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Little Known CF Functions: ValueList

July 27th, 2006
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I saw a function today that I had actually never seen before, and it would have helped me save a few lines of code in many CF projects. The function is ValueList. ValueList takes a Query column as it’s first parameter, and a delimiter as an optional second parameter, and returns a list of the values from the query.

An example:

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<cfquery name="qryGetItems" datasource="#dsn#">
  select items.item_name
    from items
</cfquery>
<cfset all_items = ValueList(qryGetItems.item_name)>

You now have a comma delimited list of all items from your query.

If you enjoyed this article or it helped you in any way, I’d appreciate it if you’d post a comment below to let me know. All code examples are for demonstration only and should be used at your own risk. I cannot accept liability for unexpected results.

Chris ColdFusion ColdFusion, ValueList

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