School Assignment? Project Due Tomorrow? Chat LIVE With A Programming Expert!

Dream.In.Code > Programming Help > ColdFusion

Welcome to Dream.In.Code
	Become an Expert! Join 307,118 Programmers for FREE! Get instant access to thousands of experts, tutorials, code snippets, and more! There are 1,969 people online right now. Registration is fast and FREE... Join Now! Chat LIVE With a Expert

checking lists in url

checking lists in url

sukiho	21 Oct, 2009 - 02:30 AM Post #1
New D.I.C Head Joined: 21 Oct, 2009 Posts: 3	Im doing some work on an already built site and I want to see if a name is already in a list which gets sent thru the url, say like this where one is the name and I want to see if its already in the list, which it is in this case - page.cfm?Name=one &theList=one,two,three the code used isnt working but it would seem something like this should, but it isnt - CODE <cfif listContains(url.theList, "url.Name")> any ideas? thanks
	This Post Was Helpful!

Register for Free to Make These Ads Go Away!

ecuscotty	RE: Checking Lists In Url 21 Oct, 2009 - 06:42 AM Post #2
New D.I.C Head Joined: 14 Oct, 2009 Posts: 40 Thanked: 5 times My Contributions	Hello, Try something like... CODE <cfif listContains(url.theList, #url.Name#) neq 0> You were looking for the literal string "url.Name" in the list, but what you really want is to look for the value of the url.Name variable. Good Luck. This post has been edited by ecuscotty: 21 Oct, 2009 - 06:43 AM
	This Post Was Helpful!

sukiho	RE: Checking Lists In Url 21 Oct, 2009 - 09:01 AM Post #3
New D.I.C Head Joined: 21 Oct, 2009 Posts: 3	thanks, I think that works but the problem seems to be that I get a space after the word in the url, as in my example after one - page.cfm?Name=one &theList=one,two,three and that seems to throw it off, I have tried <CFPROCESSINGDIRECTIVE SUPPRESSWHITESPACE="Yes"> but doesnt seem to change it actually it works fine in english, its when i use a language like thai that it adds white space This post has been edited by sukiho: 21 Oct, 2009 - 09:16 AM
	This Post Was Helpful!

sukiho	RE: Checking Lists In Url 21 Oct, 2009 - 09:51 AM Post #4
New D.I.C Head Joined: 21 Oct, 2009 Posts: 3	this seems to work, thanks for the help CODE <cfif (listContains(url.theList, trim(#url.Name#))neq 0)> This post has been edited by sukiho: 21 Oct, 2009 - 10:00 AM
	This Post Was Helpful!

Fast Reply

Reply to this topic

Start new topic

Display Mode: Standard · Switch to: Linear+ · Switch to: Outline

Track this topic · Email this topic · Print this topic · Subscribe to this forum

Time is now: 11/21/09 01:36PM

Invision Power Board v2.1.7 © 2009 IPS, Inc.

Licensed to: MediaGroup1

Advertising | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | About Us | Site Map

Advertise on this site through Lake Quincy Media

Forum Index: Programming Help | C and C++ | VB6 | Java | VB.NET | C# | ASP.NET | PHP | ColdFusion | Perl and Python | Ruby | Databases | Other Languages | Game Programming | Mobile Development | Software Development | Computer Science | Industry News | Programming Tutorials | C++ Tutorials | Visual Basic Tutorials | Java Tutorials | VB.NET Tutorials | C# Tutorials | Linux Tutorials | PHP Tutorials | ColdFusion Tutorials | Windows Tutorials | HTML/JavaScript Tutorials | CSS Tutorials | Flash Tutorials | Web Promotion Tutorials | Graphic Design & Photoshop Tutorials | Software Development Tutorials | Database Tutorials | Other Language Tutorials | ASP.NET Tutorials | Game Programming Tutorials | WPF & Silverlight Tutorials |

Copyright 2001-2008 MediaGroup1 LLC, All Rights Reserved
A MediaGroup1 LLC Production - Version 6.0.2.1.36
Server: secure2

Search^Updated!w00t

Over 509,000 Pages! Advanced Forum Search

Live Help!

Be Social

Tutorials

Programming

Web Development

Reference Sheets

Code Snippets

DIC Chatroom

Join our IRC Chat

Bye Bye Ads

Monthly Drawing

Top Contributors

Top 10 Kudos This Month