Sorry, my initial search to find the answer came up nill.
When I searched again I found the answer which I'm pasting below.
It worked great.
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when you use the GROUP attribute of CFOUTPUT, your data is no
longer being output in the same order in which it was retrieved.
the CURRENTROW variable is no longer in chronological order (you're
displaying the first grouped element, then 1-n members of that
group, then repeating).
you'd need to set an iterating variable.
<cfset myRowCountVar = 0 />
<cfoutput query="q_remnts_f3" group="req_Cat">
<cfset myRowCountVar = myRowCountVar + 1 />
(now use 'myRowCountVar' to key off of to determine the
background color rather than currentrow)
charlie griefer (CJ)
http://charlie.griefer.com
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