dave, is that nice to pour gas on fires :)
did you get it figgered out? tw -----Original Message----- From: Dave Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 6:44 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: time and date to abort a page lol! :) thanks I needed a good laugh at the moment! I was like oh not cfform AGAIN!!!! haha its the damn seconds that are really throwing me off. Thanks i will try and see is it wise to use cfabort in this case? and do I have to cflock it?? haha go avs!!!!!!!!! Dave ----------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: "charlie griefer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 6:41 PM Subject: Re: time and date to abort a page > 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 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
