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Chapter 21: Updating Your Database
Data entry form notes and considerations
If you use the
cfinsert
tag in the action page to insert the data into the database, you should
follow these rules for creating the form page:
•
You only need to create HTML form fields for the database columns into which you will insert
data.
•
By default,
cfinsert
inserts all of the form’s fields into the database columns with the same
names. For example, it puts the Form.Emp_ID value in the database Emp_ID column. The
tag ignores form fields that lack corresponding database column names.
Note:
You can also use the
formfields
attribute of the
cfinsert
tag to specify which fields to insert;
for example,
formfields="prod_ID,Emp_ID,status"
.
Creating an action page to insert data
You can use the
cfinsert
tag or the
cfquery
tag to create an action page that inserts data into a
database.
Creating an insert action page with cfinsert
The
cfinsert
tag is the easiest way to handle simple inserts from either a
cfform
or an HTML
form. This tag inserts data from all the form fields with names that match database field names.
To create an insert action page with cfinsert:
1
Create a ColdFusion page with the following content:
<html>
<head> <title>Input form</title> </head>
<body>
<!--- If the Contractor check box is clear,
set the value of the Form.Contract to "No" --->
<cfif not isdefined("Form.Contract")>
<cfset Form.Contract = "No">
</cfif>
<!--- Insert the new record --->
<cfinsert datasource="CompanyInfo" tablename="Employee">
<h1>Employee Added</h1>
<cfoutput>You have added #Form.FirstName# #Form.Lastname# to the
employee database.
</cfoutput>
</body>
</html>
2
Save the page as insert_action.cfm.
3
View insert_form.cfm in your web browser and enter values.
Note:
You might wish to compare views of the Employee table in the CompanyInfo data source
before and after inserting values in the form.
4
Click Submit.
ColdFusion inserts your values into the Employee table and displays a confirmation message.
Summary of Contents for 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...
Page 760: ...760 Chapter 33 Integrating J2EE and Java Elements in CFML Applications...
Page 786: ...786 Chapter 34 Integrating COM and CORBA Objects in CFML Applications...
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