Thanks Zelda, just gotta read up on how javascript and coldfusion works best together i guess....was hoping ColdFusion could take care of it all.... alan
> Well, my situation was a little different. I had the date already > supplied by the user from a form. Then I pass the date in the url, in > my case it was submitting to the same page. I do have another > application where the user picks a date from a calendar and it passes > the date just fine, but it uses beaucoup lines of JavaScript. Date js > code is easy to find. Some good JavaScript site: > http://www.w3schools.com/js/js_examples.asp > http://javascript.internet.com/ > Zelda, > PS I'm a newbie too. > > -----Original Message----- > From: a or [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, May 16, 2008 9:42 AM > To: CF-Newbie > Subject: Re: Can CF format a form value on submit ? > > hmmmm.... > not quite sure I understand how I'll do this..... > at the moment i'm using the following: > > <cfinput value="" id="pubDate" name="pubDate" type="text"/><br /> > > what is the best approach to format as below > > <cfinput value="" id="pubDate" name="pubDate" type="text" > onSubmit="convert(this.value);"/><br > and then something like this ? > > function convert(pDay) { > <cfset pDay= #DateFormat(dateString, "ddmmyyyy")#> <cfoutput> > #DateFormat(pDay, "ddmmyyyy")# > </cfoutput> > > /> > > >Try: > > > ><cfset dateString = "16 May 2008"> > ><cfoutput> > > #DateFormat(dateString, "ddmmyyyy")# </cfoutput> > > > >Adrian > >http://www.adrianlynch.co.uk/ > > > >Hi, > > > >Is it possible to format a form value on submit using only Cold > Fusion ? > > > >I am using a calendar to populate a form field in the following > format > >16 May 2008. > >When I submit the form, I need the URL string to read as > >index.cfm?16052008 and NOT index.cfm?16+May+2008 > > > >Is this possible to do this using ColdFusion only or should I use > >Javascript (or a combination of both maybe ?? using DateFormat inside > a > >javascript function. > > > >thanks in advance, > > > >alan > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Newbie/message.cfm/messageid:3638 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Newbie/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.15
