Thanks, Ben. That clears the air. Rick
-----Original Message----- From: Ben Doom [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 27, 2002 12:18 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Best way to handle Checkboxes with Insert Query? : I've read on this list that it's recommended to use #IsDefined()# in place : of #ParameterExists()#, : but doesn't IsDefined assume the existence of the variable, and therefore : doesn't check : for the existence as does ParameterExists? CFPARAM? And why has : ParameterExists become deprecated : as a function anyway? IsDefined() works very similarly to ParameterExists(). However, it's a bit nicer in that IsDefined() takes a string rather than taking the variable itself. That means that I can, for example, build the variable name and store it in another variable, then check it. Okay, that wasn't very clear. Therefore, an example is in order. <cfset var = "record_" & dateformat(now(), "mmddyyyy")> <cfif isdefined(var)> . is the same as <cfif parameterexists(record_12272002)> so with isDefined() you can look up dynamically generated variable names. so, isdefined("form.variable") is equivalent to parameterexists(form.variable) : So...with that in mind, what's the best way to handle an Insert : Query where : checkboxes : may or may not be checked on a form? I just use a cfparam: <cfparam name="checkboxfield" default=""> and now you just insert it. If there's something else you want to be inserted if the box(es) is (are) unchecked, just put that in the default value. HTH. --Ben Doom Programmer & General Lackey Moonbow Software ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
