Query of Query Error

Question

This is the error I get -
Query Of Queries syntax error. Encountered ". Query Of
Queries runtime error.
The Cold Fusion server is running MX 7,0,1,116466.
The sql is "Select * from Invlotquery2 where lotnum =
'2011-61-12' ". (The extra space after the single quote is for
clarity.)
I have already built the query and the user is trying to
filter on a lot number. Whenever the lot number starts as numeric
and is 10 digits long(2011-61-12) the above error happens. A
lotnumber thats starts as a character or a lot number that starts
numeric and has less than 10 characters or more than 10 characters
works ok. I still have code in place to create a dummy record for
the query that sets the query fields up as characters. I found out
that previous versions of Cold Fusion could create query fields as
numeric if not specified.
This really seems to be a user specific error but I thought I
would post here to see if anyone has had a similiar problem or
knows of a solution.
Thanks,
Dale

Answer 1

>> Does a cfqueryparam work with a query of query?
> Yes. I'm not so cruel as to suggest something that
doesn't work ;-)
Hmmm.
Seems there's *degrees* of working. They certainly work when
telling CF
that a value *is* a date, but seemingly not so much when
telling CF that a
string *isn't* a date, even when it clearly isn't.
See this sample code:
<cfset q1 =
queryNew("iCol,dCol","integer,VarChar")><!--- no dates here
--->
<cfset queryAddRow(q1)><cfset querySetCell(q1,
"iCol", 1)><cfset
querySetCell(q1, "dCol", "2011-61-12")><!--- not a date
--->
<cfset queryAddRow(q1)><cfset querySetCell(q1,
"iCol", 2)><cfset
querySetCell(q1, "dCol", "2006-06-29")>
<cfset queryAddRow(q1)><cfset querySetCell(q1,
"iCol", 3)><cfset
querySetCell(q1, "dCol", "2006-07-29")>
<cfset queryAddRow(q1)><cfset querySetCell(q1,
"iCol", 4)><cfset
querySetCell(q1, "dCol", "2006-08-29")>
<cfset queryAddRow(q1)><cfset querySetCell(q1,
"iCol", 5)><cfset
querySetCell(q1, "dCol", "2011-1-12")>
<cfquery name="q2" dbtype="query">
select iCol, dCol
from q1
where dCol = <cfqueryparam cfsqltype="cf_sql_varchar"
value="#javacast('string', '2011-61-12')#"><!--- change
'61' to '1' and it
works --->
</cfquery>
<cfdump var="#q2#">
Now... column dCol is CLEARLY not date data:
1) I'm specifying it as VARCHAR in the query definition.
2) The first value in it is definitely not a date.
3) Nowhere am I treating it like a date.
Although CF apparently knows better, and goes 'ooh... despite
him saying
it's not a date, the data not being date data, and when he
uses the data,
he specifically says "it's not a date" (and man... he's even
saying that
TWICE!)... I reckon cos SOME of the date looks kinda like a
date... I know
what I'll do!!" [and proceeds to collapse in a heap, because
it decides I'm
using dates].
So. Looks like I'm gonna have to suck it up, and suggest you
should listen
to Dan and not me!
Adam
(PS: I shall raise a bug with Adobe regarding this
behaviour).