Bruce, I would break down the date. Allowing the user to enter 11/11/2007 is asking for a lot of validation.
You probably should have a month, day and year input field for each date range. This makes it easier to validate. 1/1/1900 is a behavior of SQL Server smalldate field when you send it an empty string. If the field is NOT NULL, it will create a rudimentary date. In your update, you can have conditional logic using <cfif> to only update the field if you have a valid date when you try to create a date based upon the three input fields. Teddy On 1/24/07, Bruce Sorge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have an app that allows a user to enter certain dates about a candidate, > and not all dates are required. So, what is happening is, if someone > enters > the Date Elected, and leaves the other two date fields blank, the date > 1/1/1900 is entered by default. The form is a Flash Form and I am using > the > CFINPUT Type=DateField tag. They look like this: > > <cfinput type="datefield" name="DateElected" label="Date Elected" > width="100" value="#DateFormat(DateElected, "mm/dd/yyyy")#"> > <cfinput type="datefield" name="AppointedDate" label="Date Appointed" > width="100" value="#DateFormat(DateAppointed, "mm/dd/yyyy")#"> > <cfinput type="datefield" name="ResignDate" label="Date Resigned" > width="100" value="#dateFormat(ResignDate, "mm/dd/yyyy")#"> > > Neither of the three are required. So even if I do not enter a date into > any > of these fields, I get the default 1/1/1900 entered. Here is the code that > enters the information: > > <cfinvokeargument name="DateElected" value="#Form.DateElected#"/> > <cfinvokeargument name="AppointedDate" value="#Form.AppointedDate#"/> > <cfinvokeargument name="ResignDate" value="#Form.ResignDate#"/> > > And here is a snipped from the CFC: > > <cfargument name="DateElected" type="string" required="no" default=""> > <cfargument name="DateAppointed" type="string" required="no" default=""> > <cfargument name="ResignDate" type="string" required="no" default=""> > > and the query: > > UPDATE tblCouncilMember > SET Fname = '#Arguments.Fname#', > Lname = '#Arguments.Lname#', > Address = '#Arguments.Address#', > City = '#Arguments.City#', > State = '#Arguments.State#', > Zip = '#Arguments.Zip#', > Phone = '#Arguments.Phone#', > Email = '#Arguments.Email#', > Status = '#Arguments.Status#', > NC_ID = #Arguments.NC_ID#, > IssuesOfConcern = > '#Arguments.IssuesOfConcern#', > DateElected = '#Arguments.DateElected#', > DateAppointed = '#Arguments.AppointedDate#', > ResignDate = '#Arguments.ResignDate#', > TermLength = '#TermLength#' > WHERE CouncilMemberID = > #Arguments.CouncilMemberID# > > Thanks, > > -- > Bruce Sorge > > "I'm a mawg: half man, half dog. I'm my own best friend!" > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:267492 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
