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> 
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>

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