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arnoldporche47
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January 2, 2010
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Element EMP_ID is undefined URL error?

  • January 2, 2010
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I was trying out the exercises on doing CF Update using the same example posted in the Adobe website:

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/ColdFusion/9.0/Developing/WSc3ff6d0ea77859461172e0811cbec0e02b-7ff3.html

But everytime I run the page I get an error "Element EMP_ID is undefined in URL.

line 9: WHERE Emp_ID = #URL.Emp_ID#

What does it mean? and how can I fix it?

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Correct answer yui8979

how are you running the page? You need to pass in emp_id=12345 in the URL if

you haven't already :

http://www.goto.com/yourcfmexamplepage.cfm?emp_id=12345

"Error Element EMP_ID is undefined in URL" means that the Coldfusion server

cannot find the EMP_ID defined anywhere in the URL scope, which is what

you're asking Coldfusion to do when you put #URL.Emp_ID#.

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BKBK
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BKBKCommunity Expert
Community Expert
January 4, 2010

I was trying out the exercises on doing CF Update using the same example posted in the Adobe website:

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/ColdFusion/9.0/Developing/WSc3ff6d0ea77859461172e081 1cbec0e02b-7ff3.html

But everytime I run the page I get an error "Element EMP_ID is undefined in URL.

line 9: WHERE Emp_ID = #URL.Emp_ID#

What does it mean? and how can I fix it?

Run a test page containing  the following code:

<cfquery name="GetRecordtoUpdate" datasource="cfdocexamples">
    SELECT * FROM Employee   
</cfquery>
<cfdump var="#GetRecordtoUpdate#">

You will find that the table has emp_id values 1,2,3,5,6,7,8,9,11,15, .... So, let's say your action page for the form in that example is called updateForm.cfm. Then, you should pass the value url.emp_id=8 like this

http://127.0.0.1:8500/updateForm.cfm?emp_id=8

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Adam Cameron.
Inspiring
January 2, 2010

But everytime I run the page I get an error "Element EMP_ID is undefined in URL.

line 9: WHERE Emp_ID = #URL.Emp_ID#

What does it mean? and how can I fix it?

Ask yourself this question: "What is a URL?"  Then this question: "In regards to the URL... what could 'Element EMP_ID is undefined' mean?"


Also, did you read the instructions that go with that code on that page you cited?  Esp. item 3.

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Adam

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yui8979Correct answer
Inspiring
January 2, 2010

how are you running the page? You need to pass in emp_id=12345 in the URL if

you haven't already :

http://www.goto.com/yourcfmexamplepage.cfm?emp_id=12345

"Error Element EMP_ID is undefined in URL" means that the Coldfusion server

cannot find the EMP_ID defined anywhere in the URL scope, which is what

you're asking Coldfusion to do when you put #URL.Emp_ID#.

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arnoldporche47Author
Participating Frequently
January 2, 2010

i copied/paste the exact same code from the sample.. was just testing out how it work out.. but i guess im getting this error page

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Dan_Bracuk
Inspiring
January 2, 2010

You found out how it works then.  You can't use variables that don't exist.

If you want to see how the page works, change this:

SELECT * FROM Employee 
WHERE Emp_ID = #URL.Emp_ID#

to this

SELECT * FROM Employee 
WHERE Emp_ID = a number that exists in your database.
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