IsSimpleValue  
Description
Determines the type of a value.
 
Returns
True, if value is a string, number, Boolean, or date/time value; False, otherwise.
 
Category
Decision functions
 
Function syntax
IsSimpleValue(value)
 
Parameters
 
Parameter      Description
value Variable or expression
 
Example
<!--- Shows an example of IsQuery and IsSimpleValue --->
<h3>IsSimpleValue Example</h3>
<!--- define a variable called "GetEmployees" --->
<cfparam name = "GetEmployees" default = "#Now()#">

<p>Before the query is run, the value of GetEmployees is 
<cfoutput>#GetEmployees#</cfoutput>

<cfif IsSimpleValue(GetEmployees)>
   <p>GetEmployees is currently a simple value
</cfif>
<!--- make a query on the snippets datasource --->
<cfquery name = "GetEmployees" datasource = "cfsnippets">
SELECT *
FROM employees
</cfquery> 
<p>After the query is run, GetEmployees contains a number of rows 
that look like this (display limited to three rows):
<cfoutput QUERY = "GetEmployees" MaxRows = "3">
<pre>#Emp_ID# #FirstName# #LastName#</pre>
</cfoutput>

<cfif IsQuery(GetEmployees)>
   GetEmployees is no longer a simple value, but the name of a query
</cfif>
value  
Variable or expression