But it's failing the syntax check. I might be climbing the wrong ladder.

cffile( filefield="form.upload_file", nameconflict="overwrite", destination=TempUploadPath, action="Upload" );

Thanks Scott.

when in doubt... https://cfscript.me/

remove quote marks around form.upload_file.

Yeah I'm sorry but using the generic tag-in-script syntax where there's function to do it is not great

there is also https://helpx.adobe.com/coldfusion/cfml-reference/coldfusion-functions/functions-e-g/fileupload.html

haha, snap

cffileupload is deprecated though, so definitely don't use that

It just transliterates tags to tags-in-script by the looks, and that's not generally how one would do it

Is there a sepecific advantage to using fileupload() vs cffile(action="upload",...) ?

I don’t think so.

The syntax for

cffile(etc)

is leveraging the "fill in all the missing bits and pieces" generic approach that the CF Team lazy-arsed onto us. It's a weirdo construct that looks like a function but actually isn't, and is a shit way of coding. EG:

someGeneralFunction(variant="string")

is just bad practice compared to

specificFunction(getOnWithIt)

So yer not really supposed to use the "fill in all the missing bits and pieces" approach when there's already a "native" approach. Using a function built for the task at hand.

Just to be clear, I would agree that if there is a specific function, I would prefer to use that, and I don't like having multiple ways to do the same thing, but I chock that up to backwards compatibility, etc.... but other than syntax preferences, is it slightly faster or anything to use fileupload()?

(and I was among a bunch of people who said this to Adobe at the time they thought to take this approach - in the PR programme for I guess CF11? - and they just shrugged and went "well it's done now". Useless)

I would imagine that both methods would compile into the same class file whether you use fileupload() cffile(action='upload'...), or <cffile action="upload"....... but who knows

You'd likely see more performance difference by taking one byte out of the file yer uploading than would possibly be the difference between which function/statement one used to copy the file from the web server temp dir to the target dir.

Related : but not necessarily the same thing... In our code base I have seen; (example only not necessarily even valid code) cffile(some args here) file(some args here) cffile attributesAndValues : no ()'s What are these - with respect to; Are they the same thing just in different formats? @Adam Cameron: (Well anyone really) For my own education / clarification... In terms of THIS discussion's original intent - I assume the "_*native*_" function is / are: fileUpload / fileRead / etc? (https://helpx.adobe.com/coldfusion/cfml-reference/coldfusion-functions/functions-by-category/file-functions.html) As opposed to the do "eveything" by changing an attribute / argument of "cffile"?

Yes the “native” functions are https://helpx.adobe.com/coldfusion/cfml-reference/coldfusion-functions/functions-by-category/file-functions.html In essence, they do the same thing.