Question

I’m hoping someone will have the answer! I have a .CFM page where a user can select a name from a drop down list (populated by querying a name column in MySQL database.

However, I am trying to get the user to select a name from the drop down list, click ‘GO’ and then be taken to a form where fields are pre-populated with data already associated with that ‘name’ e.g. address, DOB etc. Here a user can update the record.

I have managed to create the form and create the validation needed there (e.g. checking for numerical values etc). I just can’t get the pre-populated data in there!!!

Thanks.

Answer 1

I assume the form will post the user id.

<form action="/landingpage.cfm" method="post">
    <select name="user">
        <option value="1">Name</option>
    </select>
    <input type="submit" value="go" />
</form>

So on landingpage.cfm you will need to get the data for that name from the database and use that to set the value of the form inputs.

<cfif structKeyExists(form, "user")>

<cfquery name="getNameInformation" datasource="some-db">
    SELECT address FROM ... WHERE id = <cfqueryparam type="cf_sql_integer" value="form.user" />
</cfquery>

<cfoutput query="getNameInformation">
     <input type="text" name="address" value="#address#">
</cfoutput>

</cfif>