Hi all (you may have been watching this thread for some time now :)
It turned out to be that cfa_userGet is leaving trailing or leading spaces around the preferences UUID. A simple Trim() around the returned variable fixed things up, but this shouldn't have been like this in the first place...
-----Original Message----- From: Laura McReynolds To: Spectra-Talk Sent: 7/02/01 11:51 Subject: Re: Need Help With Displaying Objects
I think I am close to figuring out where the problem is but I might need a little more help. I understand I have a lot to learn and probably could benefit from some professional training. However, it will be some time before I can attend a class and I need this problem solved now so I can go ahead with my application. So, if you know what my problem is, please give me a hint!
Remember back when I said that some of the code works and some doesn't?
I created a separate test file to isolate what is working and what is not. The following code works:
<html> <head> <title>Untitled</title> </head>
<body> <cfset typeid="DA432A6C-BA91-11D4-BA0900C04FA358B2"> <cfa_ContentObjectGetMultiple datasource="suntimes" typeid="#typeid#" r_stobjects="stObjects">
<cfa_contentObject dataSource="#request.cfa.objectstore.dsn#" stObjects="#stObjects#" method="teaser" >
</body> </html>
However when I add in the userGet statement and I set the typeid to request.stUserProfile.preferences.favoriteSection, the code doesn't work:
<html> <head> <title>Untitled</title> </head>
<body> <cfa_userGet userDirectory="UserDirectory" username="#request.cfa.activeuser#" r_stUser="stUser">
<cfset typeid="request.stUserProfile.preferences.favoriteSection">
<cfa_ContentObjectGetMultiple datasource="suntimes" typeid="#typeid#" r_stobjects="stObjects">
<cfa_contentObject dataSource="#request.cfa.objectstore.dsn#" stObjects="#stObjects#" method="teaser" >
</body> </html>
As you can see the only real difference between the two code samples is that I set typeid to a static UUID in one example and a dynamic value in another.
Also, when I try to output the value of request.stUserProfile.preferences.favoriteSection, the UUID does output successfully, as in the following example:
<cfa_userGet userDirectory="UserDirectory" username="#request.cfa.activeuser#" r_stUser="stUser">
<cfoutput>#request.stUserProfile.preferences.favoriteSection# </cfoutput>
Well, I will continue to test my code to try to find an answer. If someone has any idea how to fix this, it would be much appreciated.
Thanks again, Laura ----- Original Message ----- From: "Aaron Johnson" {ajohnson@mindseye.com> To: "Spectra-Talk" <spectra-talk@houseoffusion.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 9:40 PM Subject: RE: Need Help With Displaying Objects
> No, here's the original code: > > <!---Assign the value of the favoriteSection preference (Type UUID) to > variable section1---> > <CFSET section1 = request.stUserProfile.preferences.favoriteSection> > > <td> > <!---display user's preferential headline color and welcome user---> > <div align="center"><font face="Arial" color="#headlinecolor#"><h3>Welcome > #request.cfa.activeuser#! > <p>Here are the top stories in your favorite areas for > #today#.</p></h3></font></div> > > <!---Get Objects of type #section1#---> > <cfa_contentObjectGetMultiple > dataSource="suntimes" > typeID="#section1#" > r_stObjects="section1" > > > > > > You can see that Laura took my advice to rename her first variable > "section1" to "typeid" and then to also name r_stObjects to "stObjects"... > voila, code works. Laura, take the class. You have a lot to learn! :) And > we'll all help you along, but it'd be much easier on you if you or your boss > invested a week of your time into the Spectra class. The time you're out of > office and the cost of the class will be paid back in no time. > > > Aaron Johnson, MCSE, MCP+I > Allaire Certified ColdFusion Developer > MINDSEYE, Inc. > <phn>617.350.0339 > <fax>617.350.8884 > <icq>66172567 > ajohnson@mindseye.com > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ To Unsubscribe visit http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/spectra_talk or send a message to spectra-talk-request@houseoffusion.com with 'unsubscribe' in the body.
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