FORM Collection

[saurabh]

How do i traverse the FORM collection. I have 5 input tags of same name in the form, whose name is rec1...how do i access rec1(0)...individual values of the array through CFML.<br><br>- Saurabh

 

[iza]

cfloop over the formfields !!! (btw it's in the doc !!)

 

[saurabh]

the problem was something else...i have 6 different arrays of input tags...and all arrays have 3 values i.e<br><br>&lt;input type=text name=rec1 value=(some value)&gt;<br>&lt;input type=text name=rec1 value=(some value)&gt;<br>&lt;input type=text name=rec1 value=(some value)&gt;<br><br>&lt;input type=text name=rec2 value=(some value)&gt;<br>&lt;input type=text name=rec2 value=(some value)&gt;<br>&lt;input type=text name=rec2 value=(some value)&gt;<br><br>..and so on<br><br>now these input tags are generated dynamically based on some condition, so names have also been generated dynamically.....<br><br>now the problem is that first array (first 3 input tag values) have to update 1 record in sql database....second array will update 2nd record...and so on.<br><br>now want to travese this loop....<br><br>suggest something....<br>

 

[iza]

if i understand it ... you want the retrieve 3 DIFFFERENT values for rec1.value, right ???!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!<br>i think it's a jscript roblem : you just can't recall rec1.value and suppose the system knows which one of the 3 you want !!!!!<br>the only solution i see is the one i already told you : cfloop over the formfields !!!!!!!!! this way the system doesn't care for the name of the field ...<br>just : <br>* get the form.fieldnames<br>* transform it as an array<br>* cfloop over the array<br>* evaluate(the_array[counter]) is the value of the counter-th field in the form and the_array[counter] is the NAME of the field<br>right ???<br><br><br><br><br>

 

[Guest_imported]

Hallo Saurabh<br>If you have the same name for an input you can only get the value of the first one declared. They have to have unique names else it is imposible.<br>Coldfusion can't think by itself, you have to tell the server what to do.<br>A solution could be that you cal the input boxex the names:<br>rec11<br>rec12<br>rec13<br><br>rec21<br>rec22<br>rec23 and so on<br><br>Doek1

 

[iza]

doek1 : i'm quite sure it can work in cf as i said above, coz it does'nt care for the name only for the position in the array (or list it depends)<br>i've already made it work ;]]

 

[DarkMan]

I think the easiest way to make this work would be to do as Doek1 says, then on the action page, do something like:<br><FONT FACE=monospace><b><br>&lt;cfset rec1=arraynew()&gt;<br>&lt;cfset rec2=arraynew()&gt;<br><br>&lt;cfset rec1[1]=rec11&gt;<br>&lt;cfset rec1[2]=rec12&gt;<br>&lt;cfset rec1[3]=rec13&gt;<br><br>&lt;cfset rec2[1]=rec21&gt;<br>&lt;cfset rec2[2]=rec22&gt;<br>&lt;cfset rec2[3]=rec23&gt;<br>.....<br></b></font><br>Once you've done that, you can do whatever array type processing you need... (you could also put this in a loop if there's a lot of fields to deal with...)<br><br>Hope this helps.