> At 04:14 PM 28/06/2010, you wrote:
> >On 06/24/2010 09:16 PM, Bill Mudry wrote:
> >>Overall, I am happy with the progress on my pet TAXA project but
> >>the journey is proving to be like riding over a rocky road. The
> >>most recent effort at a functional addition has been a form to let
> >>users decide whether 2 of three types of data will show (general,
> >>woodworking & numeric). The general
> >>data for each wood should always so and the users should be able to
> >>choose if either or both of hte other two should show (using include files).
> >>
> >>At first in the form's simplest unformatted form, I got it working
> >>fine (and I rejoiced ....). Then when I tried to put it into a
> >>table to pretty it up again --- I would no longer work (...
> >>almost). I tried all kinds of things. If you temporarily hardcode
> >>the choices, the two tables show or do not as desired. Somehow
> >>the user choices are not latching to the control lines. Every time
> >>you click on the submit button
> >>(named ''Choose Data to View"), it cycles back to the same page
> >>like it should.
> >>
> >>Now the weird things start. Yesterday, in reviewing everything
> >>before submitting to this forum, I
> >>decided I should try it again ---- and to my astonishment for a
> >>while --- it worked! I could choose
> >>the working data checkbox, the woodworking checkbox or both and
> >>they would show. Don't
> >>check either and they didn't show just like should be. That was
> >>short lived, though(!). It hasn't
> >>worked since. Ahem..... talk about flaky.....
> >>
> >>But then I noticed another problem. To activate the user choice you
> >>have to click on the submit button of course. When I cycled through
> >>is when I noticed that now on species detail sheets that
> >>are set up to show a scan of the wood being reported on the scan
> >>that first showed disappears,
> >>leaving only the 'missing' graphic' symbol only.
> >>
> >>So now I have two consternating problems:
> >>
> >> 1 - How do I get the form to let users choose what data
> >> tables to show to work consistently
> >> well all the time? If it works mysteriously some of
> >> the time, my code should be fairly
> >> close to what it needs to be <fingers-crossed>.
> >>
> >> 2 - How do I keep the scan showing always? I realize that
> >> each time the submit button is
> >> hit, the location for what scan file (all .jpg)
> >> should show gets lost. All scans are kept in
> >> and alphabetical list of folders according to the
> >> first letter of the (botanical) name of the wood being showed:
> >> /taxa/wood_scans/gallery_a/<filename>
> >> /taxa/wood_scans/gallery_b/<filename>
> >> /taxa/wood_scans/gallery_c/<filename>
> >> /taxa/wood_scans/gallery_d/<filename> and so on, but have been loaded into
> >> the 'species' MySQL file (species.sql) also in
> >> column 'picture_filename'.
> ><snip>
> >
> >1) Fix 2 and I think 1 will be more easily traced.
> >2) I did not see that you were keeping the species_name once the
> >user clicks on "Choose data to view." You could add a hidden input
> >field that saves the value and returns it to the script. Something like:
> >echo "<input type='hidden' name='species_name' value='{$species_name}' />";
> >Once the user clicks the button to select the data they want to
> >view, PHP has no idea what species they were viewing.
>
> That might be a good suggestion, James. I will try this shortly
> tonight. I will let you know after.
>
> Can you possibly figure out why the form is working so flaky, now? As
> above, it worked when not in a table for formating (quite well at one
> early point), basically has not worked except briefly one morning
> (without any code change I know.....) and not since. I just checked
> now and it doesn't work.
> The URL at the top shows as
> http://www.prowebcanada.com/taxa/displayspecies.php?show_woodworking=OFF&show_numeric=OFF
> and that is even after I have chosen both user check boxes on and
> clicked on the submit button. Both should read on but both show OFF.
When I visited the site, there was an error in the generated HTML, so I
suspect your actual script in use is not identical to the one you
included in your mail.
The error was in the img tag generated for a specific wood. NULL as filename,
no quotes around url, and an extra '>' on the end.
> >Thanks,
> >James
>
> Here's hoping that you or someone can catch what I have not quite
> coded correctly.
>
> Bill
>
>
>
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