2007. 04. 20, péntek keltezéssel 09.31-kor Stephen ezt írta: > Opps. Sorry > > I meant when I create the category the category_order field is blank. > > I need a strategy to update/maintain then. yes. I personally do it like when I insert a new record it gets one bigger than the current max - so it gets to the bottom of the list. and I provide buttons to move it up/down/top/bottom which do nothing but adjust the order fields accordingly greets Zoltán Németh > > Stephen > > Wolf wrote: > > IMO, you don't WANT to change that behavior. The category_id should > > remain as a auto-fill field for the database itself, then just sort > > the results of your categories by name or order instead of by id when > > displaying out to the page. > > > > HTH, > > Wolf > > > > Stephen wrote: > >> I have created some PHP scripts that use MySQL to organize the > >> photographs on my web site. > >> > >> They are grouped into categories and the table for categories has > >> these fields: > >> > >> Category_id > >> Category_order > >> Category_name > >> Category_description > >> > >> When creating a category, the category_id field is blank > >> > >> I want to create another form to allow populating and/or changing > >> this field and then updating the database. > >> > >> I will select all category rows, dynamically build the form and > >> update the database, of course. > >> > >> But the next level of detail is not clear to me. > >> > >> What should I make the form look like? Can I do it so that after the > >> update order values will always go from 1 to n where n is the number > >> of categories? > >> > >> Thanks > >> Stephen > >> > > > > > > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
