Use the record ID and not the product name in the dynamic var names 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: "Ezine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 10:13 PM Subject: Another Challenging question > Ok.. lets say that I have a HTML form with field names from the database.. > > > Like.. ShoppingItem_ItemCode > > Or a better example.. : 'ShoppingItem_' & database.itemcode > > so.. as people add items to their shopping cart.. this list gets > longer.. > <input type="text" name="ShoppingItem_Gyro" value="1"> > <input type="text" name="ShoppingItem_GarbageCan" value="3"> > > This works all good and well in the recalculate quantity processor by > getting the second element in the list with delimeter, _ to know what > product is in the cart and evaluating the full variable to know the new > quantity.. and using the string 'ShoppingItem_' to distinguish a field > containing the items quantity in the fieldnames variable(skip all of the > rest). > > The problem occurs when someone makes a item with a '-' in the product > code.. > > Ex: someone makes a product with the code; goober-pokerman > The form field looks like this; > <input type="text" name="ShoppingItem_goober-pokerman"> > > But when the processor goes to evaluate the form field.. for the quantity.. > it looks like this, (evaluate(field)) which translates to > (evaluate(ShoppingItem_goober-pokerman)).. and Coldfusion treats it as a > math equation.. > (ShoppingItem_goober - pokerman) = Error: ShoppingItem_goober(missing > '-pokerman') is undefined. I tried using the DE function and it returns > the fieldname instead of the value of the fieldname > > Any Ideas on how to get around this Dynamic Evaluation quandary? I'm looking > for the value of the fieldname.. > > It is stored two layers deep here... > > First.. the field name is stored in a variable(currentitem).. > then evaluate(currentitem)= Item quantity in cart. > This works unless the field name contains a '-'. If it does.. the > evaluate statement treats it as a math equation and can't find the value of > only part of the variable name. > > I'm thinking parhaps something like <cfset > currentvalue=shoppingcartitem_"#currentitem#" or something like that.. > parhaps.. > Any Ideas? > > > -Zine > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joe Eugene [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 21, 2003 12:15 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: CFMX crashes with high load on cfwddx > > > > Found I can bring down our MX server where cfwddx is used. > > This is a known problem, i am not sure if MM is doing anything about it. > Some MM folks here might be able to answer the status on the cfwddx issue. > > Joe Eugene > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Buckland, Ramon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 8:31 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: CFMX crashes with high load on cfwddx > > > > > > Hi, > > > > Found I can bring down our MX server where cfwddx is used. > > > > In a nut shell, > > obtain wddx string and convert it. > > > > <cfwddx action="WDDX2CFML" input="#wddxPacket#" output="st_RS"> > > > > We use WDDX all over the site as our data layer > > by retreiving through cfhttp. > > > > I tested the cfhttp connections but it all came down to this example. > > (no cfhttp at all) > > > > ------------------------------------- > > <cfset wddxPacket = "<wddxPacket > > version='1.0'><header/><data><struct><var > > name='STATUS'><string>1</string></var><var > > name='RETURNCODE'><string>no_db</string></var></struct></data></wd > > dxPacket>"> > > <cfwddx action="WDDX2CFML" input="#wddxPacket#" output="st_RS"> > > > > ------------------------------------- > > Put that in a cfm file and ... > > > > Stress testing pages by holding down ,CTRL-R in a browser (IE) > > the server stops resonding. > > > > + From a fresh restart it takes about 5 minutes to bring the server down > > + From a page with many wddx conversions, I am able to bring the server > > down in about 5 seconds. > > > > * WARNING * This crashes my Dev MX Server on IIS > > PIII 1.4Ghz , 1.3G RAM > > IIS5 Win2k All latest patches from MS as of 10 hrs ago. > > MX Updater 3 > > > > Please tell me I can fix this with config changes :-) > > > > Symptoms of the crash are: > > MX stops responding, IIS keeps purring > > Restart MX a few times and eventually, IIS stops as well > > (I even had inetinfo hang and not die until I restarted IIS > > Admin Service) > > > > suggestions ? > > > > > > > > - NOTICE - > > > > This message may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged > > information and is intended only for the use of the addressee named above. > > No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. > > If you are not the intended recipient of this message you are hereby > > notified that you must not use, disseminate, copy it in any form or take > > any action in reliance on it. 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