Best of Talk (12/27/02)

 
Feb 24, 2003
by Dina Hess

Title: Best Way to Handle Checkboxes with Insert Query?
Date: 12/27/02      14 Posts
Summary: The simplest way to work around the possibility of a nonexistent checkbox form variable is to add

   <CFPARAM NAME="form.your_checkbox_var"
      TYPE="boolean" DEFAULT="false">
to the top of the action page. You could also test for a 'no value' condition within your query by using IsDefined(). As always, remember to protect your SQL by referencing parameters within the CFQUERYPARAM tag.
 
Title: Can I Put LIKE '%#form.SearchText#%' into a CFQUERYPARAM?
Date: 12/27/02      7 Posts
Summary: Need to use LIKE with CFQUERYPARAM to accommodate different database platforms? Try this:

   WHERE table.fieldname LIKE 
   <CFQUERYPARAM CFSQLTYPE="CF_SQL_VARCHAR"
   VALUE="%#form.searchtext#%">
 
Title: Padding Zeros
Date: 12/27/02      13 Posts
Summary: Use NumberFormat(), like this: NumberFormat(mynumber,"0000000"), to create a standard length by left-padding zeros.
 

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