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Thanks rjohnsonjr. &nbsp;I had thought I needed the hashes around the query name
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&gt;&gt; I had thought I needed the hashes around the query name <br />
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Only because you put quotes around the variable name. When you do that, CF doesn't know GetNames is a variable. It won't evaluate it unless you put # signs around it. &nbsp;So if you skip the quotes, you don't need the # signs.
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Thanks for the explanation agx - It makes more sense when you understand the reasons ;-)
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Yep. The real problem was the trailing &quot;&gt;&quot;, but I figured an explanation of the # sign stuff wouldn't hurt either :).
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I have a function for generating a spreadsheet and it works fine. &nbsp;I use the following code to call it<br />
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&lt;CFOUTPUT&gt;<br />
&lt;CFSET K=GenerateSpreadsheet(&quot;Fre<wbr />ddi&quot;,&quot;#Get<wbr />Names#&quot;)&gt;<br />
#K#<br />
&lt;/CFOUTPUT&gt;<br />
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How do I rewrite it as <br />
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&lt;CFOUTPUT&gt;<br />
#GenerateSpreadsheet(&quot;Fred<wbr />di&quot;,&quot;#GetN<wbr />ames#&quot;)#&gt;<br />
&lt;/CFOUTPUT&gt;<br />
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without the hashes around GetNames causing a problem?
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I have a function for generating a spreadsheet and it works fine.  I use the following code to call it

<CFOUTPUT>
<CFSET K=GenerateSpreadsheet("Freddi","#GetNames#")>
#K#
</CFOUTPUT>

How do I rewrite it as 

<CFOUTPUT>
#GenerateSpreadsheet("Freddi","#GetNames#")#>
</CFOUTPUT>

without the hashes around GetNames causing a problem?

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