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I have three select boxes, day, month, year. I want the ´selected´ values to be today´s date. The days select box is 1-31, the month January-December, the year 2006-2020 How can I do this please?
<cfoutput>#DateFormat(Now())#,
#TimeFormat(Now())#</cfoutput>

<select name="day">
                <option>01</option>
                etc.
                <option>31</option>
              </select>
<SELECT name="month">
    <OPTION>January</OPTION>
    etc.
    <OPTION>December</OPTION>
  </SELECT>
  <select name="year">
     <option selected>2006</option>
      etc.
     <option>2020</option></select>

03-31-2006 @ 3:20 PM

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<select name="day">
     <cfloop from="1" to="31" index="dd">
          <option value="#dd#"<cfif day(now()) EQ dd> selected="selected"</cfif>>#dd#</option>
     </cfloop>
</select>

that'll do your day.  based on that, you give month and year a shot Smile

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This message was edited by CJ on 3-31-06 @ 9:18 PM

riogrande

03-31-2006 @ 6:25 PM

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Thanks CJ I tried it out for day month and year with the following (complete) code but I get an error on the month select (The value of the attribute TO is invalid. The value cannot be converted to a numeric because it is not a simple value). Also I get an error on them all saying that (Variable I is undefined). Do I have to put the options in is that the problem? Thanks a lot

<tr><td class="label">
<select name="day" class="ftforminputsmall">
     <cfloop from="1" to="31" index="dd">
<option value="#dd#"<cfif day(now()) EQ i>
selected="selected"</cfif>#dd#</option> </cfloop>
</select> </td>

<td>
<select name="month">
     <cfloop from="January" to="December" index="dd">
    <option value="#dd#"<cfif month(now()) EQ i>
selected="selected"</cfif>#dd#</option></cfloop>
</select></td>

<td><select name="year">
<cfloop from="2006" to="2020" index="dd">
<option value="#dd#"<cfif year(now()) EQ i>
selected="selected"</cfif>#dd#</option></cfloop>
</select></td></tr>

mquack

03-31-2006 @ 6:53 PM

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month(now()) returns the NUMERIC VALUE of the current month, and in your loop you have the TEXT VALUE. Your month loop should be...

Also, your loop is using 'dd' as your index, and not 'i', so you need to change the IF statements to reflect that.

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This message was edited by mquack on 3-31-06 @ 6:54 PM

03-31-2006 @ 9:18 PM

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d'oH!

my bad on the 'i' thing. editing my previous post to remove bone-headed error Smile

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riogrande

04-01-2006 @ 12:47 PM

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Thanks a lot for the answers, changed the dd to i I am beginning to get my head around loops I will have a good session learning them.

The months in numbers is really annoying. I have search in the cfmx function reference docs and I can only seem to find one other function for months: Monthasstring which both seem to use numeric values. How do I make the 1 to 12 values in the month select change? Thanks a lot for any help
<select name="month">
     <cfloop from="1" to="12" index="i">
          <option value="#i#"<cfif month(now()) EQ i> selected="selected"</cfif>>#i#</option>
     </cfloop>
</select>

mquack

04-01-2006 @ 1:01 PM

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<cfset monthList =
"January,February,March,April,May,June,July,August,September,October,November,December" />
<cfloop list="#monthList#" index="m">
<option value="#m#"<cfif monthAsString(month(now())) IS m> selected="selected"</cfif>>#m#</option>
</cfloop>

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04-01-2006 @ 8:25 PM

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quote:
The months in numbers is really annoying. I have search in the cfmx function reference docs and I can only seem to find one other function for months: Monthasstring which both seem to use numeric values. How do I make the 1 to 12 values in the month select change? Thanks a lot for any help

you just answered the question you asked.

"...montasstring which ...seem to use numeric values."

don't you have numeric values (1-12)?

<cfloop from="1" to="12" index="i">
#monthAsString(i)#<br />
</cfloop>

^ what's that give you? can you use that function?

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riogrande

04-03-2006 @ 5:41 PM

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Thanks cj and mquack:I used your way mquack as the <cfloop from="1" to="12" index="i">
#monthAsString(i)#<br />
</cfloop>
still gave me a list of 1-12 numbers

This message was edited by riogrande on 4-3-06 @ 5:43 PM

mquack

04-03-2006 @ 6:27 PM