http://livedocs.adobe.com/ Macromedia LiveDocs - online documentation with user feedback. Copyright 2009, Macromedia, Inc. 2009-11-25T07:45:54 en-us http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/7/htmldocs/00000469.htm#39288 I have not tested thoroughly, but it appears that it just returns an empty string ("") if you have not logged in. HorsePunchKid 0 0 2005-09-08T15:48:43 http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/7/htmldocs/00000469.htm#38842 What is returned if a user is not authenticated? .: |\/| :. 0 0 2005-08-22T10:11:42