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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">
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
cfinsert, cfprocparam, cfprocresult, cfquery, cfqueryparam, cfstoredproc, cftransaction; Creating 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.
|
formFields |
Optional |
(all on form, except keys) |
Comma-delimited list of form fields to update. |
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:
|
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>
The cfupdate tag internally uses parameterized queries.