[FX.php List] Best Practices for Forms

[Gjermund Gusland Thorsen]

option 2 is the way to go

Look up: session_start()

Do FMNew
keep the -recid of current record in _SESSION variable
and do FMEdit on the next pages submitted.

ggt667

On 7/17/06, Jonathan Schwartz <jonathan at eschwartz.com> wrote:
> I suppose that there (at least) are two issues here. The first is
> dealing with the original intended question: if with too many fields,
> the URL gets so long that it will not work correctly.
>
> The other issue is whether the form gets so long that the *user*
> doesn't work correctly, ;-)
>
> If the form is divided up into multiple pages to relief both
> conditions, and the intent is to create a new record in FMP, what is
> best way to accomplish?   Do you:
>         1) Pass the data from page to page and then issue the FMP New
> script? This wouldn't help the issue of too many fields, if that
> problem actually exists.
>         2) Create the new FMP record on the first form page and then
> consider the rest of the page actions as edits?  In this case, I
> suppose that you have to toss incomplete records.
>
> Jonathan
>
> At 9:00 AM -0500 7/17/06, Bob Patin 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!
> >
> >>
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