Outputs the elements, variables and values of most kinds of CFML objects. Useful for debugging. You can display the contents of simple and complex variables, objects, components, user-defined functions, and other elements. Equivalent to the cfdump tag, useful in cfscript.
writeDump(var [, output] [, format] [, abort] [, label] [, metainfo] [, top] [, show] [, hide] [, keys] [, expand] [, showUDFs])
returns void
| Name | Type | Required | Default | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| var | variableName | Yes | Variable to display. Enclose a variable name in pound signs. |
|
| output | string | No | browser | Where to send the results of cfdump. |
| format | string | No | text | specify whether to save the results of a cfdump to a file in text or HTML format |
| abort | boolean | No | NO | Boolean value to immediately abort after displaying the dump. |
| label | string | No | A string; header for the dump output. | |
| metainfo | boolean | No | YES | Includes information about the query in the cfdump results. |
| top | numeric | No | The number of rows to display. | |
| show | string | No | show column or keys. | |
| hide | string | No | hide column or keys. | |
| keys | numeric | No | For a structure, number of keys to display. | |
| expand | boolean | No | YES | Yes: In Internet Explorer and Mozilla, expands views |
| showUDfs | boolean | No | YES | show UDFs in cfdump output. |
writeDump(server);