Raymond, you're the UDF King, aren't you :-)
H.
Howard Owens
Internet Operations Coordinator
www.insidevc.com
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AIM: GoCatGo1956
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Raymond Camden [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 5:29 AM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: RE: array - structure question
>
> Others have sent in suggestions, but I'd like to show another way of
> doing it as well... with UDFs! I have an article coming out for CFDJ
> that discusses this concept, but the idea is simple. You can use a
UDF
> to quickly create structures and, if you know what you are doing,
safely
> append to the local scope. Watch:
>
> Original:
>
> // DEPARTMENT 1
> item.department = 'Department 1;
> item.name = 'Bill Jones;
> item.email = '[EMAIL PROTECTED];
>
> additem = arrayAppend(request.contact, item);
>
> // DEPARTMENT 2
> item.department = 'Department 2;
> item.name = 'Joe Jones;
> item.email = '[EMAIL PROTECTED];
>
> With UDFs:
>
> request.contact = arrayNew();
> addContact("Department 1","Bill Jones","[EMAIL PROTECTED]");
> addContact("Department 2","Jpe Jones","[EMAIL PROTECTED]");
> etc...
>
>
> function addContact(dpt,name,email) {
> var d = structNew();
> d.dpt = dpt;
> d.name = name;
> d.email = email;
> arrayAppend(request.contact,d);
> }
>
>
> ====================================================================
> Raymond Camden, Principal Spectra Compliance Engineer for Macromedia
>
> Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>
> "My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Owens, Howard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 7:41 PM
> > To: CF-Talk
> > Subject: array - structure question
> >
> >
> > On my Application.cfm page, I want to use an array to
> > populate a feedback
> > form with contacts, and the response page with the
> > corresponding e-mail
> > addresses in the "to" attribute.
> >
> > This seemed more practical than storing the info in a database, for
an
> > amount of data this limited, but still give some flexibility
> > for making
> > changes down the road.
> >
> > So here's a snip from within my CFScript:
> >
> >
> > // department mail addresses
> > // e-mail addresses and contact information dropped into an
> > array of structs
> > to facilitate retrieval and updating
> >
> > request.contact = arrayNew(1);
> > item = structNew();
> >
> >
> > // DEPARTMENT 1
> > item.department = 'Department 1;
> > item.name = 'Bill Jones;
> > item.email = '[EMAIL PROTECTED];
> >
> > additem = arrayAppend(request.contact, item);
> >
> > // DEPARTMENT 2
> > item.department = 'Department 2;
> > item.name = 'Joe Jones;
> > item.email = '[EMAIL PROTECTED];
> >
> > additem = arrayAppend(request.contact, item);
> >
> > .... and so on.
> >
> > The problem is, the last entry keeps overwriting the
> > structures at each
> > array position. In other words, request.contact[1] contains
> > the data for
> > array position 10, and position 2 contains the data for 10
> > ... and so on.
> >
> > Should position 1 of the array remember what it had initially
> > and not get
> > over written by the time the 2 position is created, and so on?
> >
> > How can I get each position in the array to have structures
> > with discrete
> > and unique information?
> >
> > H.
> >
> >
> > Howard Owens
> > Internet Operations Coordinator
> > www.insidevc.com
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > AIM: GoCatGo1956
> >
> >
>
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