cfset issue

[zubair]

Hi,

I have a form with a text field. The name of the field is a reference to a structure held in
memory (session scope)

this is the example of the form field

<input type="text" name="session.source_wizard.getStep(5).data[1]['WEBADDONA'][3]['benefits'][8]['gbp_yr1']" value="2" size="5" maxlength="24">

now when the form is submitted i want to update the value for this key which is referenced by the name of the form field i.e

<cfloop collection="#form#" item="i">
<cfif left(i,7) eq "session">
<cfif len(attributes )>
<cfset "#evaluate(i)#" = "#form#">
</cfif>
</cfif>
</cfloop>

The above does not seem to work for me. It does not update the structure. Can anyone please help me? Or tell me why this doesn't work?

Thanks

[Newsgroup_User]

what exactly is attributes[ ]??? that should not work...

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[zubair]

sorry i copied the code wrong. it should be

<cfloop collection="#form#" item="i">
<cfif left(i,7) eq "session">
<cfif len(form )>
<cfset "#evaluate(i)#" = "#form#">
</cfif>
</cfif>
</cfloop>

[insuractive]

Edited post - I think I misread your initial post. You want to pass the NAME of a variable as the name of a field and then update that variable with the form value, right?

How About:

<cfloop collection="#form#" item="item">
<cfif left(item,7) eq "session">
<cfif len(form[item])>
<cfset temp = SetVariable(item, form[item])>
</cfif>
</cfif>
</cfloop>

[Newsgroup_User]

Are you saying your field name is this entire string:
session.source_wizard.getStep(5).data[1]['WEBADDONA'][3]['benefits'][8]['g
bp_yr1']?

Wow, does that come through cleanly. If you <cfdump var="#form#"> on
the action page, do you actually have a field name with that string?
I'm not sure all those characters are allowed in form field names.

[insuractive]

You might be better off using 2 fields instead of one:

<input type="hidden" name="setField1_name" value="session.source_wizard.getStep(5).data[1]['WEBADDONA'][3]['benefits'][8]['gbp_yr1']">
<input type="text" name="setField1_value" value="2" size="5" maxlength="24">

And then on your processing page, you can loop over fields named "setField*" and:

<cfset temp = setVariable(FORM.setField1_name, Form.setField1_value)>

[Newsgroup_User]

Ian Skinner wrote:
> Are you saying your field name is this entire string:
> session.source_wizard.getStep(5).data[1]['WEBADDONA'][3]['benefits'][8]['g
> bp_yr1']?
>
> Wow, does that come through cleanly. If you <cfdump var="#form#"> on
> the action page, do you actually have a field name with that string? I'm
> not sure all those characters are allowed in form field names.

i have tested it and it actually does come through without a problem.
the problem arises, however, when zubair is trying to set a cf var with
that name through <cfset "#evaluate(i)#" = "#form#">... cf rightfully
complains that it is not a valid name for a cf var since it contains all
sorts of illegal chars...

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