Well, yes I planned to use jquery/json. $.post(url, (function(){ etc etc etc
On Mon, Oct 8, 2012 at 1:13 PM, Jamie <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have tested this using a recent nightly build and it does work, just
> ensure the "access" on your CFFUNCTION is indeed "remote" or calls in that
> manner may fail.
>
> HOWEVER, I should point out I don't often see this used because a form
> submission as you described is pretty much a redirection of the browser with
> the data, thus in this case the browser will hit a CFC function for its next
> markup page, and since your function has [returnformat="json"], I'd guess
> its not going to get markup. The browser would actually show the JSON string
> (whatever returns from your function) unless you have a plan to make that
> function again perform a redirection to somewhere else when you have run
> your CF code, but its a little messy.
>
> A far more common scenario is have the form action="" (redirects with the
> data to the current page). Then in the top of your html page, you detect the
> form data, call your CFC (perhaps all in a CFSILENT), run whatever CF code
> you need then redirect on that page if it all passes (and if it fails the
> user can just be shown the same page and you can even CFIF to show an error
> message).
>
> Another alternative is all in JS, onSubmit show a nice loader, run your CFC
> call with an AJAX request and when it returns either redirect using JS or
> show a message etc (with no need for redirecting at all if it fails).
>
> Thats my thoughts on form submission, hope it helps.
>
> Jamie.
>
>
>
> On 08/10/2012 18:44, Jason Allen wrote:
>
> If you have a form, and unSubmit you post it to a CFC, do the form variables
> get interpreted as arguments?
>
> For instance, say I have a form with the following variables that a user can
> put in, and I post it to the cfc, do they variables get interpreted as the
> arguments for the cfc?
>
> form.userID
> form.firstName
> form.LastName
> form.email
>
> <cffunction name="checkUserCredentials" returntype="struct" output="no"
> access="remote" returnformat="json">
>
> <cfargument name="userID" type="string" required="false" default=""
> hint="user id" />
> <cfargument name="firstName" type="string" required="false" default=""
> hint="user first name" />
> <cfargument name="lastName" type="string" required="false" default=""
> hint="user last name" />
> <cfargument name="email" type="string" required="false" default=""
> hint="user email" />
>
>
> </cffunction>
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