While I'm not sure if the order would remain the same, there are some great UDFs for manipulating structures and arrays (including sorting) found at www.cflib.org in the "Data" library I believe. So if you use those you'll be sure to keep your desired order ;-)
Cheers Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. VP & Director of E-Commerce Development Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. t. 250.920.8830 e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------- Macromedia Associate Partner www.macromedia.com --------------------------------------------------------- Vancouver Island ColdFusion Users Group Founder & Director www.cfug-vancouverisland.com ----- Original Message ----- From: <"Owens>; <Howard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 4:39 PM Subject: array order question > If I'm passing an array from page to page using CFWDDX (in as an array, out > as CFML, back in as an array), will the array sort order remain consistant. > > And when the array creates a hit list page, listing all of the items in the > array, with, say, input boxes to change items in the array ... > > Will the array order always remain the same. > > Can I count on, say, the first item in the array ALWAYS being ITEM_ID = 6 > (for example), unless of course, an item is removed from the array at some > point. > > I hope my question is clear. > > I want to pass my form, with updated stuff, to a page that inserts the new > variables into the appropriate spots in the array while looping over the > array elements ... find the first item in the form listlen(), update, then > update the next and so on. > > H. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Howard Owens > Internet Operations Coordinator > InsideVC.com/Ventura County Star > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > AIM: GoCatGo1956 > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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

