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Miscellaneous

protectedProperties()

protectedProperties() — returns any

Use this method to specify which properties cannot be set through mass assignment.

NameTypeRequiredDefaultDescription
propertiesstringyesProperty name (or list of property names) that are not allowed to be altered through mass assignment.
protectedProperties([ properties ]) <!--- In `models/User.cfc`, `firstName` and `lastName` cannot be changed through mass assignment operations like `updateAll()` --->
<cffunction name="init">
    <cfset protectedProperties("firstName,lastName")>
</cffunction>