Oops, Forgot the trim for the annoying user who submits some spaces. I usually code <cfif len(trim(form.pic))>
-------------- Ian Skinner Web Programmer BloodSource Sacramento, CA -----Original Message----- From: Ian Skinner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 3:56 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: blank flie field ~again~ Actually you could shorten your If statement to <cfif len(form.pic)> You don't need the pounds, doing a Boolean is supposed to be faster then a comparison [form.pic NEQ ""], and unless you really care about form.submit for some other reason, you don't need it at all. -------------- Ian Skinner Web Programmer BloodSource Sacramento, CA -----Original Message----- From: Dave Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 3:24 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: blank flie field ~again~ actually i may have gotten it the problem is in this: <!--- do the file upload now ---> <cfif isdefined("form.submit")> <cffile Action="upload" Filefield="pic" DESTINATION="C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\rma\uploads\" Nameconflict="makeunique" accept="image/*"> </cfif> But I think if i change it to: <!--- do the file upload now ---> <cfif isdefined("form.submit") AND #form.pic# NEQ ""> <cffile Action="upload" Filefield="pic" DESTINATION="C:\Inetpub\wwwroot\rma\uploads\" Nameconflict="makeunique" accept="image/*"> </cfif> seems logical after I pulled my head outta my ass! btw charlie, thanks for your article on easycfm.com on query params:) I cant believe what a difference that makes! thats one thing I have scene that is lacking in all these books, that they barely touch it. They should just throw it in from the start. dave ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charlie Griefer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 6:08 PM Subject: Re: blank flie field ~again~ > No inputs (that I am aware of) are, by their nature, required. > > Any chance you can post a URL that we can see? I'd like to view the source, > as well as see exactly what the error msg says. > > charlie > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dave Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 2:35 PM > Subject: Re: blank flie field ~again~ > > > > nope > > straight up no nothing, just wont process without it > > dave > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Charlie Griefer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 5:25 PM > > Subject: Re: blank flie field ~again~ > > > > > > > Are you making them required either thru js or some sort of cfform > > > attribute? > > > > > > charlie > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Dave Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Monday, June 02, 2003 1:39 PM > > > Subject: blank flie field ~again~ > > > > > > > > > > I know i asked this before but i never really got an answer that > worked > > > > > > > > ? is say i have 5 file fields to upload on a form but the user only > uses > > > say 3 of them, if you leave any blank it defaults to an error that says > > that > > > the file fields are required. It seems to do this before getting to the > > > process page where you could get by it. > > > > Does anyone have any ideas of ways around this short of having to do > > them > > > 1 at a time? > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > dave > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4

