Er, eh, I mean "thanks" for expanding my knowledge. On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 10:13 PM, Lewis Billingsley < [email protected]> wrote:
> > 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:5095 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-newbie/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-newbie/unsubscribe.cfm
