Passing Parameters

[joetadalan]

I am new to ColdFusion and this is my problem -

I have created a login screen -
User Name
Password
Confirm Password

Once that has been Validated -
I bring up a new information screen - general information
with the User Name being brought over as a display only field -

The problem occurs when I try and validate the data entered - I lose the UserName field -

Here is part of the code -
<FORM ACTION=&quot;submit2.cfm?UserName=#UserName#&quot; method=POST>
<PRE>
<cfoutput>
<input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;UserName&quot; Value=&quot;#UserName#&quot;>
<b>User Name: #URL.UserName#</b><br><br>
</cfoutput>

Title: <select Name=&quot;prefix&quot; Value=&quot;<cfoutput>#form.prefix#</cfoutput>&quot;>
<option>MR.
<option>MRS.
<Option>Ms.
<Option>Miss
</select>
First Name: <input type=&quot;text&quot; NAME=&quot;FirstName&quot; Size=&quot;10&quot; MaxLength=&quot;25&quot; Value=&quot;<cfoutput>#form.FirstName#</cfoutput>&quot;> M.I.: <input type=&quot;text&quot; Name=&quot;MiddleName&quot; size=&quot;1&quot; MaxLength=&quot;1&quot; Value=&quot;<CFOUTPUT>#form.MiddleName#</CFOUTPUT>&quot;> Last Name:<input type=&quot;text&quot; NAME=&quot;LastName&quot; size=&quot;15&quot; MaxLength=&quot;30&quot; Value=&quot;<CFOUTPUT>#form.LastName#</CFOUTPUT>&quot;>
Suffix: <input type=&quot;text&quot; NAME=&quot;Suffix&quot; size=&quot;2&quot; MaxLength=&quot;2&quot; Value=&quot;<CFOUTPUT>#form.Suffix#</CFOUTPUT>&quot;>
<p>

<b>Mailing Address:</b>
Address Information is for informational purposes only and is not required.<br>
Street Address:<input type=&quot;text&quot; NAME=&quot;StNumber&quot; Size=&quot;10&quot; MaxLength=&quot;15&quot; Value=&quot;<CFOUTPUT>#form.StNumber#</CFOUTPUT>&quot;> <input type=&quot;Text&quot; NAME=&quot;StName&quot; Size=&quot;15&quot; MaxLength=&quot;25&quot; Value=&quot;<CFOUTPUT>#form.StName#</CFOUTPUT>&quot;> <input type=&quot;Text&quot; NAME=&quot;StType&quot; Size=&quot;2&quot; MaxLength=&quot;10&quot; Value=&quot;<CFOUTPUT>#form.StType#</CFOUTPUT>&quot;>
City: <input type=&quot;Text&quot; NAME=&quot;City&quot; Size=&quot;10&quot; MaxLength=&quot;25&quot; Value=&quot;<CFOUTPUT>#form.City#</CFOUTPUT>&quot;> State: <input type=&quot;Text&quot; NAME=&quot;State&quot; size=&quot;2&quot; MaxLength=&quot;5&quot; Value=&quot;<CFOUTPUT>#form.State#</CFOUTPUT>&quot;>
Zip Code: <input type=&quot;Text&quot; NAME=&quot;PostalCode&quot; size=&quot;5&quot; MaxLength=&quot;15&quot;>
<p>

<b>Other Contact Information:</b>
Other Contact Information is for informational purposes only and is not required.<br>
Phone: <input type=&quot;Text&quot; NAME=&quot;HomePhone&quot; Value=&quot;<CFOUTPUT>#form.HomePhone#</CFOUTPUT>&quot;>
Alt Phone: <input type=&quot;Text&quot; NAME=&quot;WorkPhone&quot; Value=&quot;<CFOUTPUT>#form.WorkPhone#</CFOUTPUT>&quot;>
<p>
E-mail Address: <input type=&quot;Text&quot; NAME=&quot;EmailAddress&quot; Value=&quot;<CFOUTPUT>#form.EmailAddress#</CFOUTPUT>&quot;>
</PRE>
<input type=&quot;Submit&quot;>
</FORM>

In the First Statement - Form - is that where the problem is -

Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

[csteinhilber]

a) The code you posted mixes FORM variables and URL variables on the same page. Since you have lots of FORM variables in your code, I'm assuming you're doing a POST to this page... which means all variables would be FORM.xxx
So you'd want to change the UserName section to

<cfoutput>
<input type=&quot;hidden&quot; name=&quot;UserName&quot; Value=&quot;#FORM.UserName#&quot;>
<b>User Name: #FORM.UserName#</b><br><br>
</cfoutput>

b) You can not add query string parameters to an action of a POST request (form). It's actually not such a good idea to add them to a GET either... but that's another story.

Remove it from your FORM tag like:

<FORM ACTION=&quot;submit2.cfm&quot; method=POST>

Since you already have a hidden input named &quot;UserName&quot; (as above), it will get passed to submit2.cfm as a FORM variable.

Hope it helps,
-Carl

 

[cathbuzz]

It's kind of unclear where you are losing the UserName variable. Do you have it from the login screen and then lose it when the form you posted is submitted?

I think it's because you are passing what is essentially a URL parameter in your form action string, but using a POST method on it.

Take the parameter off of the form action since you have it in a hidden FORM field anyways. Then you will be able to use the FORM.Username variable.