GetBaseTagList

Description

Gets ancestor tag names, starting with the parent tag.

Returns

A comma-delimited list of uppercase ancestor tag names, as a string. The first list element is the current tag. If the current tag is nested, the next element is the parent tag. If the function is called for a top-level tag, it returns an empty string. If an ancestor does not expose data (see GetBaseTagData), its name might not be returned.

Category

Other functions

Syntax

See also

GetBaseTagData; High-level data exchange in the Developing ColdFusion Applications

Usage

This function does not display the following tags or end tags in the ancestor tag list:

• cfif, cfelseif, cfelse
• cfswitch, cfcase, cfdefaultcase
• cftry, cfcatch

This function displays the following tags only under the following conditions:

• cfloop: if it uses a query attribute
• cfoutput: if at least one of its children is a complex expression
• cfprocessingdirective: if it has at least one other attribute besides pageencoding

Example