Comma-delimited field values

Question

Hello all,
Hope someone can help... :-)
I've been trying to put values from a comma-delimited
Database field into variables...
The field is called "Related_Products" and I can pull the
recordset fine... it's just the part of looping through the
comma-delimited field and placing them in variables that's killing
me...
The field will contain up to 6 comma-delimited values at
most.
And if the recordset field has 5 comma-delimited values... I
want 5 variables.. 2 comma-delimited values then 2 variables, etc.
<cfquery name="getRelatedProducts"
datasource="fikestudioDB">
SELECT New_category_dataport.Category_DataPort_Id,
New_category_dataport.Name, New_category_dataport.Hide,
New_category_dataport.Thumbnail, New_category_dataport.Sort_Order,
category_details.CategoryID, category_details.Related_Products
FROM New_category_dataport LEFT JOIN category_details ON
New_category_dataport.Category_DataPort_Id =
category_details.Category_DataPort_Id
WHERE (((category_details.CategoryID)=#URL.productID#))
</cfquery>
<!--- define and set variable --->
<cfparam name="ProductList" default="">
<cfset ProductList=getRelatedProducts.Related_Products
/>
<!--- define variables for however many comma-delimited
values exist.. up to 6 --->
<CFLOOP INDEX="i" LIST="#ProductList#" DELIMITERS=",">
<cfset variable1="">
<cfset variable2="">
... up to 6 values
</CFLOOP>
Hope someone can help :-)
Thanks so much,
John

Answer 1

Thanks for your help Sankalan...
But, when I use your code as such :
<!--- define variables for however many comma-delimited
values exist.. up to 6 --->
<CFLOOP INDEX="i" LIST="#ProductList#" DELIMITERS=",">
<cfset "variable_#i#"="">
</CFLOOP>
<cfoutput>
#variable_1#
</cfoutput>
and hoping for something like :
variable_1 = a
variable_2 = b
variable_3 = c
variable_4 = d
variable_5 = e
variable_6 = f
Variable_1 is undefined...
I think it's putting the value of the field in the variable
name and not of the value of variable_1 ........
think I need something like :
<CFLOOP INDEX="i" LIST="#ProductList#" DELIMITERS=",">
<cfset "variable_"="#i#">
</CFLOOP>
But not sure how to increment the variable name by 1 each
time ... like :
variable_1 = a
variable_2 = b
variable_3 = c
variable_4 = d
variable_5 = e
variable_6 = f
Hope this makes sense....
Thanks again,
John