Passing Empty Variables

[szeiss]

Using CF8 and usableforms.js at

http://www.quirksmode.org/dom/usableforms.html.

The user will select one of the radio buttons to display the corresponding form field. Fields not selected will not display.

Radio buttons on form:

<tr>
<td class="formTitle" align="right">Select By:</td>
<td width="#variables.spacerWidth#"><img src="#application.imgSrc#dot.gif" width="1" height="1" border="0"></td>
<td valign="top" class="rowText">

<input type="radio" name="rpttype" value="PD" rel="paydate" id="type_pd" />
<label for="type_pd">Pay Date</label><br />

<input type="radio" name="rpttype" value="PC" rel="paycycle" id="type_pc" />
<label for="type_pc">Pay Cycle</label><br />

<input type="radio" name="rpttype" value="DR" rel="daterange" id="type_dr" />
<label for="type_dr">Date Range</label><br />

</td>
</tr>

Form field for pay date is:

<TR rel="paydate">
<td class="formTitle" align="right"><label for="paydate"><span class="accessibility"></span>Pay Date:</label></td>
<td width="#variables.spacerWidth#"><img src="#application.imgSrc#dot.gif" width="1" height="1" border="0"></td>
<td valign="top" class="rowText">
<SELECT name="pay_date" id="paydate" />
<cfloop query="getDates">
<option value="#getDates.PAYDATE#" <cfif getDates.PAYDATE EQ attributes.pay_date> SELECTED</cfif>>#DateFormat(getDates.PAYDATE)#</cfloop>
</SELECT>
</td>
</TR>

At the top of my form I have:

<cfparam name="attributes.pay_date" default="0">
<cfif not isdefined("attributes.pay_date")>
<cfset attributes.pay_date = "01">
</cfif>

I'm trying to pass some kind of string in those other variables that weren't selected, but I keep getting the error message:

Element PAY_DATE is undefined in ATTRIBUTES

Is there a way to do what I want to do?

Thanks,
Sherry

 

[FALCONSEYE]

this works for me:

<cfparam name="attributes.pay_date" default="10/08/2008">
<cfset startDate = Now()>
<cfset endDate = Now() + 30>


<table>
<TR rel="paydate">
<td class="formTitle" align="right"><label for="paydate"><span class="accessibility"></span>Pay Date:</label></td>
<td width="#variables.spacerWidth#"><img src="./dot.gif" width="1" height="1" border="0"></td>
<td valign="top" class="rowText">
<SELECT name="pay_date" id="paydate" />
<Cfoutput>
<cfloop from="#startDate#" to="#endDate#" index="i" step="#CreateTimeSpan(7,0,0,0)#">
<option value="#dateformat(i, 'mm/dd/yyyy')#" <cfif dateformat(i, 'mm/dd/yyyy') EQ attributes.pay_date> SELECTED</cfif>>#dateformat(i, 'mm/dd/yyyy')#</option>
</cfloop>
</cfoutput>
</SELECT>
</td>
</TR>
</table>

are you missing something else?

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