If you're relying on JavaScript anyway, why not set the value of a hidden form variable at that point & get CF to look at that instead?
Nick ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Buckingham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 2:21 PM Subject: [ cf-dev ] Cold Fusion/Form awareness > Hi guys, > > I'm wondering if there is an easier way to do this. > > I'm trying to create a voting system which will be used to record the votes > of our site's visitors. The form contained 18 checkboxes and a drop down > menu which are passed to a Cold Fusion script and then processed. The only > thing is that the visitor is only allowed to select one checkbox or an > option from the dropdown (which is controlled through a JavaScript). > > What I need to do is run through all 18 of the checkboxes and find out which > one was selected (if there was one). > > I'd rather not use a long/18 IF statement(s) to do this so I'm wondering if > there was an easier way of doing this. > > A CFLOOP maybe? > > Here's the idea of what I'm trying to do > > 1) Find out which checkbox was selected or if it was the select drop > down. > > 2) Get the value from the select element (Each checkbox is called > 'checkbox1', 'checkbox2', 'checkbox3' etc. with the same numerical value). > > 3) Run a query on the database to update the record relating to the > selection. > > Appreciate any help you can give me on this one. > > Cheers, > James > -- These lists are syncronised with the CFDeveloper forum at http://forum.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/dev%40lists.cfdeveloper.co.uk/ CFDeveloper Sponsors and contributors:- *Hosting and support provided by CFMXhosting.co.uk* :: *ActivePDF provided by activepdf.com* *Forums provided by fusetalk.com* :: *ProWorkFlow provided by proworkflow.com* *Tutorials provided by helmguru.com* :: *Lists hosted by gradwell.com* To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
