Thanks for the insight guys. I will use listSort() before processing the form.FieldNames. This is better than relying on DOMs and such to do the ordering.
Chad > -----Original Message----- > From: Qing Xia [mailto:txiasum...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 11:42 AM > To: cf-talk > Subject: Re: form.FieldNames > > > Additionally, if your form consists of radio buttons which only exist if > users choose something, then your fieldnames list can be out of order when > those radio button fields go missing. > > On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 11:23 AM, Barney Boisvert > <bboisv...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > > > I would expect the order to be the same as the order that the fields > > are submitted to the server (which, in turn, should be the same as the > > DOM order of the form elements), but if I wouldn't rely on that > > behaviour. If you need them in a specific order, best to order them > > yourself on the server. This is especially true if you have some sort > > of non-HTML (or impure-HTML) interface, since any sort of dynamic > > scripting (e.g. JavaScript) can potentially mutate the actual form > > submission in an arbitrary way. > > > > cheers, > > barneyb > > > > On Thu, Jan 7, 2010 at 8:17 AM, Chad Gray <cg...@careyweb.com> wrote: > > > > > > How is the order of the elements in #FORM.fieldNames# determined? > Could > > it be different and not well structured? > > > > > > Like if I have a form with text inputs named foo1, foo2, foo3. > > > > > > Will #FORM.fieldNames# always be: > > > > > > Foo1,foo2,foo3? > > > > > > Or could it be ordered different? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Chad > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:329466 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
