecated the use of the name "file" (recommend cffile instead).<br> hlichtin 0 0 2003-05-27T16:33:00 http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/6/Developing_ColdFusion_MX_Applications_with_CFML/Variables7.htm#521 The order of evaluation for scopes is wrong. Arguments must always be scoped. See this code to demonstrate:<br><br><CFFUNCTION NAME="test"><br> <CFSET Arguments.y=1> <br> <CFRETURN y><br></CFFUNCTION><br><br><CFOUTPUT><br>#test()#<br></CFOUTPUT><br><br>Also, the FILE (CFFILE) scope is missing from the list. It's evaluated right after CGI variables. rbils@amkor.com 0 0 2002-07-11T02:20:00