Coldfusion Populate form with dropdown selection using ajax

Question

So I have a project that\'s using ColdFusion and it has a form with a dropdown.

See example: http://jsfiddle.net/mwoods98/KXmNK/

What I need to

Answer 1

In my example, I have a set of drop downs that are tiered dependent (Coldbox 3.5+, CF9)

Using bindCFC and cfajax , here is an example of the first two drop downs the second being dependent

My view snippet

My model (dynform) snippet

 
    
    
       SELECT
               egc.nd_event_group_id                  group_id,
               egc.short_desc                         group_name
       FROM    event_group_code egc
       WHERE   egc.status_code = 'A'
       ORDER BY egc.sort_order
    
    



        
    
    
        SELECT ec.event_id,           
               ec.FULL_DESC as event_name              
        FROM   events ec
        WHERE  ec.event_group_id =   

    
    

Though the above will work, I ended up ditching it for the jQuery/ajax return JSON approach. The reasons why:

1. Coldbox way = Handlers should be doing the work, not views

2. CFajax/cfselect was slower than jQuery ajax, and with less options. (What if I want a multiple select box? Or three data attributes returned rather than two?)

3. I didn't want to use the cfform tag in my view, which cfselect requires

I can post the jQuery ajax way if needed, but I think I answered the original question