thanks....appreciate that lol its ok though, i didnt know there was a user named John Stanley
ill change it to The User Formerly Known as Ewok to avoid any future confusion heh ----- Original Message ----- From: "John Stanley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 9:44 AM Subject: RE: Sorting a form collection? > Sorry, all. I didnt know there was a user named Ewok. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Ewok [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 9:40 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Sorting a form collection? > > > > Hmmm.... Guessing here.... > > > > I'm assuming that your doing something like a survey with a number of > > questions, hence the form field names Q1, Q2,... Qn and that you are > storing > > only the number as a number and not "Q" in the database. > > Yes, that's exactly what I am doing. > I wrote it originally creating a dynamic table each time a survey was > created. to hold results for each survey and it worked great .....as long as > I entered all the data to build the new survey heh : ) > > there was just too much room for error that way to let joe blow create a new > survey so im changing it around some (quite a bit actually....ok > ok....completley!) > > > It would only have problems differenciating between the two if you are > > storing the number in a text/char field. > > it is an autonumber datatype > > I had no idea that SQL would match 0001 to 1 that's deffinatley good news! > > I should be set now thanks alot for your help! > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "John Stanley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 9:26 AM > Subject: RE: Sorting a form collection? > > > > What is Ewok? > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Stephen Moretti [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 9:28 AM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: Re: Sorting a form collection? > > > > > > Ewok, > > > > > > > > I guess i would just need to reformat it when comparing it to the > database > > > with something like > > > > > No need... You can give SQL the number 000000001 and it will still find 1 > > in the database. > > It would only have problems differenciating between the two if you are > > storing the number in a text/char field. > > > > > > > > the list wouldnt work since all the form fields are radio buttons and > some > > > will not exist if they werent selected, I can keep them all alive > through > > > dynamic cfparams on the action page which would keep all fields in the > > > collection...but form.fieldnames would only hold fields that were > selected > > > before the form was submitted > > > > > > i COULD move the params to the top of the form i suppose but like i > > > said...the list could potentially get very large so I'd rather stay away > > > from too many list functions > > > > > > > Hmmm.... Guessing here.... > > > > I'm assuming that your doing something like a survey with a number of > > questions, hence the form field names Q1, Q2,... Qn and that you are > storing > > only the number as a number and not "Q" in the database. > > > > If you're using a query to generate the form on the previous page and > > ordering your questions correctly on that page, then you can use the same > > query to get a list of the question numbers in the correct order on your > > action page. To process the existing "answers" on your action page what > you > > need to do is something like this : > > > > <cfquery name="QuestionQRY" ....> > > SELECT QuestionNumber > > FROM QuestionTable > > ORDER BY QuestionNumber > > </cfquery> > > > > <cfset QuestionList = valuelist(QuestionQRY.questionnumber)> > > <cfloop list="#QuestionList#" index="QNo"> > > <cfset thisfield = "Q"&NumberFormat(QNo,"00")> > > <cfif IsDefined("form[thisfield]")> > > <!--- Process a question where I have an answer ---> > > <cfelse> > > <!--- Do what ever you need to when a question isn't answered ---> > > </cfif> > > </cfloop> > > > > Hope this makes sense and helps. > > > > Regards > > > > Stephen > > ============================= > > CF-Europe http://www.cf-europe.org/ > > Olymia Conference Centre, London > > 29-30 May 2003 > > Keynote by Ben Forta and Tim Buntel > > Discount tickets before March 14th 2003 > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
