[FX.php List] Saving/Exporting records - RESOLVED

[Bob Patin]

Sounds like a plan; so instead of PHP looping and creating records,  
you do it in a FM script.

Cool...

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On Jan 26, 2008, at 11:18 PM, Jonathan Schwartz wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> I came up with a workable solution for now. It cut down the time  
> from over one minute to approx 15 seconds for creation of 1500  
> records.
>
> For reference, here's what I did:
>
> 1) User queries records in primary table, sees resulting records.
> 2) User clicks "Save" button, which repeats query and writes recid's  
> to a comma separated PHP string.
> 3) The query also includes a '-script' parameter that runs a FMP  
> script:
> 	a) Creates a Parent record
> 	b) Saves the recid string in a single field
> 	c) Loops thru values in the single field, creating child records  
> for each recid in string
> 	d) Populates other child fields with lookup
> 4) Returns user to either add more records or edit the newly formed  
> list.
>
> This works for me.
>
> Thanks to all that offered help.
>
> Jonathan
>
>
>
> -- 
> Jonathan Schwartz
> Exit 445 Group
> jonathan at exit445.com
> http://www.exit445.com
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