Description
Stops the processing of a ColdFusion page at the tag location. ColdFusion returns everything that was processed before the tag. The tag is often used with conditional logic to stop processing a page when a condition occurs.
Category
Syntax
<cfabort showError = "error message">
Note: You can specify this tag's attributes in an attributeCollection whose value is a structure. Specify the structure name in the attributeCollection and use the tag's attribute names as structure keys. |
See also
Attributes
Attribute |
Req/Opt |
Default |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
showError |
Optional |
|
Error to display, in a standard ColdFusion error page, when tag executes. |
Usage
When you use the
When you use this tag with the showError attribute, but do not define an error page using
Note: When using |
Example
This example shows the use of
<cftry> <!--- make a call to a non-existent function ---> <cfset firstName = getFirstName(userId=10)> <!--- catch any errors ---> <cfcatch type="any"> <!--- dump the error to the browser ---> <cfdump var="#cfcatch#"> <!--- abort further processing ---> <cfabort> </cfcatch> </cftry>
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