Richard,
Here's an example of a form using the same page to post data using
only Coldfusion to give the user feedback that the form has been
submitted:
<!--- Call our component which handles database updates--->
<cfset mycomponent = createObject("component","components.component")/>
<!--- If we're submitting the form --->
<cfif isDefined('FORM.submit')>
<!--- The component we're calling returns a boolean value of "true"
when the database is updated --->
<cfset formProcessed = mycomponent.doSomething()/>
<cfif>
<!--- If our form has been processed give them a message telling them
so --->
<cfif formProcessed>
<p class="notice">Your form has been processed successfully.</p>
</cfif>
<!--- Now here's our form --->
<form name="myform" action="" method="post">
<input type="submit" name="submit" id="submit" value="Post This Form"/>
</form>
-Jon
On Sep 21, 2006, at 2:09 PM, Richard White wrote:
>> On 9/21/06, Richard White <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> Well, from a usability perspective, you'd probably not want the page
>> to remain totally unchanged. you'd probably like to give your user
>> some indication that the database insert/update/delete occurred
>> successfully.
>>
>> But yes, you can easily do your database call on the action page,
>> then
>> re-display the form either via a <cfinclude> or a <cflocation>.
>>
>> What it sounds like you're going for (the whole "no refreshing of the
>> page") would be an AJAX call. I haven't really played around much
>> with AJAX (other than looking a little into Spry), but others on the
>> list can certainly help you out there.
>>
>> --
>
> This makes sense, thanks, i am using the cflocation tag to take it
> back to the original page at the moment but it was also stated that
> i could use the same page as the action page. Just out of interest
> if i set the same page as an action page how would i get it to
> leave it when the page first loads but only respond to it when the
> submit button has been pressed?
>
>
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