Search Result Set

[emmim44]

I need to know how to save a search result set within a hidden div after a updating a record in coldfusion....Thank you all..

[ilssac]

Save what?  To where?  And when? This will tell you a great deal about how it needs to be done.

Sorry I could only work 4 of the w's into that short reply.

[emmim44]

Means that there is a search page...within that page there is a search result section which is visible after one hits the 'search' button for specific information. Then each record on the result set has a link which you can update that record...once the record is updated thru an action.cfm page I need to forward the users to the search.cfm without losing the result set which was already searched.... How will I keep that result set after I update  a record since the page will be refreshed?

I dont want to use <cfquery cache....any other idea???

[ilssac]

Read up in the documentation on ColdFusion's persistant memory scopes, such as Session, Application, Server, Client, Cookie, etc.

These handy scopes are maintained by ColdFusion from request to request.

Using Persistent Data and Locking

http://livedocs.adobe.com/coldfusion/8/htmldocs/sharedVars_01.html

[emmim44]

I already know how to store in session etc... is there any other way such as http cache?

[ilssac]

Why do you need another way?

What about using session state is not sufficeint for you requirements?

[mack_]

On the search results page send query string (CGI.QUERY_STRING) to the

page that updates the record. After the record is updated redirect to

the variables that was passed to the page.

Adding to Ian's suggestion about your OP:

http://catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#beprecise

Mack

[emmim44]

if  I use sessionid or urltoken or jsessionid, will i be able to do what I need to do?....

[mack_]

If you keep the page address in the session scope you don't need to

manually pass the session identification tokens (unless the client

browser doesn't accept cookies).

Mack

[emmim44]

the return page will be search.cfm ...how about after update.... if i return to the search page, i wouldnt get the results which were being generated before update unless i store each search fields in a session var...what I am asking is sessionid or jssessionid specific for that current session or whenever a page is being called, the server creates a new sessionid?....

[mack_]

Did you read the link that Ian gave you ? (It's a chapter from the CF

Developer's Guide and it's a pretty good introduction on persisting

state in a web application)

Mack

[abhi_in]

Have you tried "cfsavecontent" tag

If you need just to show the search result you can use  "cfsavecontent" tag

<cfsavecontent variable="session.searchresult">

(search result)

</cfsavecontent>

and in search.cfm you just output 'session.searchresult' . I hope you know to handle sessions and please do run tests.

[emmim44]

searchresult is a struct that i will have to create or not?

[Dan_Bracuk]

So after a record is updated you want to keep the original data?  I'll contribute the 5th w.

Why?