Form with nested iframe stumper

[ColdConFused]

:confused;
I have a form with a nested iframe. At the top of the form (outside the
iframe) there is a drop-down box that is used to filter a large database table
into a smaller result set. The iframe displays this result set in a
table/grid, and each row has a check-box. The form must also have a 'submit'
button (outside the iframe), which will update a second database table with the
rows selected from the iframe grid entries that were selected using the
checkboxes.
So, the form's filter function creates the contents of the iframe, and the
form's submit button uses the selected contents of the iframe to perform a
database insert.
Is this possible??? Thanks!

[Dan Bracuk]

I've never tried it, but, you might be able to do it with javascript. Your
iframe will probably already have a name so that's a good start. You might
also have to give it an id attribute, I'm not sure. The stuff in the iframe
with the checkboxes should also be a form and should also have a name and
possibly an id.

Your javascript function will have to read the values of the checkboxes in
your iframe form and pass them to a hidden form field on your main page. Then,
in your action page, the hidden form field will be available to work with.

[ColdConFused]

well, i've only been doing web development for about a month, so javascript is
a little out of my league at the moment. i was hoping i could find a
javascript-free solution. there must be some way for a coldfusion form to
retrieve something from another form, right? or maybe not. maybe i've hit one
of the limits of coldfusion? actually, i'm thinking maybe the second submit
button could be within the iframe. this would probably solve it. what do you
think? i'll give it a whirl, and provide an update in a couple of days.

[Dan Bracuk]

If you are going to do web development, you want to learn javascript. I
learned it by buying this book,
[url]http://www.samspublishing.com/library/library.asp?b=STY_JavaScript_24_hours&rl=1[/url]
.. Good book.

As far as where you put your submit button, I can't say. I don't know what
you are trying to do. You should though. A good idea is to state what you
want to do in plain English, and then write your code accordingly.

By the way, given how new you are, my compliments on getting to the stage
where you could have a select in your main page populate a form in an iframe.

[forumnotifier]

If you are going to do web development, you want to learn javascript. I
learned it by buying this book,
[url]http://www.samspublishing.com/library/library.asp?b=STY_JavaScript_24_hours&rl=1[/url]
.. Good book.

As far as where you put your submit button, I can't say. I don't know what
you are trying to do. You should though. A good idea is to state what you
want to do in plain English, and then write your code accordingly.

By the way, given how new you are, my compliments on getting to the stage
where you could have a select in your main page populate a form in an iframe.

[ColdConFused]

Thanks for the tips. I know I'll have to get around to learning javascript one
of these days (and I've already incorporated some open-source freebies into my
site) but I'm also finding that javascript solutions are being used when
they're not needed, and since I'm working with a very compressed development
schedule, I can't really take too much time out for study.
Thanks again!