Very true. You'll still have to slice that up. I just thought it would save
a loop or two when dealing with straight for/url vars.
> note, however, that this doesn't allow the / divided parameters in
> cgi.query_string as in:
>
> http://mysite.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/dosomething/why/causeisayso
>
> word. i just started using 4.5.1 on my development machine and the whole
> url/form scopes as struct variables totally does kick ass and it does make
one
> want to take advantage of it...
>
> -- brendan avery / [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kevin Bridges" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Fusebox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 6:14 AM
> Subject: RE: Replacement for formurl2attributes
>
>
> > I'll post this again in case nobody saw it the first time this is a
fully
> > functional formurl2attributes:
> >
> > <cfscript>
> > if (thisTag.executionMode EQ "start") {
> > file://Defaults for URL and FORM scopes
> > caller.attributes = StructNew();
> >
> > if (isDefined("url")) {
> > if (isStruct(url)) {
> > for (itemURLParam in url)
> > evaluate("caller.attributes.#itemURLParam# = url.#itemURLParam#");
> > }
> > }
> >
> > if (isDefined("form")) {
> > if (isStruct(form)) {
> > for (itemFormParam in form)
> > evaluate("caller.attributes.#itemFormParam# = form.#itemFormParam#");
> > }
> > }
> > }
> > </cfscript>
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: BOROVOY Noam [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Monday, December 11, 2000 9:04 AM
> > To: Fusebox
> > Subject: RE: Replacement for formurl2attributes
> >
> >
> > So to maintain the current order of precedence as in FormURL2Attributes:
> >
> > <CFSCRIPT>
> > if ( Not isDefined("Attributes") OR Not isStruct(Attributes)
> > Attributes=StructNew();
> > if (isDefined("Form") AND isStruct(Form)
> > StructAppend(Attributes, Form, False);
> > if (isDefined("URL") AND isStruct(URL)
> > StructAppend(Attributes, URL, False);
> > </CFSCRIPT>
> >
> > Should be way faster, also allows using CFSCRIPT, another speed bonus.
> >
> >
> > ----------
> > From: Michael Dinowitz [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Sunday, 10 December 2000 20:04
> > To: Fusebox
> > Subject: Replacement for formurl2attributes
> >
> > For those who have installed SP2 for CF 4.5.1, you may notice a few
> > new
> > functions. One of them was almost perfectly designed for Fusebox.
> > This is
> > the StructAppend() function
> > (http://127.0.0.1/CFIDE/Administrator/docs/451update.htm#1026139).
> > What this function does is take 2 structures and appends ALL of the
> > values
> > from one of them onto the other. This sounds very much like what the
> > formurl2attributes fuse does. Lets look at some example code that
> > takes the
> > URL and FORM variables and appends them to the Attributes structure.
> >
> > <!--- If the Attributes scope is not defined, create it. The only
> > time it
> > will not be defined is when you are not within a custom tag --->
> > <CFIF Not IsDefined('Attributes')>
> > <CFSET Attributes=StructNew()>
> > </CFIF>
> > <!--- Append ALL Url variables onto the Attributes structure. This
> > will
> > overwrite variables of the same name. --->
> > <CFSET StructAppend(Attributes, Url)>
> > <!--- Append ALL Form variables onto the Attributes structure. This
> > will
> > overwrite variables of the same name. --->
> > <CFSET StructAppend(Attributes, Form)>
> >
> > Now this may not be exactly what is needed in Fusebox, but its
> > enough to
> > show everyone what this new function is, what it does and how to use
> > it. I
> > expect it to become a well loved part of the methodology fast. :)
> >
> > Oh, one small note is that if you do not want the StructAppend()
> > function to
> > overwrite a variable in the 'target' function, you just have to add
> > an
> > additional attribute to the function. i.e.
> >
> > <!--- Append ALL Form variables onto the Attributes structure. This
> > will NOT
> > overwrite variables of the same name. --->
> > <CFSET StructAppend(Attributes, Form,0)>
> > Notice the third attribute which has a Boolean value of 0 (or no).
> > This
> > simply says, don't overwrite.
> >
> > Michael Dinowitz
> > Publisher: Fusion Authority weekly news alert
> > (www.fusionauthority.com/alert)
> > Listmaster: CF-Talk, CF-Jobs, Spectra-Talk, Jrun-Talk, etc.
> > (www.houseoffusion.com)
> >
>
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