i like it.
conjours images of the possibility of a catch all <cf_update_dB
table="#attributes.somestructure#">, plus all sorts of (more realistic and
practical) wddx things and stuff
Bert
> -----Original Message-----
> From: craig girard [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: 14 February 2001 17:50
> To: Fusebox
> Subject: modification to formurl2attributes?
>
>
> I was building an app a few months ago and I wanted to pass
> around a series
> of related variables. What I had was a form for editing
> products. I wanted
> to pass around the variables to multiple places, but didnt
> want to hardcode
> every variable as attributes when using cfmodule. So what I
> decided to do
> was name my form elements like so.
>
> product.id
> product.name
> product.description
>
> Then I modified formurl2attributes to search for a period in the form
> variables. If found it would then create a structure for
> that variable and
> give it the appropriate keys, ie. id/name/description. Then
> when passing
> the variables around I only had to pass the structure.
>
> The code was something like this...
>
> <cfif isdefined("form.fieldnames")>
> <cfloop list="#form.fieldnames#" index="field">
> <cfif Find(".", field)>
> <cfset vTempVar = Mid(field,1,Find(".",field) - 1))>
> <cfif NOT IsDefined("#Evaluate(vTempVar)#")>
> <cfset "#vTempVar#" = StructNew()>
> </cfif>
> <cfset "#field#" = Evaluate(field)>
>
> <!--- normal formurl2attributes code here --->
>
> </cfloop>
> </cfif>
>
> I just thru this down quick, didnt test it so it might not be
> accurate, I
> also feel a little under the weather today. But you get the
> point. This
> concept came to mind again recently when studying PHP, the
> PHP server does
> this for you automatically. I can see where it would be
> powerful. Anyone
> have any ideas/comments/suggestions?
>
>
>
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