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sliver

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Nov 16, 2000
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I have a real basic query and output for a form my problem is that the query could bring back upwards of 200 records and I only want to display 20 per page and at the bottom of each page I want to either
A: submit and make a report from the names I have chosen
or
B: keep the names I have chosen and see the next 20 to see if I want to add one of them.

I dont even know if it is possible to have two buttons on a form that preform different actions but if it is i cant find the code anywhere.
<CFquery datasource=&quot;DS&quot; name=&quot;Qname&quot;>
select name, id from table
</CFQUERY>
<FORM>
<cfoutput query=Qname>
<input type=&quot;checkbox&quot; name=&quot;include&quot; value=&quot;#id#&quot;>#name#
<CFOUTPUT>
<INPUT TYPE=&quot;submit&quot; VALUE=&quot;make a report&quot;>
</FORM>

thanx in advance
 
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I think this is what you want:
<form action=xyx.cfm&quot; name=blabla>
custom code goes here
<input type=submit name=submit value=buttonvalue1>
<input type=submit name=submit value=buttonvalue2>
</form>



Then on the xyx.cfm page, you would have something like:

<cfif #form.submit# EQ 'buttonvalue1'>
custom code goes here
<cfelseif #form.submit# EQ 'buttonvalue2'>
custom code goes here
</cfif>

Hope this is what you need. The only dumb questions are the ones that are never asked
 
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Hello All,
I think that the solution to the problem given by twcmam is just great.Your problem is solved using CFML.

I just to wanted show another possible solution that solves your question but using Javascript:
Here is the code:

You should put this code into the head section of your form page:

<html>
<head>
<title>YOUR FORM PAGE</title>
<script language=&quot;JavaScript&quot;>
<!----------------------
function send(ref_form,action_page)
{
ref_form.action=action_page;
ref_form.submit();
}
//---------------------->
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form>

All of your form code goes here.

<input type=&quot;button&quot; name=&quot;button1&quot; value=&quot;Submit 1&quot; onclick=&quot;send(this.form,'actionpage1.cfm')&quot;>
 
<input type=&quot;button&quot; name=&quot;button2&quot; value=&quot;Submit 2&quot; onclick=&quot;send(this.form,'actionpage2.cfm')&quot;>
</form>

Instead of using two submits, I put two buttons in the form and I use the &quot;onclick&quot; event handler for every button in the form,and pass the form and the action page to the javascript function.
This is a more complex code than twcman wrote and you must have two differents action pages for the form,but it's another way to solve the same problem,using a client-side language such as Javascript.

I hope this helps...

Kind Regards


 
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