Or you can just do <cfset session.dd_year = form.dd_year>
I swear.. Sometimes, people make things more convoluted then they have to. :) On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 11:18 AM, Steve 'Cutter' Blades <cold.fus...@cutterscrossing.com> wrote: > > 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:347504 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
