CFSELECT (I hate CFFORM)
Are there any JavaScript errors? If so, try using FireFox's JS debugger. I have found CFFORM's JS sometimes will conflict with other JS that might be on the page. You could also just use a select tag and write your own JS to validate or use qForms as previously suggested. Stan Winchester Aftershock Web Design http://www.aftershockweb.com/ Hi All, I NEVER use CFFORM, but I've taken over a site that does *sigh* ;-) Any idea why this code would NOT throw a typical CFFORM JavaScript alert when the user does not select anything? ~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:211969 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
CFSELECT (I hate CFFORM)
You can do server side validation and it will catch the errors, BUT it does NOT pop up a javascript box like the inline required=yes feature does. What it does is loads a blank page with a plain gray box and it has your message. What you have to do is to put in your select field, then add two hidden fields. The name of each MUST match the name of your select box field. Then, to that name you append, _ and the command you want. For this issue, your first field has _required added to the name, and for the second hidden field, you add _cfformnoblanks. The noBlanks catches the first value, which is blank. Note that in my code below, I have an error message in each hidden field (as the documentation states). Both messages get displayed in the ugly gray box. Here is the code: cfselect id=survey1 name=survey1 required=yes message=Please select a response for question one. validate=noblanks option value=Select.../option option value=Strongly Disagree1= Strongly Disagree/option option value=Disagree2= Disagree/option option value=Neutral3= Neutral/option option value=Agree4= Agree/option option value=Strongly Agree5= Strongly Agree/option /cfselect input type=hidden name=survey1_required value=You must answer. input type=hidden name=survey1_cfformnoblanks value=Please select a response for question one. I found all this stuff in the LiveDocs here: http://livedocs.macromedia.com/coldfusion/7/htmldocs/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=ColdFusion_Documentationfile=0161.htm PS - I tried to be a hack and entered in ' validate=noblanks ' into my cfselect tag hoping that would do the same thing, just tricking CF into writing the JS to have the pop up box. Sadly, this does not work. You can also use IsValid or CFPARAM as outlined on this page to make a custom solution: http://livedocs.macromedia.com/coldfusion/7/htmldocs/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=ColdFusion_Documentationfile=0161.htm ~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:211899 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
RE: CFSELECT (I hate CFFORM)
Phillip, If you don't like CFFORM, take a look at qForms: http://www.pengoworks.com/qforms/ Here's an example of what you're trying to do done in qForms: http://www.pengoworks.com/qforms/docs/examples/n-related_selectboxes.htm The validation portion is actually all done w/the following code: // initialize the qForm object objForm = new qForm(frmExample); // make these fields required objForm.required(Sport,Division,Team); The rest of the JS shows off how you can do n-Related selects. -Dan -Original Message- From: Phillip Molaro [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 2:56 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: CFSELECT (I hate CFFORM) You can do server side validation and it will catch the errors, BUT it does NOT pop up a javascript box like the inline required=yes feature does. What it does is loads a blank page with a plain gray box and it has your message. What you have to do is to put in your select field, then add two hidden fields. The name of each MUST match the name of your select box field. Then, to that name you append, _ and the command you want. For this issue, your first field has _required added to the name, and for the second hidden field, you add _cfformnoblanks. The noBlanks catches the first value, which is blank. Note that in my code below, I have an error message in each hidden field (as the documentation states). Both messages get displayed in the ugly gray box. Here is the code: cfselect id=survey1 name=survey1 required=yes message=Please select a response for question one. validate=noblanks option value=Select.../option option value=Strongly Disagree1= Strongly Disagree/option option value=Disagree2= Disagree/option option value=Neutral3= Neutral/option option value=Agree4= Agree/option option value=Strongly Agree5= Strongly Agree/option /cfselect input type=hidden name=survey1_required value=You must answer. input type=hidden name=survey1_cfformnoblanks value=Please select a response for question one. I found all this stuff in the LiveDocs here: http://livedocs.macromedia.com/coldfusion/7/htmldocs/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/ html/wwhelp.htm?context=ColdFusion_Documentationfile=0161.htm PS - I tried to be a hack and entered in ' validate=noblanks ' into my cfselect tag hoping that would do the same thing, just tricking CF into writing the JS to have the pop up box. Sadly, this does not work. You can also use IsValid or CFPARAM as outlined on this page to make a custom solution: http://livedocs.macromedia.com/coldfusion/7/htmldocs/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/ html/wwhelp.htm?context=ColdFusion_Documentationfile=0161.htm ~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:211901 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
Re: CFSELECT (I hate CFFORM)
I've run into the same thing before. Incredibly aggravating! I just mark one as selected, then you know they can't get past it. Will www.codefusiongear.com ~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:211904 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
CFSELECT (I hate CFFORM)
I just found this posted by a user in the LiveDocs and it works great!
What you need to do is to edit the javascript that the CF server writes so that
it also checks for a null value (your value= part of your first option item).
This is a simple code change in a javascript template file. Edit this file:
C:\CFusionMX7\wwwroot\CFIDE\scripts\cfform.js
Inside this file, modify line #73 this way:
ORIGINAL:
else if (obj_type == SELECT)
{
for (i=0; i obj.length; i++)
{
if (obj.options[i].selected)
return true;
}
return false;
}
MODIFIED:
else if (obj_type == SELECT)
{
for (i=0; i obj.length; i++)
{
if (obj.options[i].selected obj.options[i].value != )
return true;
}
return false;
}
You may need to restart your coldfusion service, but otherwise this will work
with the standard required=yes method in your cfselect tag.
Giving credit where credit is due:
http://livedocs.macromedia.com/coldfusion/5.0/CFML_Reference/Tags91.htm
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Re: CFSELECT (I hate CFFORM)
I believe if you use format=xml you can fix the default behavior for required select boxes by editing the XSL sheet. Although admittedly if you're talking about an older form which already has an html table (or other html markup) built around the input elements, then you have to rewrite the whole form... I don't care much for cfform myself -- even including the new features in 7... I have my own tools for something similar to the XForms implementation which are much more powerful. tap:form produces a similar default layout for the form (like cfform format=xml) plus it provides a lot of features that cfform doesn't, like automated values and database integration. s. isaac dealey 954.522.6080 new epoch : isn't it time for a change? add features without fixtures with the onTap open source framework http://www.fusiontap.com http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm ~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:211920 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
Re: CFSELECT (I hate CFFORM)
Actually Bud it doesn't work with no value attribute either (I tried it every way possible). Anyways, thanks for the responseI rolled a custom solution to get around CFSELECT and it's dark dark evilness ;-) Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. VP Director of E-Commerce Development Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. t. 250.920.8830 e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Macromedia Associate Partner www.macromedia.com - Vancouver Island ColdFusion Users Group Founder Director www.cfug-vancouverisland.com - Original Message - From: Bud [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CF-Talk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 5:16 PM Subject: Re: CFSELECT (I hate CFFORM) On 3/26/03, Bryan Stevenson penned: I'm using IE and I know IE would consider the text Select one as the selection when the option value is left blank as I'm doing. I tried removing the Select one text and it still didn't catch the lack of selection!! It shouldn't. If it does it's broke. It should only recognize Select one if there was no value attribute at all. optionSelect one And cfselect isn't used that way. You pass a query to it. I believe the minimum is below: cfselect name=field name query=query name value=field to be passed as value display=field to display /cfselect You can also add required and message as with cfinput. That said, javascript validation has never worked on cfselect for me. I hate cfselect also. But I do use cfform quite a bit. -- Bud Schneehagen - Tropical Web Creations _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ ColdFusion Solutions / eCommerce Development [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.twcreations.com/ http://www.cf-ezcart.com/ 954.721.3452 ~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribeforumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: CFSELECT (I hate CFFORM)
The required checking for cfselect for a size of 1 has never worked. I wonder if they fixed it in CFMX. And you can place option tags within cfselect/cfselect, in addition to or without a query. - Original Message - From: Bryan Stevenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, March 27, 2003 9:27 am Subject: Re: CFSELECT (I hate CFFORM) Actually Bud it doesn't work with no value attribute either (I tried it every way possible). Anyways, thanks for the responseI rolled a custom solution to get around CFSELECT and it's dark dark evilness ;-) Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. VP Director of E-Commerce Development Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. t. 250.920.8830 e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Macromedia Associate Partner www.macromedia.com - Vancouver Island ColdFusion Users Group Founder Director www.cfug-vancouverisland.com - Original Message - From: Bud [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CF-Talk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 5:16 PM Subject: Re: CFSELECT (I hate CFFORM) On 3/26/03, Bryan Stevenson penned: I'm using IE and I know IE would consider the text Select one as the selection when the option value is left blank as I'm doing. I tried removing the Select one text and it still didn't catch the lack of selection!! It shouldn't. If it does it's broke. It should only recognize Select one if there was no value attribute at all. optionSelect one And cfselect isn't used that way. You pass a query to it. I believe the minimum is below: cfselect name=field name query=query name value=field to be passed as value display=field to display /cfselect You can also add required and message as with cfinput. That said, javascript validation has never worked on cfselect for me. I hate cfselect also. But I do use cfform quite a bit. -- Bud Schneehagen - Tropical Web Creations _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ ColdFusion Solutions / eCommerce Development [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.twcreations.com/ http://www.cf-ezcart.com/ 954.721.3452 ~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribeforumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: CFSELECT (I hate CFFORM)
This is CFMX and no it doesn't work.grr ;-) Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. VP Director of E-Commerce Development Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. t. 250.920.8830 e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Macromedia Associate Partner www.macromedia.com - Vancouver Island ColdFusion Users Group Founder Director www.cfug-vancouverisland.com - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CF-Talk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 9:00 AM Subject: Re: CFSELECT (I hate CFFORM) The required checking for cfselect for a size of 1 has never worked. I wonder if they fixed it in CFMX. And you can place option tags within cfselect/cfselect, in addition to or without a query. - Original Message - From: Bryan Stevenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, March 27, 2003 9:27 am Subject: Re: CFSELECT (I hate CFFORM) Actually Bud it doesn't work with no value attribute either (I tried it every way possible). Anyways, thanks for the responseI rolled a custom solution to get around CFSELECT and it's dark dark evilness ;-) Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. VP Director of E-Commerce Development Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. t. 250.920.8830 e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Macromedia Associate Partner www.macromedia.com - Vancouver Island ColdFusion Users Group Founder Director www.cfug-vancouverisland.com - Original Message - From: Bud [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: CF-Talk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 26, 2003 5:16 PM Subject: Re: CFSELECT (I hate CFFORM) On 3/26/03, Bryan Stevenson penned: I'm using IE and I know IE would consider the text Select one as the selection when the option value is left blank as I'm doing. I tried removing the Select one text and it still didn't catch the lack of selection!! It shouldn't. If it does it's broke. It should only recognize Select one if there was no value attribute at all. optionSelect one And cfselect isn't used that way. You pass a query to it. I believe the minimum is below: cfselect name=field name query=query name value=field to be passed as value display=field to display /cfselect You can also add required and message as with cfinput. That said, javascript validation has never worked on cfselect for me. I hate cfselect also. But I do use cfform quite a bit. -- Bud Schneehagen - Tropical Web Creations _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ ColdFusion Solutions / eCommerce Development [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.twcreations.com/ http://www.cf-ezcart.com/ 954.721.3452 ~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribeforumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
CFSELECT (I hate CFFORM)
Hi All, I NEVER use CFFORM, but I've taken over a site that does *sigh* ;-) Any idea why this code would NOT throw a typical CFFORM JavaScript alert when the user does not select anything? cfselect name=sNewCountry message=Select a country required=Yes option value=Select one cfloop query=qCountryList option value=#coun_country_id# cfif sNewCountry eq coun_country_idselected/cfif#coun_country_name# /cfloop /cfselect I'm using IE and I know IE would consider the text Select one as the selection when the option value is left blank as I'm doing. I tried removing the Select one text and it still didn't catch the lack of selection!! Any thoughts?? TIA Cheers Bryan Stevenson B.Comm. VP Director of E-Commerce Development Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. t. 250.920.8830 e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Macromedia Associate Partner www.macromedia.com - Vancouver Island ColdFusion Users Group Founder Director www.cfug-vancouverisland.com ~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribeforumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
RE: CFSELECT (I hate CFFORM)
I NEVER use CFFORM, but I've taken over a site that does *sigh* ;-) Any idea why this code would NOT throw a typical CFFORM JavaScript alert when the user does not select anything? cfselect name=sNewCountry message=Select a country required=Yes option value=Select one cfloop query=qCountryList option value=#coun_country_id# cfif sNewCountry eq coun_country_idselected/cfif#coun_country_name# /cfloop /cfselect I'm using IE and I know IE would consider the text Select one as the selection when the option value is left blank as I'm doing. I tried removing the Select one text and it still didn't catch the lack of selection!! Any thoughts?? I've used CFFORM quite a bit, but I generally don't use CFSELECT. My thought is that there is no lack of selection possible - this is a regular single select box that only allows the user to select one option. In that case, there will always be one option selected. It shouldn't matter what the value or display text is for the selected option - it can still be selected. If your intent is to have some Javascript run if the user selects the first option, you'll probably have to write that yourself. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ voice: (202) 797-5496 fax: (202) 797-5444 ~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribeforumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
Re: CFSELECT (I hate CFFORM)
On 3/26/03, Bryan Stevenson penned: I'm using IE and I know IE would consider the text Select one as the selection when the option value is left blank as I'm doing. I tried removing the Select one text and it still didn't catch the lack of selection!! It shouldn't. If it does it's broke. It should only recognize Select one if there was no value attribute at all. optionSelect one And cfselect isn't used that way. You pass a query to it. I believe the minimum is below: cfselect name=field name query=query name value=field to be passed as value display=field to display /cfselect You can also add required and message as with cfinput. That said, javascript validation has never worked on cfselect for me. I hate cfselect also. But I do use cfform quite a bit. -- Bud Schneehagen - Tropical Web Creations _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ ColdFusion Solutions / eCommerce Development [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.twcreations.com/ http://www.cf-ezcart.com/ 954.721.3452 ~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribeforumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
