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Chapter 26: Retrieving and Formatting Data
Using forms to specify the data to retrieve
In the examples in previous chapters, you retrieved all of the records from a database table using a
SQL query. However, there are many instances when you want to retrieve data based on certain
criteria. For example, you might want to retrieve records for everyone in a particular department,
everyone in a particular town whose last name is Smith, or books by a certain author.
You can use forms in ColdFusion applications to allow users to specify what data they retrieve in a
query. When you submit a form, you pass the variables to an associated page, called an
action
page
, where some type of processing takes place.
The following figure shows a form, defined by FormPage.cfm, and its associated action page,
ActionPage.cfm:
Note:
Because forms are standard HTML, the syntax and examples that follow provide you with just
enough detail to begin using ColdFusion. For information on using ColdFusion forms defined by the
cfform
tag, see
Chapter 27, “Building Dynamic Forms,” on page 583
.
HTML form tag syntax
Use the following syntax for the HTML form tag:
<form action="actionpage.cfm" method="post">
...
</form>
You can override the server request timeout (set on the ColdFusion MX Administrator Server
Settings page) by adding a RequestTimeout parameter to the action page URL. Requests that take
longer than the specified time are terminated. The following example specifies a request time-out
of two minutes:
<form name="getReportCriteria"
action="runReport.cfm?RequestTimeout=120" method="post">
Attribute
Description
action
Specifies an action page to which you pass form variables for processing.
method
Specifies how the variables are submitted from the browser to the action page on the
server. All ColdFusion forms
must
be submitted with an attribute setting of
method="post"
.
FormPage.cfm
ActionPage.cfm
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