Why exactly are you appending the counter variable to all of your form
fields? I'm not sure I quite understand what you're trying to do...
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, August 29, 2001 6:44 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Dynamic Fieldnames & database update
I am working on a dynamic form that allows me to update multiple records at
once.
We use the primary key from the table as a hidden field to identify the
record, and append a unique number to all fields from each record via a
counter.
For example, the form would look something like this
<cfloop>
< input key#counter#> < input fieldname#counter#> < input
fieldname#counter#>
</cfloop>
Problem is, when we go to update the database, how do we specify the
formfields? I'd assumed that we would need to loop over our counter again,
but I don't know how to make the dynamic fieldnames in the update. How do I
get coldfusion to recognize that I want #form.fieldname1# not
"form.fieldname1" and not "value of fieldname1" the first time I loop over
something like
UPDATE interview
SET ivr_key = '#form.fieldname##counter#'
Any help would be appreciated!
Here's the form so far:
<cfoutput>
<cfquery name="getinterviewdata" datasource="dsrc">
SELECT *
FROM interview INNER JOIN interviewer on interview.ivr_key =
interviewer.ivr_key
WHERE interview.ivr_key = #cookie.interviewerid#
AND sch_name = '#cookie.schoolsession#'
</cfquery>
</cfoutput>
<CFQUERY name="getivrs" datasource="dsrc">
SELECT *
FROM Interviewer
</cfquery>
<table>
<tr>
<td><font face="Verdana" size="-1">Scheduled Interviews for
<cfoutput>#getinterviewdata.ivr_firstname#
#getinterviewdata.ivr_lastname#</cfoutput></font><br>
<HR></td>
</tr>
</table>
<form name="UpdatedInterviewData" action="interviewedit_action.cfm" method
="post">
<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="90%">
<tr>
<td>
<table border="1" bordercolor="Gray" cellspacing="0"
cellpadding="0">
<tr bgcolor="#FFFF80">
<th width="20%">Interviewer</th>
<th width="15%">Start Time</th>
<th width="15%">End Time</th>
<th width="15%">Location</th>
</tr>
<CFPARAM name="counter" default="0">
<CFLOOP query="getinterviewdata">
<tr>
<CFSET counter = counter+1>
<td align="center">
<select name="InterviewChange<cfoutput>
#counter#</cfoutput>">
<cfoutput query="getivrs">
<option value="
#getivrs.ivr_key#" <cfif isdefined("cookie.InterviewerID") and
cookie.InterviewerID eq GetIvrs.ivr_key>selected</cfif>>
#getivrs.ivr_FirstName# #getivrs.ivr_LastName#</option>
</cfoutput>
</select>
</td>
<cfoutput>
<td width="15%" align="center">
#TimeFormat(getinterviewdata.int_StartTime, 'hh:mm tt')#</td>
<td width="15%" align="center">
#TimeFormat(getinterviewdata.int_EndTime, 'hh:mm tt')#</td>
<td width="15%" align="center">
#getinterviewdata.loc_Name#</td>
<input type="hidden"
name="intkey#counter#"
value="#getinterviewdata.int_Code#">
</cfoutput>
</tr>
</cfloop>
<input type="hidden" name="counterfield" value
="<cfoutput>#counter#</cfoutput>">
</table>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table>
<tr>
<td><INPUT TYPE="submit" NAME="Submit" Value="Submit"></td>
<td><INPUT TYPE="reset" NAME="ResetForm" Value="Reset"></td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
Thanks!
Erica
Erica Vitina
Web Developer
Abbott Laboratories
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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