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DEVELOPING COLDFUSION 9 APPLICATIONS
Requesting and Presenting Information
<cfcomponent>
<cffunction name="getLNames" access="remote" returntype="array" output="false">
<cfargument name="suggestvalue" required="true">
<!--- The function must return suggestions as an array. --->
<cfset var myarray = ArrayNew(1)>
<!--- Get all unique last names that match the typed characters. --->
<cfquery name="getDBNames" datasource="cfdocexamples">
SELECT DISTINCT LASTNAME FROM Employees
WHERE LASTNAME LIKE <cfqueryparam value="#suggestvalue#%"
cfsqltype="cf_sql_varchar">
</cfquery>
<!--- Convert the query to an array. --->
<cfloop query="getDBNames">
<cfset arrayAppend(myarray, lastname)>
</cfloop>
<cfreturn myarray>
</cffunction>
<cffunction name="getFNames" access="remote" returntype="array"
output="false">
<cfargument name="suggestvalue" required="true">
<cfargument name="lastName" required="true">
<cfset var myarray = ArrayNew(1)>
<cfquery name="getFirstNames" datasource="cfdocexamples">
<!--- Get the first names that match the last name and the typed characters. --->
SELECT FIRSTNAME FROM Employees
WHERE LASTNAME = <cfqueryparam value="#lastName#"
cfsqltype="cf_sql_varchar">
AND FIRSTNAME LIKE <cfqueryparam value="#suggestvalue & '%'#"
cfsqltype="cf_sql_varchar">
</cfquery>
<cfloop query="getFirstNames">
<cfset arrayAppend(myarray, Firstname)>
</cfloop>
<cfreturn myarray>
</cffunction>
</cfcomponent>
Issue with numeric data
For CFC methods that returns numeric data with a leading zero, for example, zip code
by the bind expression as an octal number and its decimal equivalent (in this case
.To resolve this issue, for URL binds or binds routed by way of a JavaScript function (for
returnformat="string"
example, using cfajaxproxy), you can set
stripped from the suggestion list for autosuggest controls.
Using the cfslider tag
The
tag places a slider control, for selecting a numeric value from a range, in a ColdFusion form. The slider
cfslider
can be used within a
cfform
forms.
returnformat=plain
tag for forms in HTML and applet format. The
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) even if you set
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to retain the numeric value.Also, leading zeros are
is not supported with Flash
cfslider
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, the zero is interpreted
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