Dave: You should be able to accomplish this very easily with cfform...
(KIDDING...hey, i kid because i love) Seriously...looks like you were on the right track. <cfset deadline = createDateTime(2003, 3, 10, 18, 0, 0)> <cfif dateCompare(now(), deadline, 's') GT 0> SORRY </cfif> hth, Charlie Dave Lyons writes: > sorry for another stupid post but I cant get this too wok. > Been reading the live docs and its confused me even more! figures! > > I just got mad and deleted the code and starting fresh > > what I need to do is on a certain day of the week and at a certain time (say Friday, >march 10, 2003 at 6pm exactly) to abort any further actions with the page > so someone cant make an entry into the db 1 sec after the deadline. > should be simple but I cant get it to work right, did once but it was reversed, lol > Been messing around with a lot of the date & time functions but I really couldn't >tell which 1 to use. > Basically something like this > <!--- set current time ---> > <cfset timeUP = Now()> > <!--- check to see if time and day is before the deadline, if it is after the >deadline abort---> > <cfif timeUP GT 03/10/2003 18:00:00> > Sorry time is up > > <cfabort> > > <!--- if it is before the deadline continue with the insert form ---> > <cfelse> > > ..rest of page > > </cfif> > > any suggestions.. (besides read the ben forta book, lol) > > dave > <!--- doesn't know jack about cfm ---> > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
