Yes, I get it. And, it is most interesting. I know it sounds corny, but hanks for expanding my knowledge. Lewis
On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 8:52 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote: > > No, by dynamic form fields I mean form fields that are created and > named programatically because you don't know in advance how many there > will be. An example of this might be a shopping cart where you build > each detail line as items are added to the cart, then parse each line > of the form when it is submitted. > > Since you have multiple items when you submit each form field will > contain a comma delimited list like this if you use the same name for > the form field for each item: > > itemid: 31,53,68,81 > price: 1.85,7.95, 112.79, 138.50 > color: blue,,red > > Or like this if you use an incremental naming scheme. > itemid_1: 31 > price_1: 1.85 > color_1: blue > > I just find it easier to map the form to an array or structure and > loop over that to get the elements I need for each item. > > On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 4:08 PM, Lewis Billingsley > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Maureen, > > > > Thanks, this is good information. Please, forgive my fitting the Newbie > > definition so clearly, but I have a question about what you mean by > dynamic > > form fields. It seems like you mean regular text fields with comma > > delimited lists, as opposed to select boxes, yes? Using listToArra > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-newbie/message.cfm/messageid:5094 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-newbie/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-newbie/unsubscribe.cfm
