Looks like you need ListFind(), not ListContains(). ListFind looks at the entire element, while ListContains looks at substrings.
<cfset myList="21,20,19,18,17,16,15,14,13,12,11,10,9,8,7,6"> ListFind(myList,7) will return 15 ListContains(myList,7) will return 5 (which is the element 17) --- Stuart Kidd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi guys, > > I'm having problems with lists. > > I displayed a list of all article titles (and IDs) that could relate to > a > specific title and the user can select which ones can be links (via a > select > form). > > That part is all good and it inserts the comma separated list into the > field > articleRelatedLinks (something like 37, 76, 84, 99). > > Then when I would like the user to be able to update the form is when I > have > the problem. > > The problem I'm having below is that it only seems to select the first > number in the list - it doesn't see it as a list but one field. > > <p>Article Related Links<br> > > <select name="articleRelatedLinks" multiple size="4"> > > <cfoutput query="showTitles"> > > <option value="#showTitles.articleID#" <cfif > ListContains(showArticle.articleRelatedLinks, > showTitles.articleID)>selected</cfif>>#showTitles.articleTitle#</option> > > </cfoutput> > > </select> > > </p> > > Is there a way I can loop it through the list or am I going around it > the > wrong way. > > Any help will be appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Saturday. > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:184340 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
