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catherine26
Inspiring
April 21, 2015
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Form not filtering results

  • April 21, 2015
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I'm creating 2 filtering drop downs and I can't figure out why my code isn't filtering the results on the page.  Please help...

Here's the code.

<cfparam name="form.personnel" default="">

<cfparam name="form.status" default="">

<cfquery name="q" datasource="#dsn#">

     SELECT *

     FROM table

     WHERE 1=1

          <cfif val(form.personnel) GT 0>

               AND Sector = <cfqueryparam value="#form.personnel#" cfsqltype="cf_sql_varchar">

          </cfif>

          <cfif val(form.status) GT 0>

               AND reqStatus = <cfqueryparam value="#form.status#" cfsqltype="cf_sql_varchar">

          </cfif>

</cfquery>

<form method="post" action="">

     <select name="personnel">

               <option></option>

     </select>

     <select name="status">

               <option></option>

     </select>

     <input type="submit" />

</form>

<cfoutput query="q">

     #sector# || #reqstatus#

</cfoutput>

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    Correct answer haxtbh

    Why are you checking "<cfif val(form.personnel) GT 0>" in the SQL query? What are your reasons for using val()? Your results are most likely not being filtered as your SQL query is not working as you are checking your variables wrong.

    Are you trying to determine that the form string is not empty? In that case you want to use len()

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    haxtbh
    Inspiring
    April 22, 2015

    Your options in the dropdown are blank????

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    catherine26Author
    Inspiring
    April 22, 2015

    Sorry I was trying to short cut the coding.  There are actually options in the drop down.

    Like this...

    <form method="post" action="">
         <select name="sector">

              <option value="">All Personnel</option>

              <option value="Air Force">Air Force</option>

              <option value="Army">Army</option>

              <option value="Navy">Navy</option>

              etc...

         </select>

         <select name="status">

              <option value="">All Statuses</option>

              <option value="Active">Active</option>

              <option value="Completed">Completed</option>

              etc...

         </select>

         <input type="submit" />

    </form>

    Anit_Kumar
    Community Manager
    Anit_KumarCommunity Manager
    Community Manager
    April 22, 2015

    You can try this:-

    <form method="post" action="">

         <select name="sector">

              <option value="">All Personnel</option>

              <option value="Air Force">Air Force</option>

              <option value="Army">Army</option>

              <option value="Navy">Navy</option>

              etc...

         </select>

         <select name="status">

              <option value="">All Statuses</option>

              <option value="Active">Active</option>

              <option value="Completed">Completed</option>

              etc...

         </select>

         <input type="submit" />

    </form>

    <cfif IsDefined("form.sector")>

      <cfoutput>sector='#sector#' and status='#status#'</cfoutput>

    </cfif>

    Regards,

    Anit Kumar

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