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Tag <CFPARAM>

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Example

	<cfparam
		[default="any"]
		[max="number"]
		[maxlength="int"]
		[min="number"]
		name="string"
		[pattern="string"]
		[type="string"] ... >
	

	<cfscript>
		param
		[default="any"]
		[max="number"]
		[maxlength="int"]
		[min="number"]
		name="string"
		[pattern="string"]
		[type="string"] ... ;
	</cfscript>

Attributes

Name	Type	Required	Description
default	any	No	Default value to set the parameter to if it does not exist.
max	number	No	define the biggest size of a numeric value, used for type range
maxlength	int	No	define the maxlength of a value for this types: email, url and string
min	number	No	define the smallest size of a numeric value, used for type range
name	string	Yes	The name of the parameter to test, such as Client.Email or Cookie.BackgroundColor. If you omit the DEFAULT attribute, an error occurs if the specified parameter does not exist
pattern	string	No	define a regular expression pattern, to check value against
type	string	No	The type of parameter that is required. The default is 'any' and valid values are: any: any type of value array: an array of values binary: a binary value boolean: a Boolean value creditcard: a 13-16 digit number conforming to the mod10 algorithm date or time: a date-time value email: a valid e-mail address eurodate: a date-time value. Any date part must be in the format dd/mm/yy. The format can use /, -, or . characters as delimiters float or numeric: a numeric value guid: a Universally Unique Identifier of the form "XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXX" where X is a hexadecimal number integer: an integer query: a query object range: a numeric range, specified by the min and max attributes regex or regular_expression: matches input against pattern attribute ssn or social_security_number: a U.S. social security number string: a string value or single character struct: a structure telephone: a standard U.S. telephone number url: an http, https, ftp, file, mailto, or news URL uuid: a ColdFusion Universally Unique Identifier, formatted XXXXXXXX-XXXX-XXXX-XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX, where X is a hexadecimal number. See CreateUUID usdate: a U.S. date of the format mm/dd/yy, with 1-2 digit days and months, 1-4 digit years variableName: a string formatted according to ColdFusion variable naming conventions xml: XML objects and XML strings zipcode: U.S., 5- or 9-digit format ZIP codes