How can I split the data from 1 feild in a form? 1

[scottew]

I have a from with two fields (name and email). When this page is submitted, it brings them to another page and I would like to split the name field into two fields (firstname and lastname).

<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="name" SIZE="40" maxlength="40">
<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="email" SIZE="40" maxlength="40">

<cfoutput><INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="firstname" SIZE="40" maxlength="40" value="#form.name#"></cfoutput>

<cfoutput><INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="lastname" SIZE="40" maxlength="40" value="form.#name#"></cfoutput>

<cfoutput><INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="email" SIZE="40" maxlength="40" value="#form.email#"></cfoutput>

Any tips on how I can accomplish this would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Scott

 

[GUJUm0deL]

Well, the best way would be have the name field as two field names instead of one. Not sure if that is doable or not. But I guess you can also do something like:

<cfset firstname = ListFirst(name," ")>
<cfset lastname = ListLast(name," ")>

Play around with that...

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[scottew]

Thanks GUJUm0del, but where would I set those variables, on the first page.

 

[GUJUm0deL]

One the page where your parsing the fields.

<cfset fname = ListFirst(#FORM.name#," ")>
<cfset lname = ListLast(#FORM.name#," ")>

<cfoutput>
<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="firstname" SIZE="40" maxlength="40" value="#fname#">

<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="lastname" SIZE="40" maxlength="40" value="#lname#">

<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="email" SIZE="40" maxlength="40" value="#form.email#">
</cfoutput>

NOTE: you do not need to wrap each line in it's own <cfoutptu> tag.

And, i'm sure what you posted above was a mistake but form.#name# should be #form.name# or you'll get an error.

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[scottew]

Great thanks! Yes, that was a typo. I got that part working, I just need to parse (I couldn't think of that word earlier) the fields.

Thanks for the help!

 

[GUJUm0deL]

No problem, did it work as you needed? Couldn't test this at work.

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[scottew]

Yes, works great. Thanks again.