Submitting a form to itself

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trojnfn - 30 Jul 2008 06:01 GMT

When I submit a form, instead of submiting it to an action page, I submit it
back to itself, with all the processing taking place before the form/cfform
statement.

Here is the problem that I am running into. I have radio buttons and use
javascript to check that at least one button is checked. Here is my code and it
works :

<script language="javascript">

function validateForm(editProfileForm){

    var returnStatus = true;

myOption = -1;
for (i=editProfileForm.profileStatus.length-1; i > -1; i--) {
if (editProfileForm.profileStatus[i].checked) {
myOption = i; i = -1;
}
}
if (myOption == -1) {
alert("Please select active or inactive button.");
    editProfileForm.profileStatu.focus();
returnStatus(false);
}

    if (returnStatus){
    editProfileForm.submit();
    }

    returnStatus(true);
    }

</script>
</head>

<body>

But the problem is that as soon as I click ok in the popup message, it goes
down to the next command, which is checking for the submit button being
selected (below). The page then blows up. How would I stop the page from
continuing after the radio button error ? It seems to work if there is an
action page but submitting the form to itself seems to cause this problem.


<cfif parameterExists(form.btnSubmit)>

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eightcharacters - 30 Jul 2008 06:46 GMT

Would a <cfabort> work?

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GArlington - 30 Jul 2008 11:00 GMT

> When I submit a form, instead of submiting it to an action page, I submit it
> back to itself, with all the processing taking place before the form/cfform
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> editProfileForm.profileStatu.focus();
> returnStatus(false);

Where (AND WHY) did you define a function returnStatus(boolean)?
I guess that you meant returnStatus =false; here...

> }
>
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> 
> <cfif parameterExists(form.btnSubmit)>

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Dan Bracuk - 30 Jul 2008 12:50 GMT

The simplest way is to preselect one radio button when you load the page.

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Ian Skinner - 30 Jul 2008 14:29 GMT

What version of ColdFusion are you using?

ParameterExists
Description

This function is deprecated. Do not use it in new applications. Use the
IsDefined function.

Determines whether a parameter exists. ColdFusion does not evaluate the
argument.
History

New in ColdFusion MX: This function is deprecated. Do not use it in new
applications. It might not work, and might cause an error, in later
releases.
http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/6/CFML_Reference/functions-pt249.htm

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Submitting a form to itself