In you submit handler template, apply the FORM.dd_year value to a SESSION scope variable. This keeps that variable uniquer per user, and persists it throughout their browsing session. The other option is to set it to the COOKIE scope, so that it might be available for that user across sessions. Remember to param/cfparam the variable on any page it might be used, so that you can apply a default if the value has not explicitly been set yet.
<cfparam type="numeric" name="COOKIE.birthYear" default="0" /> <select name="dd_year"> <cfloop from="2000" to="2003" index="REQUEST.i"> <option value="#REQUEST.i#"<cfif COOKIE.birthYear eq REQUEST.i> selected="selected"</cfif>>#REQUEST.i#</option> </cfloop> </select> Steve 'Cutter' Blades Adobe Community Professional Adobe Certified Expert Advanced Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7 Developer ____________ http://cutterscrossing.com Co-Author "Learning Ext JS 3.2" Packt Publishing 2010 https://www.packtpub.com/learning-ext-js-3-2-for-building-dynamic-desktop-style-user-interfaces/book "The best way to predict the future is to help create it" On 9/18/2011 2:04 PM, fun and learning wrote: > Hi All- > > I have a question on variable scopes. I have the following scenario. > > Suppose I have a dropdown as below with some tax years: > > <form name="frm" method="post" action="results.cfm"> > <select name="dd_year"> > <option value="2000">2000</option> > <option value="2001">2001</option> > <option value="2002">2002</option> > <option value="2003">2003</option> > </select> > > <input type="submit" value="Submit" name="sbtbutton" /> > > </form> > > So once the user logins and selects a year from the drop down, upon clicking > the submit button, the year value should be available across all pages. What > is the best way to store the value? I mean in which scope? > > Thanks. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:347503 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
