Get query into a variable

Question

Hi,
See attached code.
Now, when you would run this query (and if you've turned your
CF debugger on), you would see the following in your browser under
your SQL Queries section:
select id_product, product_name
from tbl_product
where id_supplier in (1,2,3)
and is_ordered_by = 'Telephone'
In other words you can see what the query has processed
exactly.
Now, this is just a simple query that I took as an example.
What I want to do is NOT to execute the CFQUERY.
Instead, I want to store the processed part of the query i.e.
select id_product, product_name
from tbl_product
where id_supplier in (1,2,3)
and is_ordered_by = 'Telephone'
into a variable.
Is this possible?
I've tried doing the following:
<cfset querypart = "select id_product, product_name from
tbl_product where id_supplier in (" & variables.supplierIDs
& ") " & <CFIF variables.isElectronic eq 1>"and
is_ordered_by = 'Electronic'"<CFELSE>"and is_ordered_by =
'Telephone'"</CFIF>>
But it's giving me an error "<".
It's as if it can't process the <CFIF> inside the
<cfset>
Please advise.
Thanks and regards,
Yogesh Mahadnac

Answer 1

You could set a session variable to the results of your
query, then use that session variable as if it were a query:
<!--- Query products --->
<cfquery name="qProduct" datasource="db1">
select id_product, product_name
from tbl_product
where id_supplier in (#variables.supplierIDs#)
<cfif variables.isElectronic eq 1>
and is_ordered_by = 'Electronic'
<cfelse>
and is_ordered_by = 'Telephone'
</cfif>
</cfquery>
<!--- set session variable equal to query results --->
<cfset session.querypart = qProduct>
<!--- now list your "query" results using your session
variable--->
<cfoutput query="session.querypart ">
#id_product# #product_name# <br>
</cfoutput>
Of course, once you use your results, you should set your
session variable to NULL to clear the query.
<cfset session.querypart = "">
<edit> I believe that I misread your post, and thought
that you wanted to store the result of your query, not the query
itself.</edit>
Phil