> I like using WDDX for multipart forms. You can easily serialise the
> entire form struct and pass it in a single hidden field (also means you're
> not relying on cookies or session vars). As long as every field name is
> unique across the multi-part form it's fast and easy.
Be carefule about what you are sending through hidden fields, because that
is the kind of thing that hackers look for. Such as a shopping cart sending
the prices for items through hidden form fields.
--=@ greg @=--
----- Original Message -----
From: "Raymond B." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, January 22, 2001 5:30 AM
Subject: RE: dynamic form vars
> I like using WDDX for multipart forms. You can easily serialise the
> entire form struct and pass it in a single hidden field (also means you're
> not relying on cookies or session vars). As long as every field name is
> unique across the multi-part form it's fast and easy.
>
> I stole a lot of this processing techinque from an article in CFDJ
(Vol.
> 2 Issue 2 - Feb. 2000); while the article a little too gui/M$ infantile
> naming schemes for my taste (No offence to the author here at all, just a
> personal taste preference) some of its underlying principles are great.
>
> If you need it really quick and don't care much about code reuse for
the
> moment, post directly to the second form in the series, serialise the data
> at the top of that form, and shove it in a hidden field. On the final page
> you'll then have to just WDDX the first pages results.
>
> Anyways, play w/ the concept it's very flexible and doesn't require
> things like cookies and sessions.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kay Smoljak [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: January 22, 2001 03:17
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: dynamic form vars
>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm not sure how to go about doing this.
>
> I have a dynamically generated form, which can have any number of radio
> buttons. I want to submit this form to a page with another form. Once this
> second form is submitted, I need to process all of the data from both
forms
> on one page.
>
> What I'm not sure about is how I can store the values from the first form
on
> the second form page. Normally I would put them in hidden fields, but it's
a
> problem seeing as I don't know how many there will be or what they will be
> called.
>
> Any pointers? I'm sure it's something obvious but my brain appears to have
> stopped responding.
> Kay.
>
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