dude. sweet! On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 12:51 PM, Brian Kotek <[email protected]> wrote:
> I wrote a CFC a while back that takes form field names that use array or > structure syntax and converts them into actual arrays and structures on the > CF side (to any arbitrary level of nesting). It's handy not only for > dynamic > fields (no more trying to parse user_1, user_2, etc.) but also for building > whatever collections of data you want (i.e. let it build up a user > structure > and pass that into your model rather than doing it manually, or passing the > whole form scope, etc.) > http://formutils.riaforge.org/index.cfm > > > http://www.briankotek.com/blog/index.cfm/2007/9/4/Implicit-Creation-of-Arrays-and-Structures-from-Form-Fields > > On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 3:09 PM, Aaron Rouse <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I always pass a hidden form element that is a counter filled in by JS for > > how many fields have been added. So if I have a field named foo_1 and I > > add > > foo_2, foo3, foo_4 and take away even foo_2 my hidden counter will pass > in > > 4. then on the processing side I do a loop over my counter, something > > like: > > > > <cfloop from="1" to="#Form.Counter#" index="i"> > > <cfif StructKeyExists(FORM, "foo_#i#") AND Trim(Form["Foo_#i#"]) IS NOT > > "">Then do something</cfif> > > </cfloop> > > > > On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 2:02 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > The way I do this is to have each form field have an underscore in it. > > > So play_1, play_2, etc > > > > > > Then I'd loop over the FORM collection and do a listfirst with _ as a > > > delimiter to figure out if I've got a play, a po, a role, etc or some > > > random field (like submit) that I don't care about. Then append the > > > value of form.play_1 to my playarray and move on to the next item in > > > the form collection. > > > > > > Judah > > > > > > On Fri, Dec 19, 2008 at 11:57 AM, Scott Stewart < > [email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > Hey all, > > > > > > > > I have a form with one of those wonderful dynamic "ad form row" > > widgets. > > > > Because of this I never will know exactly what fields will be sent > for > > > > processing... > > > > > > > > the original four fields in the row are called "play", "po", "role", > > and > > > > "year", the javascript generates "play1", "po1", "role1" and "year1" > or > > > > 2, or 3 ad Infinitum based on how many rows the user has selected. > > > > on the processing side I need to write the form field values to a > > > > structure because there will be credit card processing before I write > > to > > > > the database. > > > > > > > > How can I loop over the form structure and find the dynamically > > > > generated form fields and their values. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Scott Stewart > > > > ColdFusion Developer > > > > > > > > Office of Research Information Systems > > > > Research & Economic Development > > > > University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill > > > > > > > > Phone:(919)843-2408 > > > > Fax: (919)962-3600 > > > > Email: [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:317001 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
