Category Archives: Snippets

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cfselect and query values

Posted on 08/09/2010 by eSearing

Similar to binding to a cfc but binding with a query on the same page. Notice the query and value attributes and how they relate to the query. I added an ” All” as a default. <cfquery name=”get_last_names” datasource=”mydsn”> select … Continue reading →

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Coldfusion cfoutput grouping

Posted on 08/09/2010 by eSearing

The cfoutput tag has a group attribute that lets you group your data for reports. The outer most cfoutput must have the query name and the group but the inner groups can not have the query name. In the following … Continue reading →

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Javascript User entry validation

Posted on 07/23/2010 by eSearing

I have a form with an ID input box. If the id is less than 6 characters i want to disable the submit button until it reaches the 7th character. What I found was that users sometimes Type their id, … Continue reading →

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Javascript – Test if form element exists

Posted on 07/21/2010 by eSearing

var myobj = document.form.fieldname; if (myobj != null || myobj != ‘undefined’){ //do something }

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Coldfusion and Pausing Javascript

Posted on 07/18/2010 by eSearing

I had an interesting problem this week. I had a page with a CFQuery, a CFLoop to output the query, and a javascript function. The problem was that the javascript function was occurring before the loop would draw the output. … Continue reading →

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