Question

A form field value like 45,234 is to be inserted into the DB as 45234. When I try to do insert for 45,234, all it gets into the DB is 0.Note:- I am able to insert 45.234as 45.234 in the SQL DB.

The form field is named costOfShares, which is to be inserted into the table ShareVales (SQL Server 2005). I am using CF8.

SQL

table:-ShareVales; field:-costOfShares; DataType:-float

ColdFusion (form page)

<li>
  <cfinput size="8" maxlength="20" name="costOfShares" 
    id="costOfShares" value="#share.GetcostOfShares()#">
</li>

Share.cfc:-

<cfcomponent> 
    <cfscript> Variables.CostOfShare </cfscript> 
<cffunction name="GetCostOfShare" returntype="numeric" access="public" output="false">         
   <cfscript> variables.CostOfShare; </cfscript>
</cffunction>

<cffunction name="SetCostOfShare" retuntype="void" access="public" output="false">    
   <cfargument name="costOfShare" type="string"  required="true">
      <cfscript> variables. costOfShare = arguments. costOfShare; </cfscript>
  </cffunction>
</cfcomponent> 

ColdFusion (query page)

  <cffunction>
    <cfargumnet>
    <cfquery …>
      INSERT INTO ShareVales(shareUnitId, costOfShares) 
      VALUES (
        <cfqueryparam cfsqltype="cf_sql_integer"
                      value="#arguments.share.GetshareUnitId()#">,
        <cfqueryparam cfsqltype="cf_sql_float"
                      value="#arguments.share.GetcostOfShares()#">);
    </cfquery>
</cffunction>

When I use the following directly in the Query Editor:

INSERT into share(setCostOfShare)
values(Cast(replace('5,322,444',',','') as float))

it succeeds. The error is while using cfquery/cfqueryparam in the ColdFusion template.

So, how do insert the 45234 when the form field costOfShares contains a value with commas?

Answer 1

If they type a comma, strip it out first before trying to insert.