Oops! Or rather, SELECTED (not "checked"... I was thinking of checkboxes and radio buttons, which have the same problem as multiple selects... they don't exist in the form post unless something is checked/selected).
Mik At 02:27 PM 11/4/2009, Mik Muller wrote: >You should probably also add a CHECKED to one of the options, as a default. >It can be unselected, but it gives you a better chance of getting real user >input. > >Mik > > >At 01:16 PM 11/4/2009, Andy Matthews wrote: > >>With radio buttons, checkboxes, and multiple select dropdowns it doesn't >>matter if the form is there on the view page. If no one selects one of the >>options in those input fields, the key doesn't exist in the form. >> >>Use cfparam, or StructKeyExists(FORM,'key') to make sure it's there before >>using it. >> >> >>andy >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Timothy Laureska [mailto:[email protected]] >>Sent: Wednesday, November 04, 2009 12:00 PM >>To: cf-talk >>Subject: Form Insanity >> >> >>Hello: >> >>Can somebody tell me why this from select box form and processing template >>produce the message that "Element UNIT_ID_OTHER" is undefined in form" >> >><form> >><select name="unit_id_other" multiple="yes"> <option value="">Select Unit >>(if applicable) <option value="">---------------------------------- >><cfoutput query="list_units"> >><option value="#unit_id#">#unit_name# >></cfoutput> >></select> >></form> >> >>processing template >> >><cfif #form.unit_id_other# IS NOT ""> >><cfquery datasource="#datasource#" name="find_other_unit"> SELECT * FROM >>dhmh_units where unit_id IN (#form.unit_id_other#) </cfquery> </cfif> >> >> >> >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:328031 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
