Again I was not talking about a form submitting to itself. As far as my comment about not doing params at all, I was referencing doing them for any of the FORM scope but figured that was obvious by this point.
On 11/17/05, Bobby Hartsfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > nor was I talking about doing any params at all. > > Maybe this threw me a little? > > > cfparam just needs to be done on the PK so that by default > > it is equal to a non-existant one such as ID = 0 > > The form submitting to itself (like most do for validation purposes) was a > "scenario" as to why it's a bad idea to do what you described. > > Im not saying don't use any part of your suggestion... just use the query > results to default values that MIGHT not exist. It will save th user from > re-entering data they already entered once if any validation fails. > > 1) get the query record > 2) set their values to default form variables with cfparams > 3) use the #form.fieldnames# from the params for the value attributes > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:224607 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=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
