Yeah, that is a good way to do it, i would do something similar too but Shiloh seemed to not want to requery the database, althought querys in this case would be the quickest and simplest way to get the historical information, which would be stored in the database already, and as you said, update querys if you want to change the information loaded into the form. If you need to avoid the database, the only other way i can see of keeping the information is adding it to variables at the same time as you add it into the database, and when you need to re-access the info, pull it from the variable instead of the database, but that could get messy Luke ----- Original Message ----- From: "Duane Lakoduk" <dlakoduk@mn.rr.com> To: "'Luke Skywalker'" <masterskywalker@tpg.com.au>; <php-db@lists.php.net> Sent: Wednesday, September 17, 2003 12:39 PM Subject: RE: Saving state > Luke, Good point, this list is set up different in that "Reply" ONLY replies > to the individual poster, not the list. Have to use "reply to all". > > I have added the list address to this post. To all concerned, this thread > contains some "off list" conversation that may be of interest, particularly > to the original poster. > > Luke, I agree, both methods will probably work well, as you said, 'depending > on the situation'. > To expand on the issue of retrieving previously posted data into a > multi-tabbed form. In this case, I would normally show the user a list of > previous posts or perform a search. Selecting a previous post would load > the form with the historical data to allow reviewing one tab at a time. > Just like loading any normal edit/view form, but with the tabs breaking up > the form into individual "parts" of the same record. Edits and updates are > performed and posted using a similar process to the original post but using > an UPDATE WHERE instead of an INSERT INTO statement. > > List, Sorry if this post is ugly. Delete as necessary. > -- PHP Database Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
