Help with multiple variable

Question

I'm trying to write a query which pulls shipment information
from an access database. Then it grabs the weight of each shipments
and multiplies it by the corresponding rate depending on its weight
class.
I'm using the CFIF, CFELSEIF and CFSET tags to try to
accopmlisht this, making it look something like this
<CFIF "Shipments.weight" LT 500 >
<cfset Shipments.rate = 7.5 >
<CFELSEIF "Shipments.weight" GT 499 LT 1000 >
<cfset Shipments.rate = 7 >
<CFELSEIF "Shipments.weight" GT 999 LT 2000 >
<cfset Shipments.rate = 6.5 >
<CFELSEIF "Shipments.weight" GT 1999 LT 5000 >
<cfset Shipments.rate = 5 >
<CFELSEIF "Shipments.weight" GT 4999 >
<cfset Shipments.rate = 3.65 >
</CFIF>
then in the Output tag I use this CFSCRIPT
<cfscript>
WriteOutput(#ACC_Report.weight#/100*#Shipments.rate#);
</cfscript>
It runs fine but it only seems to grab either the first or
the second set rate variables and multiplies all the weights in the
output query by it, inetead of logically choosing its weight class.
Any help, perhaps I'm using the wrong logic.
Thanks in advance

Answer 1

"There's no such thing as "greater-than-ness" on string data"
Adam, everything you said is basically true and relevant to
the original
poster's issue. But this line is wrong is it not? Isn't
comparing one
string to another and determining which is greater or lesser
the essence
of sorting a set of strings into an alphabetical order?
Now, I am not sure I can remember the last time I had to
write my own
sort routine. But I am pretty sure when I did for sorting
string data,
I communally compared one to another to see which was greater
and|or
lesser then the other.
To reiterate in the original post, the person is comparing
the string
constants "Shipments.weight" to the numbers do to the
improper quotes,
not the value in the Shipments.weight variable.
Also, if one cares, the logic could be greatly simplified
with some
basic boolean logic. The lower range comparisons are
unnecessary.
<CFIF Shipments.weight LT 500 >
<!--- weight is less then 500 --->
<cfset Shipments.rate = 7.5 >
<CFELSEIF Shipments.weight LT 1000 >
<!--- weight is greater then equal to 500 it was not
caught in first
branch, but it is also less then 1000 --->
<cfset Shipments.rate = 7 >
<CFELSEIF Shipments.weight LT 2000 >
<!--- weight is greater then equal to 1000 it was not
caught in any
previous branch, but it is also less then 2000--->
<cfset Shipments.rate = 6.5 >
<CFELSEIF Shipments.weight LT 5000 >
<!--- weight is greater then equal to 2000 it was not
caught in any
previous branch, but it is also less then 5000--->
<cfset Shipments.rate = 5 >
<CFELSE>
<!--- weight is greater then equal to 5000 it was not
caught in any
previous branch--->
<cfset Shipments.rate = 3.65 >
</CFIF>