I am trying to make a table with editing capabilities, and I have run into problems trying to associate the old values with the updated ones. My solution was to include a hidden CFInput that passes the old value along side the one to be updated, and then the query is run within a cfc.
<cfform name="update" method="post">
<cfoutput query="allusers">
<tr>
<td>#username#</td>
<td>#email#</td>
<td>#securityID#</td>
<td>DELETE</td>
</tr>
<td><cfinput name="oldUsername" value="#username#" type="hidden"></cfinput><cfinput name="updateUsername" value="New Value"></cfinput></td>
<td><cfinput name="oldEmail" value="#email#" type="hidden"></cfinput><cfinput name="updateEmail" value="New Value"></cfinput></td>
<td><cfinput name="oldSecurityID" value="#securityID#" type="hidden"></cfinput><cfinput name="updateSecurityID" value="New Value"></cfinput></td>
<td><cfinput name="submit" type="submit"></cfinput>
<tr>
<cfdump var="oldUsername">
</cfoutput>
Currently I am not getting any errors, but it does not seem to be passing in the old values. Any tips?
Make sure your CFDUMP is using the hash tags:
<cfdump var="#oldUserName#">
otherwise it won't dump the contents of the variable.
Second of all, you are asking ColdFusion to evaluate "oldusername" when it hasn't had a chance to set oldusername for you yet. Using a CFINPUT tag, simply rewrites this in the HTML to a regular tag with JavaScript and/or Flash enhancements. So form.oldusername will only be available AFTER the post is executed to the next CF template/url. I also recommend highly that you scope (form., variables. etc...) your variables so things don't get crossed (unless you are carefully aware of the variable scope searching order)
Others have provide your answer. My answer is just advice about your form.
Your hidden cfinputs shouldn't be in a table. Tables are for displayed items. You'd be much better served to move your hidden cfinputs right under your cfform tag, like this:
<cfform name="update" method="post">
// NON DISPLAY STUFF
<cfinput name="oldUsername" value="#username#" type="hidden">
<cfinput name="oldEmail" value="#email#" type="hidden">
<cfinput name="oldSecurityID" value="#securityID#" type="hidden">
// DISPLAY STUFF
<table>
</table>
</cfform>
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I have a single checkbox, I want that when I check the checkbox it
should insert 1 else 0 in the database. How can I do that? This was
earlier a radio button field which is getting converted to check box so
already entry in the database is working good, I am posting my database
code as well.
<tr>
<td class="leftFormLabelCell extrasmalltextbold" style="border-
left:1px solid ##9c9c9c;" width="15%">
#mocTrans.Translate("Required template Action Item?")#
</td>
<td>
<input type="checkbox" name="reqtempactionitem" value="0">
</td>
</tr>
Databse code:
<cfif StructKeyExists(URL, "reqtempactionitem") and
IsBoolean(URL.reqtempactionitem)>
, #reqtempactionitem#
<cfelse>
, 0
</cfif>
The way html checkboxes work is that if checked, the browser will submit [checkboxname]=[value] to the webserver. If the box is not checked, the browser does not submit anything at all to the server.
So the easiest solution uses cfparam, which will give the submitted checkbox a default value.
Thus, in your html, you should have:
<input type="checkbox" name="reqtempactionitem" value="1">
(As has been noted in comments, your value was 0 and should be 1.)
Then, in the database code:
<cfparam name="reqtempactionitem" default="0">
...
dbfield = <cfqueryparam cfsqltype="cf_sql_bit" value="#reqtempactionitem#">
Note the use of cfqueryparam, which is strongly recommended in all queries for both performance and security reasons.
One of my table is saving an HTML form which contains ColdFusion variables. In my code I am querying this table and need to display this form in the front end. But while displaying I am getting the ColdFusion variable names instead of the values of the variables.
HTML Form saved in the db table:
<form action="" name="ci_entry_form" id="ci_entry_form" method="post">
<table width="100%" height="100%" border="0">
<tr>
<td align="right"><b style="color:red">*</b> <label class="pop_up_letter_font">G/L # :</label></td>
<td> <input class="pop_up_textbox" type="text" name="gl_number_text" id="gl_number_text" maxlength="21" value="#ARGUMENTS.chkDetails.GL_ACCT_NBR#" required/>
<select class="pop_up_dd" name="gl_number_drop" id="gl_number_drop" onChange="enableDisableGL()">
<option value="">---Select---</option>
<option value="new">Enter a new G/L number</option>
<cfoutput query="glNumbers">
<option value="#glNumbers.GL_ACCT_NBR#">#glNumbers.GL_ACCT_NBR#</option>
</cfoutput>
</select>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
Method (cffunction) contains below code to query this html form from db table and return the html form.
<cfquery name="qry_getTemplate" datasource="#APPLICATION.dsn#">
select FORM_TXT from HTML_FORMS where REQ_ID = 172
</cfquery>
<cfsavecontent variable="form_content">
<cfoutput>#qry_getTemplate.FORM_TXT #</cfoutput>
</cfsavecontent>
But when I dump the cfcontent variable form_content I am getting the HTML Form without processing the coldfusion variables #ARGUMENTS.chkDetails.GL_ACCT_NBR#, #glNumbers.GL_ACCT_NBR#.
Am I missing something? Can any one help me out resolve this?
I'm pretty sure if you searched this site or via Google a bit you could have found the answer to this already posted somewhere, given it comes up all the time (about once every 3-4 months).
You can't output CFML and somehow hope that it will execute.
I've summarised the CFML request / compile / response process on my blog: "The ColdFusion request/response process".
Bottom line: CFML source code needs to be loaded from the file system at compile time not at runtime. So your code needs to be in the file system when you want it to execute, not in the DB or in a variable.
You can write the code to file and then include it, though. This is detailed in that blog article.
I'm a beginner with ColdFusion and I'm just trying out some basic functions.. I tried to loop over a simple query and put the values in a of a element. As value for the element I tried to set the id of each record of the query. After submiting I tried to read the selected value but I only get
You have chosen #getAll.id#
Here is my Code:
index.cfm
<cfquery datasource="testdb" name="getAll">
select *
from Personen
</cfquery>
<cfform action="chosen.cfm" method="post">
<cfselect name="listPersons">
<cfloop query="getAll">
<option value="#getAll.id#"><cfoutput>#getAll.id# #getAll.name# #getAll.vorname# #getAll.gebdate# <BR></cfoutput>
</cfloop>
</cfselect>
<cfinput type="Submit" name="Senden" value="Senden">
</cfform>
chosen.cfm
<cfoutput>You have chosen #listPersons#</cfoutput>
Can you tell me where I've made the mistake?
You didn't put your value attribute in a cfoutput tag, so it's being processed as #getAll.id# as the key in the struct instead of the value from the query. If you update your cfloop to be a cfoutput your issue will be fixed.
A couple pointers - You should scope the variable on chosen.cfm and you don't need to use cfform a regular form works just fine.
<cfquery datasource="testdb" name="getAll">
select *
from Personen
</cfquery>
<form action="chosen.cfm" method="post">
<select name="listPersons">
<cfoutput query="getAll">
<option value="#getAll.id#">#getAll.id# #getAll.name# #getAll.vorname# #getAll.gebdate#</option>
</cfoutput>
</select>
<input type="Submit" name="Senden" value="Senden">
</form>
chosen.cfm
<cfoutput>You have chosen #form.listPersons#</cfoutput>
Your code works for me with my test database but the value of listPersons on Chosen.cfm is not what I think you intended it to be. I would change the code to the following:
<cfquery datasource="testdb" name="getAll">
select *
from Personen
</cfquery>
<cfform action="chosen.cfm" method="post">
<cfselect name="listPersons">
<cfoutput query="getAll">
<option value="#getAll.id#">#getAll.id# #HTMLEditFormat(getAll.name)# #HTMLEditFormat(getAll.vorname)# #getAll.gebdate#
</cfoutput>
</cfselect>
<cfinput type="Submit" name="Senden" value="Senden">
</cfform>
What I did is I changed your CFLOOP to a CFOUTPUT then removed the CFOUTPUT you had. I also added the HTMLEditFormat functions just in case NAME or VORNAME contain some characters that will not play nice with the display. I assumed ID is numeric and GEBDATE is a date so figured no need on those. I also removed the BR element from your OPTION, not that I thought it was causing an issue but I could not see how that would effect the display either so seemed unneeded. I'd personally would close the OPTION but it is not needed to run. If you ultimate code is not running anything that CFFORM offers then I'd not use it and just use an HTML FORM.
Then on Chosen.cfm I would scope the output:
<cfoutput>#Form.listPersons#</cfoutput>
<cfoutput query="getAll">
#id# #name#
</cfoutput>
You don't need to repeat the query name inside of a cfoutput loop, if with cfoutput you specify the query you are looping over.
I want to loop the selected number from the list (cfselect). I tried getElementById but only able to display it on the same page. I cannot pass this number to the loop. Can someone help me? Thank you.
function item()
var a = document.formName.numList.selectedIndex;
document.getElementById('i').value = document. family.tBro.options[a].value;
var n=document. family.tBro.options[a].value;
<!----OTHER INPUT TEXT BOXES --->
<cfform name="family" action="complete.cfm" method="post">
How many brothers do you have?
<cfselect name="tBro" onChange="item();" required="yes">
<option value="1"> 1</option>
<option value="2"> 2</option>
<option value="3"> 3</option>
<option value="4">4</option>
</cfselect>
<!---DISPLAY THE SELECTED CHOICE from getElementById--->
Total number of brothers: <cfinput type="text" name="i" id="i">
<!---LOOP x amount of time from selected choice above.
For example, if 2 is selected, the below info will display two times
--->
<cfinput type="text" name="firstname" required="yes">
<cfinput type="text" name="lastname" required="yes">
<cfinput type="text" name="Age" required="yes">
<cfinput type="text" name="Ocupation" required="yes">
<!--- END LOOP--->
Tip: state what you're trying to accomplish, rather than the implementation. I had to reread it a few times to understand your need, in which case what your implementation isn't really a good fit.
You're trying to pass JavaScript to CFM code: that's not the way it works. ColdFusion is rendered on the server; JavaScript is rendered on the client. At the moment when item() is called, ColdFusion has finished all of its rendering; you can't effect a CF loop with the result of item().
Without a really complex AJAX solution, you have 2 choices:
refresh the browser when init() is called where you pass dropdown value in the url (not good, as you'd lose state of other form fields)
use something else like jQuery to render your dynamic list of text fields. This is probably the best approach, and a common one. The downside of this is you'll need to implement things like "required" in jQuery, which isn't a big deal, and a common use case.
can anyone review this code tell me what's wrong in it? I don't understand why it is displaying questions two times.
here is the code to display questions based on its questiontype, I mean it will look into question folder for matching questiontype template and then display it with question.
this is the code to show survey's questions.
<cfoutput>
<cfset step = 0 />
<form class="form form-horizontal" action="#buildUrl(action='survey.savesurveyresults',querystring='surveyId=#rc.surveyid#')#" method="post">
<input type="hidden" name="id" value="0">
<input type="hidden" name="fksurveyid" value="#rc.surveyId#">
<input type="hidden" name="fkquestionid" value="#rc.questions.id#">
<fieldset>
<cfloop query="rc.questions">
<cfset step ++ />
<cfset answer = "" />
<cfmodule template="../question/#rc.questions.template#/display.cfm" step="#step#" question="#rc.questions.question#" template1="#rc.questions.template#" fkquestionid="#rc.questions.id#" answer="#answer#" required="#rc.questions.required#" result="result#step#"/>
</cfloop>
<div class="form-actions">
<button type="submit" name="submit" class="btn btn-success">Submit answers</button>
</div>
</fieldset>
</form>
</cfoutput>
this is my display.cfm to view question and its questiontype like truefalse or yes or no.
<cfparam name="attributes.yesno" default="false">
<cfoutput>
<p>#attributes.step#) #attributes.question# <cfif attributes.required EQ 1><strong>* </strong></cfif></p>
<div class="answers">
<cfif attributes.yesno>
<input type="radio" name="answer" id="answer" value="yes"<cfif attributes.answer is "yes">Checked</cfif>><label for="truefalse">Yes</label><br>
<input type="radio" name="answer" id="answer" value="no"<cfif attributes.answer is "No">Checked</cfif>><label for="truefalse">No</label>
<cfelse>
<input type="radio" name="answer" id="answer" value="true"<cfif attributes.answer is "true">Checked</cfif>><label for="truefalse">True</label><br>
<input type="radio" name="answer" id="answer" value="False"<cfif attributes.answer is "False">Checked</cfif>><label for="truefalse">False</label>
</cfif>
</div>
</cfoutput>
here is the query to list question's records.
<cfquery name="list">
SELECT
questions.id,
questions.question,
questions.rank,
questions.required,
questiontypes.name as questiontype,
questiontypes.template as template,
surveys.name as surveysname,
surveys.thankyoumsg as thankyoumsg
FROM questions
INNER JOIN questiontypes ON questions.fkquestiontypeid = questiontypes.id
INNER JOIN surveys ON questions.fksurveyid = surveys.id
WHERE questions.fksurveyid = <cfqueryparam cfsqltype="cf_sql_bigint" value="#arguments.surveyid#">
</cfquery>
This is something that has bitten me a couple of times. I've always been pretty big on closing tags. But this is a situation where it will hurt. And be hard to debug if you don't understand the behavior of cfmodule. As the post above mine states, if you close the cfmodule tag, it will execute twice. This is because it's treated the same as a custom tag. There may be situations where you want to process part of the tag when it's first run and the rest after it's complete. You can access the ExecutionMode in the thisTag scope of the cfmodule page. With no closing tag, it's simply run in the thisTag.ExecutionMode = Start mode. If you close it, it runs the tag again in the End mode. If you aren't doing anything with the ExecutionMode inside the cfmodule's code, the whole thing will simply run again. This behavior is part of the reason that cfmodule can be so powerful.
When using the <cfmodule> tag you need to remember that ColdFusion will call that tag twice if you include an ending </cfmodule> tag OR if you close the opening tag like so <cfmodule ... />.
As stated on the cfmodule documentation page:
If you specify an end tag to cfmodule, ColdFusion calls your custom tag as if it had both a start and an end tag. For more information, see Handling end tags in the Developing ColdFusion Applications.
Handling end tags in the Developing ColdFusion Applications
In order to avoid this functionality do not close your <cfmodule> tag.
I got it, i must have not to close the cfmodule tag like <cfmodule />.