cfupdate

Note:

This tag is unsupported in CFFiddle.

Description

Updates records in a data source from data in a ColdFusion form or form Scope.

Category

Syntax

dataSource = "ds_name"
tableName = "table_name"
formFields = "field_names"
password = "password"
tableOwner = "name"
tableQualifier = "qualifier"
username = "username">
Note:

You can specify this tag's attributes in an attributeCollection attribute whose value is a structure. Specify the structure name in the attributeCollection attribute and use the tag's attribute names as structure keys.

See also

cfinsertcfprocparamcfprocresultcfquerycfqueryparamcfstoredproccftransactionCreating an update action page with cfupdate in the Developing ColdFusion Applications.

History

ColdFusion 11: Removed the attributes - connectString, dbName, dbServer, dbtype, provider, and providerDSN.

ColdFusion 10: Added the clientInfo attribute.

ColdFusion MX: Deprecated the connectString, dbName, dbServer,  dbtype , provider, and  providerDSN  attributes. They do not work, and might cause an error, in releases later than ColdFusion 5.

Attributes

Attribute

Req/Opt

Default

Description

clientInfo

Optional

 

Structure containing properties of the client to be set on the database connection.

dataSource

Optional

 

Name of the data source that contains the table.

tableName

Required

 

Name of table to update.

  • For Oracle drivers, must be uppercase.
  • For Sybase driver, case sensitive; must be in same case as used when the table was created.

formFields

Optional

(all on form, except keys)

Comma-delimited list of form fields to update.
If a form field is not matched by a column name in the database, ColdFusion throws an error. The formFields list must include the database table primary key field, which must be present in the form. It can be hidden.

password

Optional

 

Overrides the password value specified in ODBC setup.

tableOwner

Optional

 

For data sources that support table ownership (for example, SQL Server, Oracle, Sybase SQL Anywhere), the table owner.

tableQualifier

Optional

 

For data sources that support table qualifiers. The purpose of table qualifiers is as follows:

  • SQL Server and Oracle: name of the database that contains the table
  • Intersolv dBASE driver: directory of DBF files

username

Optional

 

Overrides username value specified in ODBC setup.

Example

<cfif isDefined("form.phone")>
<cfupdate datasource="cfdocexamples" tablename="EMPLOYEES">
</cfif>

<cfquery name="empTable" datasource="cfdocexamples">
SELECT * FROM EMPLOYEES
</cfquery>

<!--- This code shows the contents of the employee table and allows you to choose a row for updating. --->
<table border="1">
<cfoutput query="empTable">
<tr>
<td>#firstName#</td>
<td>#lastName#</td>
<td>#phone#</td>
<td><a href="cfupdate.cfm?id=#emp_id#">Edit</a></td>
</tr>
</cfoutput>
</table>

<cfif isDefined("url.id")>
<cfquery name="phoneQuery" datasource="cfdocexamples">
SELECT * FROM employees WHERE emp_id=#url.id#
</cfquery>
<!--- This code displays the row to edit for update. --->
<cfoutput query="phoneQuery">
<form action="cfupdate.cfm" method="post">
#phoneQuery.firstName# #phoneQuery.lastName#
<input name="phone" type="text" value="#phone#" size="12">
<input type="submit" value="Update">
<input name="emp_id" type="hidden" value="#emp_id#">
<!--- The emp_id is passed as a hidden field to be used as a primary
key in the CFUPDATE. --->
</form>
</cfoutput>
</cfif>
Note:

The cfupdate tag internally uses parameterized queries.

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