Menu Problem with OnClick Values

Question

Hi, I am not able to resolve this, so I hope someone can
point out my error, or point me in the right direction. I have a
set of menu choices and have an imbedded onclick command to pass a
desired value. Instead of getting a value of, 1, for the first menu
item, the value of, 6, is passed. How do I get the correct value
passed? I've copied a section of my menu code below:
<LI class=first>
<A href="DisplayCFP.cfm" class=first onClick="<cfset
session.DKy = 1>">"About BOMA"</A></LI>
<LI>
<A href="DisplayCFP.cfm" onClick="<cfset session.DKy =
2>">"Who is BOMA?"</A></LI>
<LI>
<A href="DisplayCFP.cfm" onClick="<cfset session.DKy =
3>">"Membership Categories"</A></LI>
<LI><A
href="https://www.bomakc.org/RegisterNewMember.cfm">Join
Online</A></LI>
<LI>
<A href="DisplayCFP.cfm" onClick="<cfset session.DKy =
4>">"Leadership"</A></LI>
<LI class=first>
<A href="DisplayCFP.cfm" class=first onClick="<cfset
session.DKy = 5>">"What We Provide"</A></LI>
<LI><A
href="ClassRegistration.cfm">Class Schedule &amp;
Registration</A></LI>
<LI>
<A href="DisplayCFP.cfm" onClick="<cfset session.DKy =
6>">"Continuing Professional
Development"</A></LI>
Thank you, in advance, for some help.

Answer 1

Not sure what you want to achieve.
CF is a server-side script. Setting session variables ,
processing of inputs
will be done at the server-side. The values of Cf variables
are set when the
code is parsed by the server. You would not be able to set
session
variables client-side as your code seems to suggest.
Just as an example, say you want to send a value 1 to the new
page when a
user clicks a link, you could use
<a href="DisplayCFP.cfm?id=1">About BOMA</a>
At the receiving page, you could get the data with
<cfset session.DKy = url.id>
Passing url variables is not secure as the user can see the
variable and can
change the value in the address bar. If you can be more
specific about what
you want to achieve someone can suggest a solution. You may
also want to try
the CF forum.
"jade2g" <[email protected]> wrote in
message
news:eoo4tf$7bf$[email protected]..
>
>
> Hi, I am not able to resolve this, so I hope someone can
point out my
> error,
> or point my in the right direction. I have a set of menu
choices and have
> an
> imbedded onclick command to pass a desired value.
Instead of getting a
> value
> of, 1, for the first menu item, the value of, 6, is
passed. How do I get
> the
> correct value passed? I've copied a section of my menu
code below:
>
> <LI class=first>
> <A href="DisplayCFP.cfm" class=first
onClick="<cfset session.DKy =
> 1>">"About
> BOMA"</A></LI>