How do I tell which form button was clicked

[Guest]

I have a CFForm with three buttons on it: a standard reset button, and two submit buttons that will perform different functions depending on which one was clicked. When I go to the action page, how can I tell which button was clicked in order to perform the correct action?

[BKBK · Accepted solution]

<cfform>
<cfinput name="s1" type="submit"...etc>
<cfinput name="s2" type="submit"...etc>
</cfform>

On the action page, do

<cfif isDefined("form.s1")>
s1 submitted
<cfelseif isDefined("form.s2")>
s2 submitted
</cfif>

[dempster]

Or you can give the buttons the same name with a specific value:

<input type="submit" name="formaction" value="Reserve Date">
<input type="submit" name="formaction" value="Schedule Date">

Form.formaction will return the value of the button clicked. Only thing to be careful about is if the user hits return in a text input box. That would submit the form without a value for formaction.

You could handle that by requiring the button:

<input type="hidden" name="formaction_required" value="Please select an action.">