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    <p>I am using ColdFusion 9.0.1.</p> <p>Let me start by stating that I may not be asking the right question. Since each function works independently and fails only when one function calls another, I am thinking that the problem is in how the function is called. </p> <p>I am creating an application variable that contains a structure. The structure contains the reference to an object, orders.cfc.</p> <pre><code>if (not isDefined("APPLICATION.AppInfo") or not isStruct(APPLICATION.AppInfo)) { APPLICATION.AppInfo = structNew(); APPLICATION.AppInfo.objOrders = createObject("component", "globaladmin.orders"); } </code></pre> <p>I am able to successfully access the methods in the orders.cfc like this:</p> <pre><code>OrderItemList = APPLICATION.AppInfo.objOrders.orderItemList(URL.Customer); </code></pre> <p>I have methods in the orders.cfc that call other methods in the order.cfc, kind of like this (faked for simplicity):</p> <pre><code>&lt;cffunction name="orderItemList"&gt; &lt;cfscript&gt; LOCAL.RandomNumber = getRandomNumber(); return LOCAL.RandomNumber; &lt;/cfscript&gt; &lt;/cffunction&gt; &lt;cffunction name="getRandomNumber"&gt; &lt;cfscript&gt; LOCAL.SomeNumber= randRange(0,10); return LOCAL.SomeNumber; &lt;/cfscript&gt; &lt;/cffunction&gt; </code></pre> <p>I get this error:</p> <pre><code>Entity has incorrect type for being called as a function. The symbol you provided getRandomNumber is not the name of a function. </code></pre> <p>I figured maybe I can't reference a function within the same CFC without creating an object first, so I do this:</p> <pre><code>&lt;cffunction name="orderItemList"&gt; &lt;cfscript&gt; LOCAL.RandomNumber = APPLICATION.AppInfo.objOrders.getRandomNumber(); return LOCAL.RandomNumber; &lt;/cfscript&gt; &lt;/cffunction&gt; </code></pre> <p>Then, I'd get this error:</p> <pre><code>Either there are no methods with the specified method name and argument types, or the method getRandomNumber is overloaded with arguments types that ColdFusion can't decipher reliably. If this is a Java object and you verified that the method exists, you may need to use the javacast function to reduce ambiguity. </code></pre> <p>How should I call a second function within the same CFC?</p>
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    1. CODo your simplified examples toss out the error in your environment? I only ask because if I copy and past your examples and run them locally I run into no errors. Just wondering if perhaps some hidden details that might be the cause of the error.
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    2. COAre you sure that the instance of the CFc that is stored in Application scope actually has the 2nd method? I have been bitten by that where I make changes to an object stored in shared scope, but do not refresh that object after change has been made.
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