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Form Validaton, Select Menus Losing Session Info
I have a two page processing set up, form and action page with error checking for required fields. All fields are stored in a session but I am having sort of two problems with select menus.
First off, if a user missed a required field on the form page when they submitted to the action/processing page, select menu values that were stored in the session did not update themselves. So if a user had chosen the state of California on the form page, on the action/processing page it was back to the default 'Choose A State'. This was the case for all select menus on the page. To altered the select menus on the action page as such;
<cfselect
name="State"
required="yes"
message="Please select your State">
<OPTION value="#session.buynow_nfo
<option value="Alabama">Alabama</o
<option value="Alaska">Alaska</opt
<option value="Arizona">Arizona</o
<option value="Arkansas">Arkansas<
<option value="California">Califor
etc....
</cfselect>
Which worked, or so I thought. If the user makes an error in a text field or select menu, select menus that have been selected did update with the session info passed to the action page. However, if a user makes TWO mistakes and therefore submits the form twice all select boxes lose the session info and display the #session.buynow_nfo.NAMEOF
This is not seen as an error, so when and if all the required text fields are correct the form submits and the select values all come through with #session.buynow_nfo.NAMEOF
How can I fix this?
First off, if a user missed a required field on the form page when they submitted to the action/processing page, select menu values that were stored in the session did not update themselves. So if a user had chosen the state of California on the form page, on the action/processing page it was back to the default 'Choose A State'. This was the case for all select menus on the page. To altered the select menus on the action page as such;
<cfselect
name="State"
required="yes"
message="Please select your State">
<OPTION value="#session.buynow_nfo
<option value="Alabama">Alabama</o
<option value="Alaska">Alaska</opt
<option value="Arizona">Arizona</o
<option value="Arkansas">Arkansas<
<option value="California">Califor
etc....
</cfselect>
Which worked, or so I thought. If the user makes an error in a text field or select menu, select menus that have been selected did update with the session info passed to the action page. However, if a user makes TWO mistakes and therefore submits the form twice all select boxes lose the session info and display the #session.buynow_nfo.NAMEOF
This is not seen as an error, so when and if all the required text fields are correct the form submits and the select values all come through with #session.buynow_nfo.NAMEOF
How can I fix this?
ASKER
Thanks anyway, but it looks like you are pulling the #statelist# from a DB and looping through to the next item with "ii". I don't have a database for this. I just have the 50 states coded in the form.
However, your code did give me an idea. I wrapped the selected option value with cfoutput like this;
<cfselect
name="State"
required="yes"
message="Please select your State">
<cfoutput>
<OPTION value="#session.buynow_nfo
</cfoutput>
<option value="Alabama">Alabama</o
<option value="Alaska">Alaska</opt
<option value="Arizona">Arizona</o
<option value="Arkansas">Arkansas<
<option value="California">Califor
etc....
</cfselect>
And it works perfectly now.
However, your code did give me an idea. I wrapped the selected option value with cfoutput like this;
<cfselect
name="State"
required="yes"
message="Please select your State">
<cfoutput>
<OPTION value="#session.buynow_nfo
</cfoutput>
<option value="Alabama">Alabama</o
<option value="Alaska">Alaska</opt
<option value="Arizona">Arizona</o
<option value="Arkansas">Arkansas<
<option value="California">Califor
etc....
</cfselect>
And it works perfectly now.
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I am happy with the results, thanks.
I'll be posting a new question tomorrow. Another problem with the same form.
I'll be posting a new question tomorrow. Another problem with the same form.
<cfoutput>
<select name="State">
<cfloop list="#statelist#" index="ii">
<option value="#ii#" <cfif ii is session.buynow_nfo.State>s
</cfloop>
</select>
</cfoutput>