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Re: CFSELECT, selected= doesnt work?! Am I going crazy?Then, you will have
to manually determine which item should be selected. The "selected"
attribute of cfselect only works when combined with a query.
DC
-----Original Message-----
From: Peter Theobald [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, September 05, 2000 14:01
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: CFSELECT, selected= doesnt work?! Am I going crazy?
Doesn't help me because I am not using a query as my option list is not in
the database.
At 09:18 PM 9/2/00 -0400, Bud wrote:
>On 9/2/00, Peter Theobald penned:
>>[cfform action="#CGI.SCRIPT_NAME#" method="post">
>> [cfselect name="letter" selected="B">
>> [option value="A">Apple
>> [option value="B">Bear
>> [option value="C">Car
>> [/cfselect>
>> [input type=submit>
>>[/cfform>
>
>The options you put in there will not be selected. They will only be
>in addition to the options output by the query, which is noticeably
>absent from your cfselect tag.
>
>So, you run a query to get all the states "GetStates" that returns an
>ID for the state and the state's name. Then you run a query on a user
>"GetUser" to get his state ID on an update page.
>
>cfselect
>name="state_id"
>query="GetStates"
>selected="#GetUser.state_id#"
>value="state_id"
>display="state"
>
>If the users state if Florida and the state ID is FL, this will
>return all the states, with the users looking like:
>
>[select name="state_id">
>[option value="FL" selected>Florida
>
>You would want to add an option manually maybe on the signup page
>where you could put:
>
>[option value="">Select A State
>
>
>
>--
>
>Bud Schneehagen - Tropical Web Creations
>
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>ColdFusion Solutions / eCommerce Development
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<P><FONT size=3D2>Doesn't help me because I am not using a query as my =
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<P><FONT size=3D2>At 09:18 PM 9/2/00 -0400, Bud wrote:</FONT> =
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size=3D2>>>[cfform action=3D"#CGI.SCRIPT_NAME#" =
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<BR><FONT size=3D2>>> [cfselect name=3D"letter"=20
selected=3D"B"></FONT> <BR><FONT =
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[option value=3D"A">Apple</FONT> <BR><FONT=20
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value=3D"B">Bear</FONT>=20
<BR><FONT size=3D2>>> [option=20
value=3D"C">Car</FONT> <BR><FONT size=3D2>>> =20
[/cfselect></FONT> <BR><FONT size=3D2>>> [input=20
type=3Dsubmit></FONT> <BR><FONT =
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there will not=20
be selected. They will only be </FONT><BR><FONT size=3D2>>in =
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options output by the query, which is noticeably </FONT><BR><FONT=20
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<BR><FONT size=3D2>>So, you run a query to get all the states =
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that returns an </FONT><BR><FONT size=3D2>>ID for the state and the =
state's=20
name. Then you run a query on a user </FONT><BR><FONT =
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get his state ID on an update page.</FONT> <BR><FONT =
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<BR><FONT size=3D2>>cfselect</FONT> <BR><FONT=20
size=3D2>>name=3D"state_id"</FONT> <BR><FONT=20
size=3D2>>query=3D"GetStates"</FONT> <BR><FONT=20
size=3D2>>selected=3D"#GetUser.state_id#"</FONT> <BR><FONT=20
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Florida and the state ID is FL, this will </FONT><BR><FONT =
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<BR><FONT size=3D2>>[option value=3D"FL" selected>Florida</FONT> =
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option=20
manually maybe on the signup page </FONT><BR><FONT size=3D2>>where =
you could=20
put:</FONT> <BR><FONT size=3D2>></FONT> <BR><FONT =
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value=3D"">Select A State</FONT> <BR><FONT size=3D2>></FONT> =
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