[FX.php List] Best Practices for Forms

[Gjermund Gusland Thorsen]

If I remember correctly, the limitations are 2048 bytes for _GET queries
and 65535 bytes for _POST quieres.

ggt667

On 7/17/06, Bob Patin <bob at patin.com> wrote:
> Jonathan,
>
> I haven't faced any limit to the # of fields that FileMaker will deal
> with, but I have experienced "data overload" with many client sites.
> These days, I always separate data into several forms so that
> customers are less likely to make mistakes. I tend to design input
> systems as wizards that we are used to with app installers; a little
> more work, but much easier for the users online.
>
> Just my opinion, of course!
>
> Bob Patin
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> On Jul 16, 2006, at 6:34 PM, Jonathan Schwartz wrote:
>
> > Are there any limitations on the size of the forms that fx.php will
> > handle?   Should data entry be divided into separate pages at some
> > number of fields?  I'm referring to what I consider "normal" sized
> > forms, with 30 or so fields.
> >
> > TIA,
> >
> > Jonathan
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