[FX.php List] Forms that create new records

[Jonathan Schwartz]

Hi Folks,

A while back, I initiated a discussion about whether or not to spread 
out form data collection on several pages versus on long form.  In 
that case, where the sole activity was editing existing records, I 
went with the multiple page method which was made easy through the 
use of sessions.

New project.  The process is filling out  a series of form page to 
generate a single new registration record.  I can think of two ways 
to approach the process: 1) storing the data in session variables 
until the last page is reached, and then dumping it to FMP with 
FMNew().  One advantage is that no new records will be created until 
the process has been completed. It will also be faster because 
FileMaker will not be involved until the last step.   2) Create the 
record on the first page and edit the record's data as the user 
progresses from page to page.

What is the wisdom on these approaches, or other approaches?

Thanks

jonathan
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Jonathan Schwartz
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