WriteOutput

Description

Appends text to the page output stream. Although you can call this function anywhere within a page, it is most useful inside a cfscript block.

This function writes to the page output stream regardless of conditions established by the cfsetting tag.

Syntax

WriteOutput(string)

Parameters

Parameter

Description

string
Text to append to the page output stream

Parameter	Description
string	Text to append to the page output stream

Usage

Within the cfquery and cfmail tags, the WriteOutput function does not output to the current page; it writes to the current SQL statement or mail text. Do not use WriteOutput within cfquery and cfmail.

Example

...
<cfscript>
  employee = StructNew();
  StructInsert(employee, "firstname", FORM.firstname);
  StructInsert(employee, "lastname", FORM.lastname);
  StructInsert(employee, "email", FORM.email);
  StructInsert(employee, "phone", FORM.phone);
  StructInsert(employee, "department", FORM.department);
  WriteOutput("About to add " & FORM.firstname & " " &
  FORM.lastname);
</cfscript>
...