`select()`

Description

Builds and returns a string containing a select form control based on the supplied objectName and property.

Function Syntax

select(objectName, property, options [, includeBlank, valueField, textField, label, labelPlacement, prepend, append, prependToLabel, appendToLabel, errorElement ])

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Required	Default	Description
`objectName`	`any`	Yes		The variable name of the object to build the form control for.
`property`	`string`	Yes		The name of the property to use in the form control.
`options`	`any`	Yes		A collection to populate the select form control with. Can be a query recordset or an array of objects.
`includeBlank`	`any`	No	`false`	Whether to include a blank option in the select form control. Pass `true` to include a blank line or a string that should represent what display text should appear for the empty value (for example, "- Select One -").
`valueField`	`string`	No		The column or property to use for the value of each list element. Used only when a query or array of objects has been supplied in the `options` argument.
`textField`	`string`	No		The column or property to use for the value of each list element that the end user will see. Used only when a query or array of objects has been supplied in the `options` argument.
`label`	`string`	No		The label text to use in the form control.
`labelPlacement`	`string`	No	`around`	Whether to place the label before, after, or wrapped around the form control.
`prepend`	`string`	No		String to prepend to the form control. Useful to wrap the form control around HTML tags.
`append`	`string`	No		String to append to the form control. Useful to wrap the form control around HTML tags.
`prependToLabel`	`string`	No		String to prepend to the form control's label. Useful to wrap the form control around HTML tags.
`appendToLabel`	`string`	No		String to append to the form control's label. Useful to wrap the form control around HTML tags.
`errorElement`	`string`	No	`span`	HTML tag to wrap the form control with when the object contains errors.

Examples

<!--- controller code --->
<cfset authors = model("author").findAll()>

<!--- view code --->
<cfoutput>
    <p>#select(objectName="book", property="authorId", options=authors)#</p>
</cfoutput>