cfform - Element is undefined in FORM

[cherylnm]

This is sooo frustrating and weird. I have a form that keeps triggering
Element XXX is undefined in FORM. But, if I view the html source, it shows im
the form. when i submit the form, the sql update works using the form
variable, but i still get the undefined message. i have tried IE and netscape
and both have smae problem.

the action page has somehting like this

<cfif FORM.varialble EQ 2>
<cfquery name="qInsertSystem"
datasource="#APPLICATION.dsn#">
UPDATE tTable
SET thisfield = #FORM.variable#
</cfquery>
</cfif>

the error will say that the variable FORM.variable in line 1 of my code is
undefined, but then it will execute the update query and properly set thisfield
= to the form value (even though a few lines above it said it was undefined).

any suggestions?

thanks!

[cherylnm]

well - in case anyone else ever has this problem, the only way i could figure
out how to solve it was by making the forms aciton page a separate page (i had
it all in one page before). i even tried making the form a regular <form>
instead of <cfform> and that still did not work. really weird! oh well.

[javabuzz]

set your variables (initialize) first before everything else.

<cfset variablename ="">

Then you should be ok (Sounds like you're posting back to form?)