Updating Username Field on table based on current user logged in

[cdw0308]

I am trying to have a hidden input field that is on my newcontact.cfm page update to the username of the person logged in making that new contact. What i am trying to acheive is a way to filter the contacts per user. So when they log in they only see their contacts.
Can someone help me. I have created the login page. I also have a field called username on my user table which contains the login information. On my contacts table I have a field called user_name. I am trying to update the user_name field on the contacts table.

I am not sure how to record and pass the session username to the field in the table and save it.

 

[TruthInSatire]

if you have users logged in you can just use the session variable holding the users name.

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[cdw0308]

Could you give me an example of how to pass it to the field value. Would i use a cfset or a update statement, etc?

 

[cdw0308]

I figured out what i was doing wrong.
Thanks for the help.

 

[rojas1mg]

Please post your findings as others may encounter this very scenario.

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