Macromedia colfusion mx 7-getting started building coldfusion mx applications User Manual
Processing form data
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When a user submits a form, the form values are stored in form variables and sent to the action
page for processing. The following figure shows the relationship between the form page and
action page:
page for processing. The following figure shows the relationship between the form page and
action page:
In order for the form page to find its corresponding action page, the action statement in the form
tag must be correct. The form tag includes the information that tells the server where to send the
data that it collects. It also tells the server how to send it. To process these instructions to the
server, the form tag uses the following syntax:
tag must be correct. The form tag includes the information that tells the server where to send the
data that it collects. It also tells the server how to send it. To process these instructions to the
server, the form tag uses the following syntax:
<form action="actionpagename.cfm" method="Post">
HTML and CFML form tags
</form>
The first attribute (
action
) in the form tag lets you specify where to send the data. The page that
you specify where to send the data is the name of the action page. The second attribute in the
form tag is
form tag is
method
. The only method that ColdFusion supports is
post
. All ColdFusion forms
must set the method attribute to
post
.
In Part II of this manual, you use ColdFusion form tags to create forms and write collected values
to a database.
to a database.
Name
E-mail
Submit
Database
form.var1=value1
form.var2=value2
form.var2=value2
Action
page
The action page contains
the code for form processing
and interaction with
database.
the code for form processing
and interaction with
database.
ColdFusion server &
web server
web server
Form page