Ok... that's what I was thinking must be going on. The CFHTTP page was basically a "receptor" or processing page that acted on the variables the form sent. In this case, passing them on to whatever URL was going to receive the posted data.
Right? -----Original Message----- From: Dave Watts [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2012 10:21 PM To: cf-talk Subject: Re: Not understanding the relationship between html form values and cfhttpparam values > So, how does the cfhttpparam above get the #form.fname# value? Does I use > a regular HTML form and submit the values to another page that receives > and posts them via cfhttp? (If that's true, then I'll now understand how > the value of a select formfield gets into a cfhttpparam...) I think you're overthinking this. CFHTTP and CFHTTPPARAM are just like any other CFML tags. You can use them wherever you want to, but they execute on the server, and have access to whatever variables your program happens to have. If you want the user to fill out a form, then you want to send the form data to another web site, you'd put CFHTTP and CFHTTPPARAM in your action page - just like you'd put CFQUERY in your action page if you wanted to create or update a database record based on form data provided by a user. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ http://training.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software is a Veteran-Owned Small Business (VOSB) on GSA Schedule, and provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers, online, or onsite. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:352512 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
