Call them "file_x_" where x is the number of this field, while keeping a running tally (using JS) of fields in a hidden form field "hid_filecount" (all of which gets submitted in the form).
Then you can loop through input file_1, file_2 etc through to x, which is the value of hid_filecount. On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 12:41 PM, Rick Faircloth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, at first I did work out a way (with some help!) to us JS > to generate the additional file fields and give each one a > unique name, however, I realized that since the user is generating > the inputs and the input's name, I would have to automatically > generate some CFML to correspond to the generated file fields for processing. > > For example, with a comma-delimited list of file field names, I could use > a loop with for=1 to len(comma-delimited list) (pseudo code) and loop through > the file names for cffile processing and inserting into a db. > > However, with uniquely name fields being created by the user, how would I > let CF know how many fields it needed to process? If I know how many file > fields > a user created, I would know exactly what the field names would be, because > the JS increments the names starting with image-upload-1, then > image-upload-2, etc. > > So, how would I handle the processing not knowing the number of fields being > passed > by the form to CF? > > Rick > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: James Holmes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 11:25 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Re: Brain not working... how do I get these values? > > > > Can you name the file fields independently (i.e. do they have to be > > the same name)? > > > > On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 11:45 AM, Rick Faircloth > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Ok. so I'm trying, for the first time, to set up > > > unlimited file inputs for users. > > > > > > I'm using a jQuery plug-in, which works fine. > > > > > > What I can't figure out is how to get the values > > > for the image fields so I can loop over them in > > > the cffile and query actions. > > > > -- > > mxAjax / CFAjax docs and other useful articles: > > http://www.bifrost.com.au/blog/ > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:301725 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4