cfcatch Code Examples and CFML Documentation

cfcatch

Used inside a cftry tag. Together, they catch and process
exceptions in CFML pages. Exceptions are events that
disrupt the normal flow of instructions in a CFML page,
such as failed database operations, missing include files, and
developer-specified events.

<cfcatch>

catch (any e) { }

Attribute Reference

type string
Default: `any`

application: catches application exceptions
database: catches database exceptions
template: catches ColdFusion page exceptions
security: catches security exceptions
object: catches object exceptions
missingInclude: catches missing include file exceptions
expression: catches expression exceptions
lock: catches lock exceptions
custom_type: catches the specified custom exception type that is defined in a cfthrow tag
java.lang.Exception: catches Java object exceptions
searchengine: catches Verity search engine exceptions
any: catches all exception types

Values:

application
database
template
security
object
missinginclude
expression
lock
custom_type
searchengine
any

Examples

Sample code using the cfcatch tag

A simple try/catch script based example

Create a divide by zero error and then catch it.

try {
    x = 5/0;
}
catch (any e) {
    writeOutput("Error: " & e.message);
}

Expected Result: Error: Division by zero.

A simple try/catch tag based example