Others have sent in suggestions, but I'd like to show another way of
doing it as well... with UDFs! I have an article coming out for CFDJ
that discusses this concept, but the idea is simple. You can use a UDF
to quickly create structures and, if you know what you are doing, safely
append to the local scope. Watch:
Original:
// DEPARTMENT 1
item.department = 'Department 1;
item.name = 'Bill Jones;
item.email = '[EMAIL PROTECTED];
additem = arrayAppend(request.contact, item);
// DEPARTMENT 2
item.department = 'Department 2;
item.name = 'Joe Jones;
item.email = '[EMAIL PROTECTED];
With UDFs:
request.contact = arrayNew();
addContact("Department 1","Bill Jones","[EMAIL PROTECTED]");
addContact("Department 2","Jpe Jones","[EMAIL PROTECTED]");
etc...
function addContact(dpt,name,email) {
var d = structNew();
d.dpt = dpt;
d.name = name;
d.email = email;
arrayAppend(request.contact,d);
}
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Owens, Howard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 7:41 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: array - structure question
>
>
> On my Application.cfm page, I want to use an array to
> populate a feedback
> form with contacts, and the response page with the
> corresponding e-mail
> addresses in the "to" attribute.
>
> This seemed more practical than storing the info in a database, for an
> amount of data this limited, but still give some flexibility
> for making
> changes down the road.
>
> So here's a snip from within my CFScript:
>
>
> // department mail addresses
> // e-mail addresses and contact information dropped into an
> array of structs
> to facilitate retrieval and updating
>
> request.contact = arrayNew(1);
> item = structNew();
>
>
> // DEPARTMENT 1
> item.department = 'Department 1;
> item.name = 'Bill Jones;
> item.email = '[EMAIL PROTECTED];
>
> additem = arrayAppend(request.contact, item);
>
> // DEPARTMENT 2
> item.department = 'Department 2;
> item.name = 'Joe Jones;
> item.email = '[EMAIL PROTECTED];
>
> additem = arrayAppend(request.contact, item);
>
> .... and so on.
>
> The problem is, the last entry keeps overwriting the
> structures at each
> array position. In other words, request.contact[1] contains
> the data for
> array position 10, and position 2 contains the data for 10
> ... and so on.
>
> Should position 1 of the array remember what it had initially
> and not get
> over written by the time the 2 position is created, and so on?
>
> How can I get each position in the array to have structures
> with discrete
> and unique information?
>
> H.
>
>
> Howard Owens
> Internet Operations Coordinator
> www.insidevc.com
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> AIM: GoCatGo1956
>
>
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