Question

ColdFusion Select Box (Dropdown Box) Value -- Won't select the right value.

Asked by: tmangoldcpa

I have a table displaying several records.  I’m trying to display one of the fields, “TemplateID”, in a select box, but I’m unable to force the correct value into the select box for each record.  The first select box displays the correct value (i.e. the value of TemplateID in the first record), however, all subsequent records display the same value as the first record.

The select boxes are dynamically named to avoid naming conflicts.  I *am* able to force different values into each select box if I equate the TemplateID value to #ServiceItem.CurrentRow#, but of course, that’s just diagnostic, not exactly helpful.  I’ve ensured that each value of TemplateID does in fact exist in the select box’s option list.

I’ve been battling this problem for several days – a solution will be VERY APPRECIATED!

CFML and HTML Source is below.

Thanks in advance to the genius who solves this headache!

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CFML Source:

<cfquery name="Templates" datasource="tmgcpa">
SELECT TemplateID, TemplateName
FROM dms_DocketTemplates
ORDER BY TemplateName
</cfquery>

<cfquery name="ServiceItems" datasource="tmgcpa">
SELECT *
FROM dms_qryClientServices
WHERE ClientID = '#URL.ClientID#'
</cfquery>

<form name="form1" method="post" action="">
<table width="740" border="1" cellspacing="0" bordercolor="#CCCCCC" class="SmallText">
<tr>
            <td width="14"><input name="ClientID" type="hidden" id="ClientID" value="<cfoutput>#ServiceItems.ClientID#</cfoutput>"></td>
            <td width="160"><strong>Service Item</strong></td>
            <td width="120"><strong>Frequency</strong></td>
            <td width="300"><strong>Template Triggered</strong></td>
            <td width="60"><strong>Anchor Date</strong></td>
            <td width="80"><strong>Lead Time</strong></td>
            <td width="80">Active</td>
          </tr>
          <cfoutput>
            <cfloop query="ServiceItems">
              <tr>
                <td><strong>#ServiceItems.CurrentRow#.
                  <input name="ClientServiceID" type="hidden" id="ClientServiceID" value="#ServiceItems.ClientServiceID#">
                  </strong></td>
                <td>#ServiceItems.ServiceItem#</td>
                <td>#ServiceItems.IntervalName2#</td>
                <td>
               
<!--- *********** --->
<select name="Template#ServiceItems.ClientServiceID#" class="SmallText" id="Template" title="#ServiceItems.TemplateID#">
                    <cfloop query="Templates">
                      <option value="#Templates.TemplateID#" <cfif #Templates.TemplateID# EQ #ServiceItems.TemplateID#>selected</cfif>>#Templates.TemplateName#
                      (#Templates.TemplateID#)</option>
                    </cfloop>
                  </select>
<!--- *********** --->
      
                </td>
                <td><input name="AnchorDate#ServiceItems.ClientServiceID#" type="text" class="SmallText" id="AnchorDate" value="#DateFormat(ServiceItems.AnchorDate, "short")#" size="10"></td>
                <td><input name="LeadTime#ServiceItems.ClientServiceID#" type="text" class="SmallText" id="LeadTime" value="#ServiceItems.LeadTime#" size="4"></td>
                <td>
<input <cfif (#ServiceItems.Active# EQ 1)>checked</cfif> type="checkbox" name="Active#ServiceItems.ClientServiceID#" value="1"></td>
              </tr>
            </cfloop>
          </cfoutput>
        </table>
      </form> </td>


HTML Source:

<html><!-- InstanceBegin template="/Templates/MainTemplate.dwt.cfm" codeOutsideHTMLIsLocked="false" -->
<head>
<!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="doctitle" -->
<title>Mangold CPAs</title>
<!-- InstanceEndEditable -->

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">
<!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="head" -->

<!-- InstanceEndEditable -->
<link href="style.css" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">

</head>

<body topmargin="2" rightmargin="0" bottommargin="0" leftmargin="0">

<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
  <!--DWLayoutTable-->
  <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
    <td colspan="2" rowspan="2" valign="middle"><a href="mainMenu.cfm"><img src="graphics/tmgcpa_banner.gif" width="450" height="50" border="0"></a></td>
    <td width="100%" rowspan="2" valign="top"><!--DWLayoutEmptyCell-->&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="296" height="24" valign="top" class="MediumText"><div align="right">
      
          User: WDN
         
      &nbsp;
      </div></td>
  </tr>
  <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
    <td height="26" valign="bottom"> <div align="right" class="MediumText">December 21, 2005 &nbsp;</div></td>
  </tr>
  <tr bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
    <td width="30" height="655" valign="top" class="SmallText"><!--DWLayoutEmptyCell-->&nbsp;</td>
    <!-- InstanceBeginEditable name="MainContent" -->
    <td colspan="3" valign="top" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><span class="menuText">MAIN
      MENU &gt; CLIENT &gt; ADD MULTIPLE SERVICE ITEMS</span><br>
      <br>
      <span class="Title">Edit Client Service Items: {Handle}</span><br>
      <br>
      <span class="SmallText"><strong><a href="addMultipleServiceItems.cfm">Add/Remove
      Service Items</a></strong></span><br>
      <form name="form1" method="post" action="">
        <table width="740" border="1" cellspacing="0" bordercolor="#CCCCCC" class="SmallText">
          <tr>
            <td width="14"><input name="ClientID" type="hidden" id="ClientID" value="1616871"></td>
            <td width="160"><strong>Service Item</strong></td>
            <td width="120"><strong>Frequency</strong></td>
            <td width="300"><strong>Template Triggered</strong></td>
            <td width="60"><strong>Anchor Date</strong></td>
            <td width="80"><strong>Lead Time</strong></td>
            <td width="80">Active</td>
          </tr>
           
           
              <tr>
                <td><strong>1.
                  <input name="ClientServiceID" type="hidden" id="ClientServiceID" value="51">
                  <input name="TemplateNo" type="hidden" id="TemplateNo" value="44">
                  </strong></td>
                <td>Financial Statements</td>
                <td>Monthly</td>
                <td>
                  <select name="Template51" class="SmallText" id="Template" title="44">
                   
                      <option value="13" >Tax Return - Individual - Level 4
                      (13)</option>
                   
                      <option value="14" >Tax Return - Individual - Level 5
                      (14)</option>
                   
                      <option value="46" >TemplateTest2
                      (46)</option>
                   
                      <option value="47" >TemplateTest2
                      (47)</option>
                   
                      <option value="48" >TemplateTest3
                      (48)</option>
                   
                      <option value="49" >TemplateTest4
                      (49)</option>
                   
                      <option value="50" >Test5
                      (50)</option>
                   
                      <option value="44" selected>TestTemplate1
                      (44)</option>
                   
                      <option value="45" >TestTemplate2
                      (45)</option>
                   
                  </select>
                </td>
                <td><input name="AnchorDate51" type="text" class="SmallText" id="AnchorDate" value="1/1/04" size="10"></td>
                <td><input name="LeadTime51" type="text" class="SmallText" id="LeadTime" value="1" size="4"></td>
                <td>
<input checked type="checkbox" name="Active51" value="1"></td>
              </tr>
           
              <tr>
                <td><strong>2.
                  <input name="ClientServiceID" type="hidden" id="ClientServiceID" value="52">
                  <input name="TemplateNo" type="hidden" id="TemplateNo" value="44">
                  </strong></td>
                <td>Service Item #2</td>
                <td>Daily</td>
                <td>
                  <select name="Template52" class="SmallText" id="Template" title="44">
                                       
                      <option value="13" >Tax Return - Individual - Level 4
                      (13)</option>
                   
                      <option value="14" >Tax Return - Individual - Level 5
                      (14)</option>
                   
                      <option value="46" >TemplateTest2
                      (46)</option>
                   
                      <option value="47" >TemplateTest2
                      (47)</option>
                   
                      <option value="48" >TemplateTest3
                      (48)</option>
                   
                      <option value="49" >TemplateTest4
                      (49)</option>
                   
                      <option value="50" >Test5
                      (50)</option>
                   
                      <option value="44" selected>TestTemplate1
                      (44)</option>
                   
                      <option value="45" >TestTemplate2
                      (45)</option>
                   
                  </select>
                </td>
                <td><input name="AnchorDate52" type="text" class="SmallText" id="AnchorDate" value="2/2/02" size="10"></td>
                <td><input name="LeadTime52" type="text" class="SmallText" id="LeadTime" value="0" size="4"></td>
                <td>
<input checked type="checkbox" name="Active52" value="1"></td>
              </tr>
           
              <tr>
                <td><strong>3.
                  <input name="ClientServiceID" type="hidden" id="ClientServiceID" value="54">
                  <input name="TemplateNo" type="hidden" id="TemplateNo" value="44">
                  </strong></td>
                <td>Service Item #5</td>
                <td>Daily</td>
                <td>
                  <select name="Template54" class="SmallText" id="Template" title="44">
                   
                      <option value="13" >Tax Return - Individual - Level 4
                      (13)</option>
                   
                      <option value="14" >Tax Return - Individual - Level 5
                      (14)</option>
                   
                      <option value="46" >TemplateTest2
                      (46)</option>
                   
                      <option value="47" >TemplateTest2
                      (47)</option>
                   
                      <option value="48" >TemplateTest3
                      (48)</option>
                   
                      <option value="49" >TemplateTest4
                      (49)</option>
                   
                      <option value="50" >Test5
                      (50)</option>
                   
                      <option value="44" selected>TestTemplate1
                      (44)</option>
                   
                      <option value="45" >TestTemplate2
                      (45)</option>
                   
                  </select>
                </td>
                <td><input name="AnchorDate54" type="text" class="SmallText" id="AnchorDate" value="3/3/03" size="10"></td>
                <td><input name="LeadTime54" type="text" class="SmallText" id="LeadTime" value="0" size="4"></td>
                <td>
<input checked type="checkbox" name="Active54" value="1"></td>
              </tr>
              <tr>
            <td colspan="2"> <input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Update Service Items">
              <input name="UpdateServiceItems" type="hidden" id="UpdateServiceItems" value="UpdateServiceItems"></td>
            <td>&nbsp;</td>
            <td>&nbsp;</td>
            <td>&nbsp;</td>
            <td>&nbsp;</td>
            <td>&nbsp;</td>
          </tr>
        </table>
      </form> </td>
    <!-- InstanceEndEditable --></tr>
  <tr>
    <td height="18" colspan="4" valign="top" class="SmallText"><div align="center"><font color="#999999">&copy;
        2005 </font></div></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td height="19">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="420"></td>
    <td></td>
    <td></td>
  </tr>
</table>
</body>
<!-- InstanceEnd --></html>

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Answers

 

by: wulfshaydePosted on 2005-12-21 at 15:06:03ID: 15530697

Why not change:

<!--- *********** --->
<select name="Template#ServiceItems.ClientServiceID#" class="SmallText" id="Template" title="#ServiceItems.TemplateID#">
                    <cfloop query="Templates">
                      <option value="#Templates.TemplateID#" <cfif #Templates.TemplateID# EQ #ServiceItems.TemplateID#>selected</cfif>>#Templates.TemplateName#
                      (#Templates.TemplateID#)</option>
                    </cfloop>
                  </select>
<!--- *********** --->

To:

<!--- *********** --->
<cfselect name="Template#ServiceItems.ClientServiceID#" class="SmallText" id="Template" title="#ServiceItems.TemplateID#" query="Templates" display="TemplateName" value="TemplateID" selected="#ServiceItems.TemplateID#" />
<!--- *********** --->

 

by: wulfshaydePosted on 2005-12-21 at 15:07:33ID: 15530702

And if that doesnt work then you could always alter it to this:

<!--- *********** --->
<cfselect name="Template#ServiceItems.ClientServiceID[ServiceItems.currentRow]#" class="SmallText" id="Template" title="#ServiceItems.TemplateID[ServiceItems.currentRow]#" query="Templates" display="TemplateName" value="TemplateID" selected="#ServiceItems.TemplateID[ServiceItems.currentRow]#" />
<!--- *********** --->

 

by: Jester_48Posted on 2005-12-23 at 11:13:57ID: 15544038

have you validated teh query output to ensure that you are gettting three unique records and not just three records?

<cfquery name="ServiceItems" datasource="tmgcpa">
SELECT *
FROM dms_qryClientServices
WHERE ClientID = '#URL.ClientID#'
</cfquery>
 if teh output of teh query is

blah blah blah 44 blah blah
blah blah blah 44 blah blah
blah blah blah 44 blah blah

then what you are gettting is correct

 

by: js_vaughanPosted on 2005-12-27 at 14:39:37ID: 15558867

For some reason the nested loop might be having a problem with having two seperate TemplateID's

For a quick fix, just assign ServiceItems.TemplateID to a new variable name like below:

<cfset tempID = ServiceItems.TemplateID>
<cfloop query="Templates">
  <option value="#Templates.TemplateID#" <cfif #Templates.TemplateID# EQ #tempID#>selected</cfif>>#Templates.TemplateName# (#Templates.TemplateID#)</option>
</cfloop>


-Jeff

 

by: trailblazzyr55Posted on 2005-12-28 at 01:14:27ID: 15561345

tmangoldcpa, were you able to find a solution yet?

 

by: tmangoldcpaPosted on 2006-01-11 at 08:51:35ID: 15672441

Sorry for the long delay... I thought I had closed this question...

Thanks,

tmangoldcpa

 

by: wulfshaydePosted on 2006-01-11 at 14:36:26ID: 15676415

Glad it helped, thanks for the points!

}Wulf{

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