Parsing

[InkFasT!]

I have a question that must at once seem simple and stupid...

If I create a form on one page and want to pass the form field data through a
couple of other pages would I not include in the other pages:

<input name="formfield" type="hidden" value="#form.formfield#"> ?

It seemed perfectly logical to me but what I get is "form.formfield" instead
of the data in the form field.

OK guys (and gals) what did I miss here?

Thanks!
David

[Dan Bracuk]

If you want your form data to persist through more than one page, create
session variables.

Originally posted by: InkFasT!
I have a question that must at once seem simple and stupid...

If I create a form on one page and want to pass the form field data through a
couple of other pages would I not include in the other pages:

<input name="formfield" type="hidden" value="#form.formfield#"> ?

It seemed perfectly logical to me but what I get is "form.formfield" instead
of the data in the form field.

OK guys (and gals) what did I miss here?

Thanks!
David

[forumnotifier]

If you want your form data to persist through more than one page, create
session variables.

Originally posted by: InkFasT!
I have a question that must at once seem simple and stupid...

If I create a form on one page and want to pass the form field data through a
couple of other pages would I not include in the other pages:

<input name="formfield" type="hidden" value="#form.formfield#"> ?

It seemed perfectly logical to me but what I get is "form.formfield" instead
of the data in the form field.

OK guys (and gals) what did I miss here?

Thanks!
David

[BKBK]

It seemed perfectly logical to me but what I get is "form.formfield" instead of
the data in the form field.

That can only mean one thing. At some point you mistakenly passed
form.formfield instead of #form.formfield#. It's a common mistake we all
make, in the heat of the action. Review your code, in particular, your "action"
pages, i.e. the code that processes the posted form fields.

[InkFasT!]

Well it seems that to include the data in a hidden field and pass it through
different pages (not to mention a payment gateway and into the db) the original
code of:

<input name="formfield" type="hidden" value="#form.formfield#"> was wrong...

<input name="formfield" type="hidden"
value="<cfoutput>#form.formfield#</cfoutput>"> worked great.

Thanks for the help!
David