Dynamic Variable Names
Hi, In this example I have two pages...with a form post inbetween. The first page has a lot of text boxes called ID1 to ID16 (so, 16 in total ;) ).these boxes are in a database loop (thus the number to differentiate them). Also over time the number may change from 16 to 18 etc..so there may be more text boxes. I also pass this total number (16) to the second page in a hidden field. On the second page I want to evaluate the value for each one..but as the total number is not a constant I need to do a loop. The following code is what I have come up with : #I# #varname# = Custom .end code. What this is SUPPOSED to be doing is checking if the passed VALUE for Form.ID1 (through 16) equals "Custom", and if so it does something, else something else... but what it is doing is a literal comparison, so there are NEVER any true results to the if statement, when infact with my current code 11 out of 12 should return true. Can someone help me with this...it may be trivial to some of you..but I need to get around this ASAP. Thanks heaps!!! ~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
Dynamic Variable Names
I want to dynamically create a variable name based upon a url variable. First I set up a couple of strings: Where q is a number from 1-37 passed via url variable. Let's say that url.q is 7. Then qn is 'q7'. So I query the database like this: SELECT #qn# FROM database And it correctly pulls all the results from the 'q7' column. So far so good. But now I want to be able to manipulate the query results and refer to the q7's from the database query. If I refer to #qn# I only get q7 as the result. So how do I have it refer to the variable q7 and not the string q7? Thanks! Jenny ~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
Dynamic variable names
Can you have dynamic variable names in CF?e.g in an action page could you have something like - where there are form fileds fieldnum1, fieldnum2, and fieldnum3. I have tried this but it doesn't work.I thought you might be able to use the Evaluate function in this way as this works (from the Forta book): This creates a new array stored in the variable p ~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
Dynamic Variable Names
Ok...I was recently sitting in a meeting with some people in my department about an
application I'm developing. Seeing as I am *the* developer I could really use some
help. It's an estimating/billing application. There is a possibility of twenty
different lines for materials used and twenty slots for it to go in the database.
Pretty simple. I was just going to put in twenty different drop down boxes for this,
which is the way they wanted it done. Well, not every project will use 20 different
materials. Some might use 2, some might use 10, and some might use 20. My supervisor
(who has enough CF experience to make him dangerous sometimes) thought it looked
cluttered like that so he said we'll let you choose how many lines you want for
materials. "we can do that, no problem!" he says. So I'm left to figure out how "we"
are going to do it.
I have the form where they enter in how many lines they want, and I have the form with
that number of lines and corresponding fields. Not a problem yet, but now here's
where I find my difficulty... When I submit this form to the database I now have to
figure out how to do the SQL submit statement where the number of variables is
dynamic. In my database I have the fields "material1, material2, material3,
material4,material20" and can build the first part of the insert statement using a
CFLOOP, but when I come to the Values() part of the insert...how do I dynamically
create that.
For example: The user wanted 5 lines for materials. On the form the user fills out
the boxes for material1, material2, material3, material4, material5. How do I
dynamically create the Values('#form.material1#', '#form.material2#',
'#form.material3#', '#form.material4#', '#form.material5#')? I have tried the
Evaluate function before and didn't have too much luck.
Suggestions? It seems like the whole project hinges on this dynamic variables problem.
Thank you...thank youthank you!
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RE: Dynamic Variable Names
You're trouble is you're not using the evaluate() function (and you're
using # gratuitously :).
This will now be the value of from.id1 instead of the string "form.id1"
(through whatever). There are other ways to handle this as well.
One thing of note is instead of using the for style cfloop, use a while
(conditional) loop and you won't have to pass the number along, just add a
counter.
This will now run from x to the first break in the ints up from it; so 1
until whatever you decide w/o you having to pass a number.
Alternately, if it's all logic you might want to use cfscript.
x = 1;
while (isDefined("form.id" & x)) {
field = evaluate("form.id" & x) ;
if (field eq "Custom") {
// do this is custom
} else {
// do this if not
}
x = x + 1 ;
}
-Original Message-
From: Martin S [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: January 16, 2001 21:22
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Dynamic Variable Names
Hi,
In this example I have two pages...with a form post inbetween.
The first page has a lot of text boxes called ID1 to ID16 (so, 16 in total
;) ).these boxes are in a database loop (thus the number to
differentiate them). Also over time the number may change from 16 to 18
etc..so there may be more text boxes.
I also pass this total number (16) to the second page in a hidden field.
On the second page I want to evaluate the value for each one..but as the
total number is not a constant I need to do a loop.
The following code is what I have come up with :
#I#
#varname# = Custom
..end code.
What this is SUPPOSED to be doing is checking if the passed VALUE for
Form.ID1 (through 16) equals "Custom", and if so it does something, else
something else...
.but what it is doing is a literal comparison, so there are NEVER any
true
results to the if statement, when infact with my current code 11 out of 12
should return true.
Can someone help me with this...it may be trivial to some of you..but I need
to get around this ASAP.
Thanks heaps!!!
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Re: Dynamic Variable Names
#Evaluate(qn)# > I want to dynamically create a variable name based upon a url variable. > First I set up a couple of strings: > > > > Where q is a number from 1-37 passed via url variable. Let's say that > url.q is 7. Then qn is 'q7'. > So I query the database like this: > > >SELECT #qn# >FROM database > > > And it correctly pulls all the results from the 'q7' column. So far so good. > But now I want to be able to manipulate the query results and refer to the > q7's from the database query. If I refer to #qn# I only get q7 as the > result. So how do I have it refer to the variable q7 and not the string q7? > > Thanks! > > Jenny > > > ~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
RE: Dynamic Variable Names
Try referring to it as get_results.#qn# Steven Semrau SRA International, Inc. Senior Member, Professional Staff [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Com: (703) 805-1095 DSN: (703) 655-1095 -Original Message- From: Jenny Anderson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, May 03, 2001 2:42 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Dynamic Variable Names I want to dynamically create a variable name based upon a url variable. First I set up a couple of strings: Where q is a number from 1-37 passed via url variable. Let's say that url.q is 7. Then qn is 'q7'. So I query the database like this: SELECT #qn# FROM database And it correctly pulls all the results from the 'q7' column. So far so good. But now I want to be able to manipulate the query results and refer to the q7's from the database query. If I refer to #qn# I only get q7 as the result. So how do I have it refer to the variable q7 and not the string q7? Thanks! Jenny ~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
Re: Dynamic Variable Names
assuming that once you have retrieved the record the value of qn is no significant, try alias the value in the query: SELECT #qn# as foo FROM database Jenny Anderson wrote: > > I want to dynamically create a variable name based upon a url variable. > First I set up a couple of strings: > > > > Where q is a number from 1-37 passed via url variable. Let's say that > url.q is 7. Then qn is 'q7'. > So I query the database like this: > > >SELECT #qn# >FROM database > > > And it correctly pulls all the results from the 'q7' column. So far so good. > But now I want to be able to manipulate the query results and refer to the > q7's from the database query. If I refer to #qn# I only get q7 as the > result. So how do I have it refer to the variable q7 and not the string q7? > > Thanks! > > Jenny > > ~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
RE: Dynamic Variable Names
Or, another solution is to reference #evaluate(qn)#, which will give you the query result. D * Diana Nichols Webmistress http://www.lavenderthreads.com 770.434.7374 "One man's magic is another man's engineering." ---Lazarus Long -Original Message- From: Joshua Meekhof [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 1:38 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Dynamic Variable Names assuming that once you have retrieved the record the value of qn is no significant, try alias the value in the query: SELECT #qn# as foo FROM database Jenny Anderson wrote: > > I want to dynamically create a variable name based upon a url variable. > First I set up a couple of strings: > > > > Where q is a number from 1-37 passed via url variable. Let's say that > url.q is 7. Then qn is 'q7'. > So I query the database like this: > > >SELECT #qn# >FROM database > > > And it correctly pulls all the results from the 'q7' column. So far so good. > But now I want to be able to manipulate the query results and refer to the > q7's from the database query. If I refer to #qn# I only get q7 as the > result. So how do I have it refer to the variable q7 and not the string q7? > > Thanks! > > Jenny > > ~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
Re: Dynamic Variable Names
I havent tried this but according to Michael Dinowitz it should be like
this:
Dynamic Variables
The Variable portion of a CFSET can be set dynamically by placing the text
portion within double quotes (") and surrounding the dynamic portion with
pound signs (#).
The Variable part of a CFSET does not need pound signs unless you're setting
a dynamic variable name, in which case it should be inside double quotes (")
as well.
Wrong:
Right:
When setting a dynamic Variable in a CFSET, remember to place the entire
Variable within double quotes (").
Wrong:
Wrong:
Right:
Right:
Regards.
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From: "Diana Nichols" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 12:07 PM
Subject: RE: Dynamic Variable Names
> Or, another solution is to reference #evaluate(qn)#, which will give you
the
> query result.
> D
> *
> Diana Nichols
> Webmistress
> http://www.lavenderthreads.com
> 770.434.7374
>
> "One man's magic is another man's engineering." ---Lazarus Long
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Joshua Meekhof [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Friday, May 04, 2001 1:38 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Re: Dynamic Variable Names
>
>
> assuming that once you have retrieved the record the value of qn is no
> significant, try alias the value in the query:
>
> SELECT #qn# as foo
> FROM database
>
>
>
>
> Jenny Anderson wrote:
> >
> > I want to dynamically create a variable name based upon a url variable.
> > First I set up a couple of strings:
> >
> >
> >
> > Where q is a number from 1-37 passed via url variable. Let's say that
> > url.q is 7. Then qn is 'q7'.
> > So I query the database like this:
> >
> >
> >SELECT #qn#
> >FROM database
> >
> >
> > And it correctly pulls all the results from the 'q7' column. So far so
> good.
> > But now I want to be able to manipulate the query results and refer to
the
> > q7's from the database query. If I refer to #qn# I only get q7 as the
> > result. So how do I have it refer to the variable q7 and not the string
> q7?
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Jenny
> >
> >
>
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RE: Dynamic variable names
How about Nick -Original Message- From: Andy Ewings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 4:23 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Dynamic variable names Can you have dynamic variable names in CF?e.g in an action page could you have something like - where there are form fileds fieldnum1, fieldnum2, and fieldnum3. I have tried this but it doesn't work.I thought you might be able to use the Evaluate function in this way as this works (from the Forta book): This creates a new array stored in the variable p ** Information in this email is confidential and may be privileged. It is intended for the addressee only. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete it from your system. You should not otherwise copy it, retransmit it or use or disclose its contents to anyone. Thank you for your co-operation. ** ~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
RE: Dynamic variable names
yes you can do it. i use Evaluate() with dynamic values all the time. try removing the " from "#id#". if that doesn't work (it should), try something like: -Original Message- From: Andy Ewings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 8:23 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Dynamic variable names Can you have dynamic variable names in CF?e.g in an action page could you have something like - where there are form fileds fieldnum1, fieldnum2, and fieldnum3. I have tried this but it doesn't work.I thought you might be able to use the Evaluate function in this way as this works (from the Forta book): This creates a new array stored in the variable p ~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
RE: Dynamic variable names
If you want a form field, why use Evaluate? Just treat the form field as a struct key. or even shorter... === Raymond Camden, Principal Spectra Compliance Engineer for Macromedia Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ UIN : 3679482 "My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda > -Original Message- > From: Dylan Bromby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 12:22 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Dynamic variable names > > > yes you can do it. i use Evaluate() with dynamic values all the time. > > try removing the " from "#id#". if that doesn't work (it should), try > something like: > > > > > > > > > -Original Message- > From: Andy Ewings [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 8:23 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Dynamic variable names > > > Can you have dynamic variable names in CF?e.g in an action page could > you have something like - > > > > > > > > where there are form fileds fieldnum1, fieldnum2, and fieldnum3. > > I have tried this but it doesn't work.I thought you might be > able to use > the Evaluate function in this way as this works (from the Forta book): > > > > > This creates a new array stored in the variable p > ~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
RE: Dynamic variable names
> Can you have dynamic variable names in CF?e.g in an > action page could you have something like - > > > > > > Sure, but if you want to dynamically reference form.fieldnum1, you'd want your Evaluate function to look like this: What this'll do is concatenate the string "form.fieldnum" with the string contained in the variable id, then evaluate that string. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ voice: (202) 797-5496 fax: (202) 797-5444 ~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
RE: Dynamic Variable Names
Here's the magic you need:
#evaluate("form.material"&i)#
-Original Message-
From: Jen R [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 12:17 PM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: Dynamic Variable Names
In my database I have the fields "material1, material2, material3,
material4,material20" and can build the first part of the insert
statement using a CFLOOP, but when I come to the Values() part of the
insert...how do I dynamically create that.
For example: The user wanted 5 lines for materials. On the form the user
fills out the boxes for material1, material2, material3, material4,
material5. How do I dynamically create the Values('#form.material1#',
'#form.material2#', '#form.material3#', '#form.material4#',
'#form.material5#')? I have tried the Evaluate function before and didn't
have too much luck.
Suggestions? It seems like the whole project hinges on this dynamic
variables problem.
Thank you...thank youthank you!
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Re: Dynamic Variable Names
I know you said you tried evaluate but in this case it would seem to be the way to go.
What was the output? Did you get the syntax wrong? Why is it that evaluate didn't
work for you?
Assuming there will always be at least one material
[psuedocode - you fill in the cf tags]
sql = "insert into mytable (material1"
if number_of_materials > 1
for counter=2 to number of materials
sql += " ,material" & counter
sql += ") values ('" & mat_value1 & "'"
if number_of_materials > 1
for counter=2 to number of materials
temp = "mat_value" & counter
sql += " ,'" & evaluate(temp) & "'"
sql += ")"
cfquery sql
[beware the double and single quotes above. They're hard to see but crucial. You
might also want to parse the values to remove single quotes and escape backslash
before entering them into the database]
Darren
>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/07/01 03:16PM >>>
Ok...I was recently sitting in a meeting with some people in my department about an
application I'm developing. Seeing as I am *the* developer I could really use some
help. It's an estimating/billing application. There is a possibility of twenty
different lines for materials used and twenty slots for it to go in the database.
Pretty simple. I was just going to put in twenty different drop down boxes for this,
which is the way they wanted it done. Well, not every project will use 20 different
materials. Some might use 2, some might use 10, and some might use 20. My supervisor
(who has enough CF experience to make him dangerous sometimes) thought it looked
cluttered like that so he said we'll let you choose how many lines you want for
materials. "we can do that, no problem!" he says. So I'm left to figure out how "we"
are going to do it.
I have the form where they enter in how many lines they want, and I have the form with
that number of lines and corresponding fields. Not a problem yet, but now here's
where I find my difficulty... When I submit this form to the database I now have to
figure out how to do the SQL submit statement where the number of variables is
dynamic. In my database I have the fields "material1, material2, material3,
material4,material20" and can build the first part of the insert statement using a
CFLOOP, but when I come to the Values() part of the insert...how do I dynamically
create that.
For example: The user wanted 5 lines for materials. On the form the user fills out
the boxes for material1, material2, material3, material4, material5. How do I
dynamically create the Values('#form.material1#', '#form.material2#',
'#form.material3#', '#form.material4#', '#form.material5#')? I have tried the
Evaluate function before and didn't have too much luck.
Suggestions? It seems like the whole project hinges on this dynamic variables problem.
Thank you...thank youthank you!
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Re: Dynamic Variable Names
The problem you are having is because of the database structure. Those
materials fields need to be in a different table with another field that
relates to the project. Any time you have a 1 to Many relationship like
these 20 materials to 1 project, it cries out for two tables.
Here is some example sql, on how you would get the records, if the table was
split into the two parts.
SELECT Projects.ProjectID, Projects.Description, Materials.Material
FROM Projects, Materials
WHERE Projects.ProjectID = #projectID#
AND Projects.ProjectID = Materials.ProjectID
This way all you have to do is insert into the Materials table a new entry
with the projectid and the material, that's it.
I hope that makes sense...
If it's too late to redesign the database, why not just cfparam all of the
form variables on the action page?
jon
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From: "Jen R" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 3:16 PM
Subject: Dynamic Variable Names
>
> Ok...I was recently sitting in a meeting with some people in my department
about an application I'm developing. Seeing as I am *the* developer I could
really use some help. It's an estimating/billing application. There is a
possibility of twenty different lines for materials used and twenty slots
for it to go in the database. Pretty simple. I was just going to put in
twenty different drop down boxes for this, which is the way they wanted it
done. Well, not every project will use 20 different materials. Some might
use 2, some might use 10, and some might use 20. My supervisor (who has
enough CF experience to make him dangerous sometimes) thought it looked
cluttered like that so he said we'll let you choose how many lines you want
for materials. "we can do that, no problem!" he says. So I'm left to figure
out how "we" are going to do it.
>
> I have the form where they enter in how many lines they want, and I have
the form with that number of lines and corresponding fields. Not a problem
yet, but now here's where I find my difficulty... When I submit this form
to the database I now have to figure out how to do the SQL submit statement
where the number of variables is dynamic. In my database I have the fields
"material1, material2, material3, material4,material20" and can build
the first part of the insert statement using a CFLOOP, but when I come to
the Values() part of the insert...how do I dynamically create that.
>
> For example: The user wanted 5 lines for materials. On the form the user
fills out the boxes for material1, material2, material3, material4,
material5. How do I dynamically create the Values('#form.material1#',
'#form.material2#', '#form.material3#', '#form.material4#',
'#form.material5#')? I have tried the Evaluate function before and didn't
have too much luck.
>
> Suggestions? It seems like the whole project hinges on this dynamic
variables problem.
>
> Thank you...thank youthank you!
>
>
>
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RE: Dynamic Variable Names
evaluate is the least of your problems. lets start with the database. it is
not normalized. read : http://www.swynk.com/friends/putnam/normarticle.asp
for a better explanation. basically, whenever you find yourself making
column names that end with a number, you have a non-normalized table
structure.
regardless... if you were to do say :
the submit would look like this:
value1,value2,value3,value4
you could then treat form.myselect as a list and loop over it to do the
inserts.
Alexander Sicular
Chief Technology Architect
The Neurological Institute of New York
Columbia University
212.305.1318
as867 {at} columbia [dot] edu
> -Original Message-
> From: Jen R [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2001 3:17 PM
> To: CF-Talk
> Subject: Dynamic Variable Names
>
>
>
> Ok...I was recently sitting in a meeting with some people in
> my department about an application I'm developing. Seeing as
> I am *the* developer I could really use some help. It's an
> estimating/billing application. There is a possibility of
> twenty different lines for materials used and twenty slots
> for it to go in the database. Pretty simple. I was just
> going to put in twenty different drop down boxes for this,
> which is the way they wanted it done. Well, not every
> project will use 20 different materials. Some might use 2,
> some might use 10, and some might use 20. My supervisor (who
> has enough CF experience to make him dangerous sometimes)
> thought it looked cluttered like that so he said we'll let
> you choose how many lines you want for materials. "we can do
> that, no problem!" he says. So I'm left to figure out how
> "we" are going to do it.
>
> I have the form where they enter in how many lines they want,
> and I have the form with that number of lines and
> corresponding fields. Not a problem yet, but now here's
> where I find my difficulty... When I submit this form to the
> database I now have to figure out how to do the SQL submit
> statement where the number of variables is dynamic. In my
> database I have the fields "material1, material2, material3,
> material4,material20" and can build the first part of the
> insert statement using a CFLOOP, but when I come to the
> Values() part of the insert...how do I dynamically create that.
>
> For example: The user wanted 5 lines for materials. On the
> form the user fills out the boxes for material1, material2,
> material3, material4, material5. How do I dynamically create
> the Values('#form.material1#', '#form.material2#',
> '#form.material3#', '#form.material4#', '#form.material5#')?
> I have tried the Evaluate function before and didn't have too
> much luck.
>
> Suggestions? It seems like the whole project hinges on this
> dynamic variables problem.
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-OT- Javascript - Dynamic Variable Names
If someone knows of a good Javascript list where I can ask this, let me know and I'll go there. I'm trying to loop in Javascript and create a dynamic variable name in each loop (the way I can do a variablename#loopvalue# in CF.) Any idea how I could do this? I'm trying to access form fields, so if there is another way to loop through form fields (if they exist as an array for Javascript) that would be fine too. T ~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk 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.
Dynamic variable names in QuerySetCell
I'm trying to avoid Evaluate and have hit a wall. I am trying to dynamically call column names from qResults and set the values in a QuerySetCell - val1, val2, val3, val4, etc... Here's an example: qResults["val"&LoopCount], LoopCount)> The second QuerySetCell is what is killing me. It gives the wretched, "Complex objects cannot be converted to simple values" error. -- Ryan Kime [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Developer Webco Industries [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
Re: -OT- Javascript - Dynamic Variable Names
www.irt.org is a great resource and here's a link to an answer to your question: http://developer.irt.org/script/809.htm Marlon Thane Sherrington wrote: >If someone knows of a good Javascript list where I can ask this, let me >know and I'll go there. I'm trying to loop in Javascript and create a >dynamic variable name in each loop (the way I can do a >variablename#loopvalue# in CF.) Any idea how I could do this? I'm trying >to access form fields, so if there is another way to loop through form >fields (if they exist as an array for Javascript) that would be fine too. > >T > > ~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk 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
Re: -OT- Javascript - Dynamic Variable Names
At 06:40 AM 02/10/02 -0500, Marlon Moyer wrote: >www.irt.org is a great resource and here's a link to an answer to your >question: Thanks. That appears to have solved it. T ~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk 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
re: Dynamic variable names in QuerySetCell
Original Message: > From: Ryan Kime <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > qResults["val"&LoopCount], LoopCount)> > > > > The second QuerySetCell is what is killing me. It gives the wretched, > "Complex objects cannot be converted to simple values" error. How many rows does "qResults" turn? I think what you need is qResults["val" & loopCount][1] to get just the first row's "val1" value (even if the query only returns 1 row). It's just an educated guess, but it's worth a shot. Scott --- Scott Brady http://www.scottbrady.net/ [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
RE: Dynamic variable names in QuerySetCell
Good question Scott, the recordcount of qResults will always be 1. FYI, adding the [1] worked! Thanks! -Original Message- From: Scott Brady [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2003 3:05 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: re: Dynamic variable names in QuerySetCell Original Message: > From: Ryan Kime <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > qResults["val"&LoopCount], LoopCount)> > > > > The second QuerySetCell is what is killing me. It gives the wretched, > "Complex objects cannot be converted to simple values" error. How many rows does "qResults" turn? I think what you need is qResults["val" & loopCount][1] to get just the first row's "val1" value (even if the query only returns 1 row). It's just an educated guess, but it's worth a shot. Scott --- Scott Brady http://www.scottbrady.net/ _ [Todays Threads] [This Message] [Subscription] [Fast Unsubscribe] [User Settings]
Dynamic Variable Names in a CFSET
Hello, What's the best way to dynamically name variables used in a CFSET tag? I want them named choice0, choice1, etc up through however many loops are made: (which does not work but illustrates what I'm trying to do. Thanks, Dave Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists or send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dynamic Variable Names in a CFSET
Check EVALUATE and DE functions Gennadi - Original Message - From: "David Hannum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, November 03, 2000 3:06 PM Subject: Dynamic Variable Names in a CFSET > Hello, > > What's the best way to dynamically name variables used in a CFSET tag? > > I want them named choice0, choice1, etc up through however many loops are > made: > > (which does not work but illustrates what I'm > trying to do. > > Thanks, > Dave > > -- -- > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ > Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists or send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists or send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Dynamic Variable Names in a CFSET
> -Original Message- > From: David Hannum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, 3 November 2000 15:06 > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Dynamic Variable Names in a CFSET > > > Hello, > > What's the best way to dynamically name variables used in a CFSET tag? > > I want them named choice0, choice1, etc up through however > many loops are > made: > > (which does not work but > illustrates what I'm > trying to do. > > Thanks, > Dave > > -- > -- > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ > Unsubscribe: > http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists or send > a message with 'unsubscribe' in the body to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists or send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Dynamic Variable Names in a CFSET
just set a loop from n to n to populate..().. Hope that shoots you in the rite direction.. G. Scott Wood Developer HMWeb.com 520-742-2611 Ext.135 -Original Message- From: David Hannum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 9:06 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Dynamic Variable Names in a CFSET Hello, What's the best way to dynamically name variables used in a CFSET tag? I want them named choice0, choice1, etc up through however many loops are made: (which does not work but illustrates what I'm trying to do. Thanks, Dave Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists or send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists or send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dynamic Variable Names in a CFSET
Dave, you're real close. Just do There's also the SetVariable() function that can be used to do the same thing (check the docs). I'm not sure there's much of an advantage to either way of doing it. I believe the above example only works with CF4 and up, while the SetVariable function has been around longer. Cheers, -Max At 11/2/2000 11:06 PM -0500, you wrote: >Hello, > >What's the best way to dynamically name variables used in a CFSET tag? > >I want them named choice0, choice1, etc up through however many loops are >made: > > (which does not work but illustrates what I'm >trying to do. > >Thanks, >Dave Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists or send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Dynamic Variable Names in a CFSET
Try: Norman Elton Information Technology College of William & Mary -Original Message- From: David Hannum [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 11:06 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: Dynamic Variable Names in a CFSET Hello, What's the best way to dynamically name variables used in a CFSET tag? I want them named choice0, choice1, etc up through however many loops are made: (which does not work but illustrates what I'm trying to do. Thanks, Dave Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists or send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists or send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dynamic Variable Names in a CFSET
-David On Thu, 2 Nov 2000 23:06:20 -0500 "David Hannum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, > > What's the best way to dynamically name variables used in a CFSET > tag? > > I want them named choice0, choice1, etc up through however many > loops are > made: > > (which does not work but illustrates > what I'm > trying to do. > > Thanks, > Dave YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists or send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Dynamic Variable Names in a CFSET
This code works: -Original Message- From: David Shadovitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, November 03, 2000 12:39 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Dynamic Variable Names in a CFSET -David On Thu, 2 Nov 2000 23:06:20 -0500 "David Hannum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello, > > What's the best way to dynamically name variables used in a CFSET > tag? > > I want them named choice0, choice1, etc up through however many > loops are > made: > > (which does not work but illustrates > what I'm > trying to do. > > Thanks, > Dave YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists or send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists or send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Dynamic Variable Names in a CFSET
> What's the best way to dynamically name variables used in a > CFSET tag? > > I want them named choice0, choice1, etc up through however > many loops are made: > > (which does not work but > illustrates what I'm trying to do. As many people have already pointed out, you can do it two ways: or Of those two, I'd recommend the second, simply because it will be supported in future versions of CF, while the first one may not be. However, you might consider using a one-dimensional array instead. Rather than "choice0", "choice1", and so on, you could create a single variable, "choice": This will probably perform faster, as string evaluation is generally a relatively expensive operation. In addition, you'll get extra functionality courtesy of the Array functions. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ voice: (202) 797-5496 fax: (202) 797-5444 Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists or send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Dynamic Variable Names in a CFSET
Does rs have any special meaning or does it not matter? jon > > > > Of those two, I'd recommend the second, simply because it will be supported > in future versions of CF, while the first one may not be. > > However, you might consider using a one-dimensional array instead. Rather > than "choice0", "choice1", and so on, you could create a single variable, > "choice": > > > > > > > > This will probably perform faster, as string evaluation is generally a > relatively expensive operation. In addition, you'll get extra functionality > courtesy of the Array functions. > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > http://www.figleaf.com/ > voice: (202) 797-5496 > fax: (202) 797-5444 > -- -- > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ > Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists or send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists or send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: Dynamic Variable Names in a CFSET
> > > > Does rs have any special meaning or does it not matter? No, it's a dummy variable. It stands for "return string". In fact, as has been pointed out before, you could omit the left side of the CFSET, and it would still work: Again, though, I'd recommend not doing that, since there's no guarantee that this behavior will be supported in future versions of CF. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ voice: (202) 797-5496 fax: (202) 797-5444 Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists or send a message with 'unsubscribe' in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
