you can loop using <cfloop list="#foo#" index="bar"> #bar#<br /> </cfloop>
or since you know the length of the list. <cfloop from="1" to="#listlen(foo)#" index="i"> #listgetat(foo, i)#<br /> </cfloop> Does that help? On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 12:55 PM, zac wingfield <[email protected]> wrote: > > a ha, ok so i'm getting closer i think.... > > thanks for link, but unless i'm not understanding what i'm reading its doesnt > show how to output the "unknown quantity" of variables > > maybe i would need to loop through the list so it outputs all the column > header names seperately? > > Let me explain some more of what i'm needing. > > I have a page where i can create new columns in a particular table. each new > column thats created represents a 'form field' > > so i would create a column called "name" and a column called "DOB". at the > same time of creating i would select whether i want these new form fields to > be either a text input or a textarea and i append either a _1 or a _2 to the > column name. > > on another page i then output the column names and IF _1 exists then i > dynamically create a text input field or IF a _2 exits in the outputted field > name i create a textarea to be used. > > so can you see why i need the column names list to be individual items? so > that i can run a CFIF aginst each one. > > > blimey hope ive explained that ok ;-) > > or.... am i totally going about this the wrong way? > > z > > >>once you turn it into a list you can use list functions to access the items.. >>http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/8/htmldocs/help.html?content=functions-pt0_13.html >> >>listgetat(foo, 1) >>and >>listlen(foo) to return the length of the list >> >>unless I'm not understanding what you're asking >> >>On Thu, Mar 17, 2011 at 12:23 PM, zac wingfield >><[email protected]> wrote: >>> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-newbie/message.cfm/messageid:5249 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-newbie/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-newbie/unsubscribe.cfm
