Good point about the hidden form field tho -- that would keep the data that needs to be paramed to ensure existance on the action page together with the form, which has its advantages.
> If your form has a lot of checkboxes, which DO NOT exist > in the FORM struct > if they are not selected, you may want to also pass a > hidden field with a > list of checkbox field names you can use on the subsequent > page; > <input type="hidden" name="checkboxfields" > value="mycheckboxfield1,mycheckboxfield2,mycheckboxfield3" > > > Then loop over THIS list, to create default params for > fields which may not > exist in the FORM Struct. If the checkboxes on the form > are not dynamic, > you could also just hardcode this list into a loop on the > processing page... > At 07:45 PM 13/11/02 -0500, you wrote: >>You could but there wouldn't be any reason. The cfparam >>will only set values >>for form fields which don't already exist, and the loop >>would be looping >>over fields that already exist in the form, so you >>wouldn't get your >>defaults for non-existing form fields and the whole thing >>would just be a >>waste of processor cycles roughly analagous of <cfset form >>= form>. >> >> > Could I loop through the form collection like so? >> > <CFLOOP collection="#FORM#" index="myForm"> >> > <CFPARAM name="FORM.#myForm#" default="" >> > type="string"> >> > </CFLOOP> >> >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: S. Isaac Dealey [mailto:info@;turnkey.to] >> > Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 1:45 PM >> > To: CF-Talk >> > Subject: Re: loop through form fields >> >> >> >> I have form with a lot of options and most are >> >> optional. >> >> What's the best way to loop through all form fields >> >> and >> >> set a default value >> >> of ''? >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Dave >> >> >> > <cfloop index="x" list="#myfieldlist#"> >> > <cfparam name="form.#x#" type="string" >> > default=""></cfloop> >> >> >> > Isaac >> > Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer >> >> > www.turnkey.to >> > 954-776-0046 >> >> >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >> > ~~~ >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~| >> > Archives: >> > http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid >> > =4 >> > Subscription: >> > http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index. >> > cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 >> > FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq >> > This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by >> > CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion >> > Hosting. >> >> >>Isaac >>Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer >> >>www.turnkey.to >>954-776-0046 >> >> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~| > Archives: > http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 > Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index. > cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 > FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq > Get the mailserver that powers this list at > http://www.coolfusion.com Isaac Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer www.turnkey.to 954-776-0046 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting.
