Error when Querying Object

Question

Hope someone can help with this problem...
I am querying an object based on the query results of an
another object. If the Contact email does not exist, CF8 throws an
error. What I need to do for this query is to substitute a default
value for a contact record that does not have an email (or some
other fix) so that the error does not occur.
Once again, if the email contact email DOES exist, there is
no problem.
Below is the code for my query:
<cfloop query="oppty">
<cfset getContacts = myObject.QueryObject(
"SELECT Id, accountID, Name, Email
FROM Contact
WHERE accountID ='#oppty.accountID#'").results>
<cfoutput>#getContacts.email#<br></cfoutput>
</cfloop>
Any help would be greatly appreciated...!!
Thanks!

Answer 1

Sorry for not being clear. The error is as follows:
Error Occurred While Processing Request
You have attempted to dereference a scalar variable of type
class java.lang.String as a structure with members.
51 : ").results>
52 : <cfoutput> #getContacts.ID#
#getContacts.accountid# #getContacts.name#
#getContacts.email#<Br></cfoutput> <!--- --->
53 : </cfloop>
54 :
This error happens when the object is queried an no results
come back. What is happening is in the query
SELECT Id, accountID, Name, Email
FROM Contact
WHERE accountID ='#oppty.accountID#'"
When no data comes back for "Email", I get that java error. I
need to rewrite the query so that there is a default replacement
email if an email does not come back in the query.
Thanks!