Zac and Matt hit upon the core of the issue which is:
You need to get all the values out of the event that match your dynamic
field pattern ( CourseTitle and an Underscore )
Then, validate then items and save them.
I wrapped up all of this into separate objects, myself, just to keep the
controller clean. What happens is in the controller, I pass all the event
values into the StatsInputBean. When I do, the bean filters out the fields
that do not match my dynamic field pattern (which is 3 values delimited by a
colon (x:y:z). Then I validate it, and save it.
Controller Method:
<cffunction name="handleStatsInput" output="false" access="public"
returntype="void" hint="I handle submitted stats">
<cfargument name="event" type="any">
<cfset var local = {} />
<cfset arguments.event.copyToScope( local, "CurrentMember,UserMsg" ) />
<!--- Create the bean I need --->
* <cfset local.StatsInputBean =
beans.simpleInstanceFactory("StatsInputBean") />*
<!--- stuff it with the event data --->
* <cfset local.StatsInputBean.setStatsInputData( arguments.event.getAll() )
/>*
<cfset local.StatsInputBean.setMemberID( local.CurrentMember.getMemberID()
) />
<!--- if it validates, then process the data -->
* <cfif local.StatsInputBean.validate( local.UserMsg ) IS true>*
* <cfset beans.StatsInputProcessor.processInput( local.StatsInputBean ) />*
<cfset arguments.event.addResult( "Success" ) />
<cfelse>
<cfset arguments.event.addResult( "Failure" ) />
</cfif>
</cffunction>
That keeps the controller nice and tidy. Now, here is the definition for:
StatsInputBean.cfc http://pastebin.com/HY7FkyZF
StatsInputProcessor.cfc http://pastebin.com/qUJuGrPD
On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 1:40 AM, Matt Quackenbush <[email protected]>wrote:
> form.fieldNames will give you a list of all the form fields. But that
> isn't really appropriate in the context of an MG controller. Instead you
> might do something like so...
>
> var tmp = "";
> var key = "";
> for ( key IN event.getAllValues() )
> {
> if ( reFindNoCase("CourseTitle_[\d]+",key) )
> {
> // it matches; do something
> }
> }
>
> I don't know exactly what you're trying to do, so there might be a
> different/better way to do it, but that will hopefully get you on your way.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 8:58 PM, Zac Spitzer <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> structKeyList(form) will give you a list of all the form fields passed
>>
>> you can reference any form field dynamically using struct notation
>>
>> ie form["whatsit#i#"] etc
>>
>> this works with all scopes and with queries you can even access
>> rows using this syntax
>>
>> q_roles["role"][3] which means row number three, column role etc
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Sep 10, 2011 at 7:47 AM, Clifford Moon
>> <[email protected]>wrote:
>>
>>> Greetings,
>>>
>>> I'm having to custom build a form that has is dynamically sized and
>>> I'm having to create the field names, differentiating them by a value
>>> at the end of the form field .. ie CourseTitle_1, CourseTitle_2, etc.
>>> The value at the end is the ID of the Record that will need to be
>>> updated. Once I submit this form, how can I evaluate those fieldnames
>>> and get the values from them within the controller. I know what those
>>> values being appended to the end of the form field name are because
>>> they are submitted as a hidden list within the form.
>>>
>>> Any help is greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Cliff
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