I don't know for sure but I believe hidden fields can only be 256 characters long.
τΏτ Tony -----Original Message----- From: Barney Boisvert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 2:52 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: JavaScript var to Cold Fusion var that's what hidden form fields are for. no sense exposing it at all, except maybe for debugging purposes. --- Barney Boisvert, Senior Development Engineer AudienceCentral [EMAIL PROTECTED] voice : 360.756.8080 x12 fax : 360.647.5351 www.audiencecentral.com > -----Original Message----- > From: Tony Walker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 2:35 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: JavaScript var to Cold Fusion var > > > You could create a text area and stick the string in it and have > it as the last thing on the page in a span that you hide: > > function buildLongString(parms) > { > document.all. txaLongString.value = ''; > ..... > build the string here > ..... > txLongString = document.getElementById(' txaLongString '); > txaLongString.innerText = builtString; > > } > > <style type="text/css"> > .spnClass {visibility: hidden;} > </style> > > <span id="spnSql" class="spnClass"> > <textarea id="txaLongString" cols="80" name="longString" > rows="200"> </textarea> > </span> > > τΏτ Tony > > -----Original Message----- > From: Yinghong Li [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 2:17 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: JavaScript var to Cold Fusion var > > Hi, > > I want to pass a variable from javascript to coldfusion cfquery > tag. From what I read I can only do it through a url parameter > or use form submit. In our case url option is out since our > variable is very long. I want to try form submit. My question is > when I use form submit there is any restriction for the length of > a string. > > Thanks. > > Yinghong Li > City of Austin > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4