Updating data
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Creating an update form
The following are the key differences between an update form and an insert form:
•
An update form contains a reference to the primary key of the record that is being updated.
A
primary key
is a field(s) in a database table that uniquely identifies each record. For example,
in a table of employee names and addresses, only the Emp_ID is unique to each record.
•
An update form is usually populated with existing record data.
The easiest way to designate the primary key in an update form is to include a hidden input field
with the value of the primary key for the record you want to update. The hidden field indicates to
ColdFusion which record to update.
To create an update form:
1
Create a ColdFusion page with the following content:
<html>
<head>
<title>Update Form</title>
</head>
<body>
<cfquery name="GetRecordtoUpdate"
datasource="CompanyInfo">
SELECT * FROM Employee
WHERE Emp_ID = #URL.Emp_ID#
</cfquery>
<cfoutput query="GetRecordtoUpdate">
<table>
<form action="update_action.cfm" method="Post">
<input type="Hidden" name="Emp_ID"
value="#Emp_ID#"><br>
<tr>
<td>First Name:</td>
<td><input type="text" name="FirstName" value="#FirstName#"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Last Name:</td>
<td><input type="text" name="LastName" value="#LastName#"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Department Number:</td>
<td><input type="text" name="Dept_ID" value="#Dept_ID#"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Start Date:</td>
<td><input type="text" name="StartDate" value="#StartDate#"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Salary:</td>
<td><input type="text" name="Salary" value="#Salary#"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>Contractor:</td>
<td><cfif #Contract# IS "Yes">
<input type="checkbox" name="Contract" checked>Yes
Summary of Contents for COLDFUSION MX 61-DEVELOPING COLDFUSION MX
Page 1: ...Developing ColdFusion MX Applications...
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Page 52: ...52 Chapter 2 Elements of CFML...
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Page 218: ...218 Chapter 10 Writing and Calling User Defined Functions...
Page 250: ...250 Chapter 11 Building and Using ColdFusion Components...
Page 264: ...264 Chapter 12 Building Custom CFXAPI Tags...
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Page 314: ...314 Chapter 14 Handling Errors...
Page 344: ...344 Chapter 15 Using Persistent Data and Locking...
Page 349: ...About user security 349...
Page 357: ...Security scenarios 357...
Page 370: ...370 Chapter 16 Securing Applications...
Page 388: ...388 Chapter 17 Developing Globalized Applications...
Page 408: ...408 Chapter 18 Debugging and Troubleshooting Applications...
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Page 426: ...426 Chapter 19 Introduction to Databases and SQL...
Page 476: ...476 Chapter 22 Using Query of Queries...
Page 534: ...534 Chapter 24 Building a Search Interface...
Page 556: ...556 Chapter 25 Using Verity Search Expressions...
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Page 582: ...582 Chapter 26 Retrieving and Formatting Data...
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Page 734: ...734 Chapter 32 Using Web Services...
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