On a related note, the Postman extension for Chrome is great for testing what
your remote CFC's are doing with form variables.
> On Jan 15, 2014, at 4:53 PM, Jon Clausen <jon_clau...@silowebworks.com> wrote:
>
>
> I would set your argument type as a list and then validate,loop and process
> the list in your CFC method. If so youâll need to change your each() loop
> to append the variables in to the list and then post the string in your
> $.post() request.
>
> HTH,
> Jon
>
>
>
>
>> On Jan 15, 2014, at 3:56 PM, Rick Faircloth <r...@whitestonemedia.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Hi, all...
>>
>> I've approached this problem from every direction I can think of and with
>> reference to many, many websites, but I still can put together an answer.
>>
>> I have this HTML in a form:
>>
>> <cfoutput query = "qGetSpecials">
>>
>> <div class="special_title_container">
>> <span class="title_checkbox_span">
>> <input id="special_id_#special_id#" class="special_title_checkbox"
>> value="#special_title#" type="checkbox" name="special_title">
>> </span>
>> <span class="special_title_span">#special_title#</span>
>> </div>
>>
>> </cfoutput>
>>
>> Which is output into this:
>>
>> <input id="special_id_26" class="special_title_checkbox" value="First
>> Special" type="checkbox" name="special_title">
>> <input id="special_id_27" class="special_title_checkbox" value="Second
>> Special" type="checkbox" name="special_title">
>> <input id="special_id_28" class="special_title_checkbox" value="Third
>> Special" type="checkbox" name="special_title">
>>
>> This jQuery processing the inputs:
>>
>> $(document).ready(function() {
>>
>> $('#newsletter_preview_button').click(function() {
>>
>> var specialTitleID = $('.special_title_checkbox:checked');
>>
>> $('.special_title_checkbox:checked').each(function(index,value) {
>>
>> var specialTitleID = $(this).attr('id').split('_').pop();
>> var specialTitleID = 'specialTitle_'+specialTitleID;
>>
>> alert(specialTitleID); <--- [ this alerts the three input values, 26, 27,
>> 28, individually when form is submitted ]
>>
>> });
>>
>> values = { emailNewsletterGreeting: emailNewsletterGreeting,
>> specialTitleID: specialTitleID }
>>
>> (Followed by AJAX code...)
>>
>> And this cfc method:
>>
>> <cffunction name = "mProcessEmailNewsletterForm"
>> displayName = "mProcessEmailNewsletterForm"
>> hint = "Processes Email Newsletter Form"
>> output = "true"
>> access = "remote"
>> returnType = "struct" >
>>
>> <cfargument name = "emailNewsletterGreeting" type = "string"
>> required = "no" />
>> <cfargument name = "specialTitleID" type =
>> "string" required
>> = "no" />
>>
>> <cfset emailNewsletterStruct = structNew() />
>>
>> <cfset emailNewsletterStruct.email_newsletter_greeting =
>> '#arguments.email_newsletter_greeting#'
>> />
>> <cfset emailNewsletterStruct.specialTitleID =
>> '#arguments.specialTitleID#'
>> />
>>
>> <cfreturn emailNewsletterStruct />
>>
>> </cffunction>
>>
>> But, the cffunction above doesn't know what to do with the value,
>> "specialTitleID", when it's received.
>> Or, rather, I don't know how to change it in the jQuery code or the
>> cffunction code so that each
>> specialTitleID can be separted into individual cfarguments.
>>
>> I've tried specifying cfargument name="specialTitleID" as type="array",
>> type="list", type="string",
>> but I get a JS error in Firebug no matter what I try. I'm sure it's simple,
>> I just haven't handled
>> a multi-valued variable going via AJAX to a cfc method before. (or that I
>> remember...).
>>
>> Suggestions, anyone?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Rick
>>
>> --
>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
>> "Ninety percent of the politicians give the other ten percent a bad
>> reputation." Henry Kissinger
>
>
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