Process ColdFusion Form with Component

Question

When a Coldfusion form calls a cfc as the action, is it possible for the browser to stay on the form page or does the component function have to reroute it back to the form page?

<cfform name="crops" action="cfc/stages.cfc?method=update" method="post">

Once the form above is posted, it stays on the component page rather than rerouting back to the form page.

You need to look into using AJAX to submit the form. You really can't submit a form the way you mentioned directly to a CFC. Oh, and stop using `cfform` it will be more trouble than it is worth. Use a plain old HTML form. — Scott Stroz, May 18 '15 at 18:58
Take a look at the answer I posted for a similar question. It should get you started with the form HTML, JavaScript to post the data via Ajax and a simple CFC function to verify that it received the data correctly. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/11461078/post-parameters-from-ajax-request-undefined-in-form-scope-in-coldfusion/11472873#11472873 — Adrian J. Moreno, May 18 '15 at 19:17
Adrian, I want to thank you. I revisited your post today. Your sample code in the link you provided was helpful. I'm still absorbing jquery and js. — Robin, Nov 09 '15 at 17:05

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered May 18 '15 at 19:38

A simple way to accomplish what you appear to want is to submit the form to the page containing it. No ajax required.

<cfif StructKeyExists(form, "aKnownFormField")>
code to process form
can use create object to access cfc code if you want
</cfif>
<form action="thePageIAmOn.cfm" method="post">
<input name="aKnownFormField" type = "text">
more form fields
</form>

Process ColdFusion Form with Component

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