Can I have more than one submit that almost does the same action?

Question

I have a form that is submitted, it show all the comments from a table which are showing properly and able to submit good. I would like to add ( if possible ) a submit button for EVERY comment that display. In the original code below it has one submit button, so when a user click on it it will submit all comments. I would like it to be a option to have 'submit all' button and 'submit' individual comment, if this is possible?

What would be the best way to approced this?

<form method="post" action="cse_execoffice_pending.cfm" name="review_comments"> <cfoutput> <input type="hidden" name="txtApprovedBy" value="#GetCurrentUser.emp_id#"> <input type="hidden" name="txtTotalRecords" value="#Mush2.Recordcount#"> </cfoutput> <cfoutput query="Mush3"> <hr> <div class="comments_approvaldecision"> <p> <input type="hidden" name="txtResponseID#CurrentRow#" value="#response_id#"> <input type="radio" name="execoffice_status#CurrentRow#" id="approve#CurrentRow#" value="1" checked="checked"> <label for="approve#CurrentRow#">Approve</label><br> <input type="radio" name="execoffice_status#CurrentRow#" id="deny#CurrentRow#" value="2"> <label for="deny#CurrentRow#">Deny</label> </p> </div> <div class="comments_pendingapproval"> <div class="clearfloat<cfif (#commentpositive# eq '')> hideempty</cfif>"> Positive Comments:<br> <cfset reReplaceCommentpositive = reReplace(commentpositive, '<br>', '', 'ALL')> <textarea rows="3" name="txtCommentPositive#CurrentRow#">#reReplaceCommentpositive#</textarea></div> <div class="clearfloat<cfif (#commentnegative# eq '')> hideempty</cfif>"> Negative Comments:<br> <cfset reReplaceCommentnegative = reReplace(commentnegative, '<br>', '', 'ALL')> <textarea rows="3" name="txtCommentNegative#CurrentRow#">#reReplaceCommentnegative#</textarea></div> <table> <thead><tr><th>Rating</th><th>Question</th></tr></thead> <tbody> <cfloop index="i" from="1" to="5"> <cfset rating = Mush3["rating" & i][Mush3.CurrentRow]> <cfset question = Mush3["csedept_question" & i][Mush3.CurrentRow]> <tr> <td valign="top"> <cfif #rating# eq 5></cfif> ........more code ... </td> <td valign="top">#question#</td> </tr> </cfloop> </tbody> </table> </div> </cfoutput> <p><input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit"></p> </form>

Frank Tudor · Accepted Answer · 2014-12-05 22:29:48Z

Yes you can...Here is a simple example of using buttons to do different things (in the same form).

<cfif form.action is "insert"> <!---Insert code here....---> </cfif> <cfif form.action eq "update"> <!---update code here---> </cfif> <cfif form.action eq "delete"> <!---delete code here---> </cfif> <form action=""> <input type="submit" name="action" value="insert"> <input type="submit" name="action" value="update"> <input type="submit" name="action" value="delete"> </form>

More:

You asked if you can submit a record without spinning through all the others. Right?

In that case you need to wrap your cfoutput tag around your form. You will spawn many forms. Notice that I have a unique name for each form when I loop over the recurs using your currentrow as a unique-ifyer :) I rendered your form to a basic example so you can see without all that other stuff...

<cfoutput query="Mush3"> <form method="post" action="" name="comments#CurrentRow#"> <input type="hidden" name="txtApprovedBy" value="#GetCurrentUser.emp_id#"> <input type="hidden" name="txtTotalRecords" value="#Mush2.Recordcount#"> <input type="hidden" name="txtResponseID#CurrentRow#" value="#response_id#"> Approve or Deny:<br> <label for="approve#CurrentRow#"> <input type="radio" name="execoffice_status#CurrentRow#" id="approve#CurrentRow#" value="1" checked="checked">Approve</label> <label for="deny#CurrentRow#"> <input type="radio" name="execoffice_status#CurrentRow#" id="deny#CurrentRow#" value="2">Deny</label> <br> Positive comment:<br> <textarea rows="3" name="txtCommentPositive#CurrentRow#">#reReplaceCommentpositive#</textarea></div> <br> Negative comment:<br> <textarea rows="3" name="txtCommentNegative#CurrentRow#">#reReplaceCommentnegative#</textarea></div> <br> <input type="submit" name="Submit" value="Submit"> </form> </cfoutput>

If you take this basic example. Add a

<cfdump var="#form#">

You will see you have a unique set of form data for only one form / currentrow.

And I believe that is what you are looking for, yes?

i see but can it be done for each individual comment, like it will be submitter for each comment or submit all
@yes i was asking if i could add a record without spinning through all the others, and it the end have a submit that you can submit them all
Refactoring code is not fun. I assume the code that processes the form is expecting something different than what you are feeding it? I would approach the problem like this. Get your cfoutput loop to spawn the individual forms in a new page. Inspect the form and determine if all the variables look correct (view the clientside source). Populating properly? Then make a new form processing page that matches the data you are trying to submit. If you can create a new question with your new form and form process code fresh eyes can make suggestions.

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