[FX.php List] Strange problem with editing records

[Chris Hansen]

Bob,

Here's another take: is it certain that it's the FIRST edit that's  
failing?  How is the RecordID being passed to the next page?

Basically, all that a RecordID is (as most on this list probably  
already know) is a sequential number starting at 1.  So, if the user's  
session expired, and they submitted, is it possible that the first  
edit works, but the expired session results in a '1' being passed into  
_subsequent_ edits as the RecordID (it sounds to me like there's a  
whole chain of edits going on...)

Just a stab in the dark.  HTH

--Chris Hansen
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On Mar 7, 2008, at 10:50 AM, Dale Bengston wrote:

> There must be some way the incorrect recID is getting supplied. A  
> missing recID will fail to edit anything, rather than just decide to  
> edit the first record.
>
> So for each form, the recID is brought back from the last POST and  
> put in a hidden form field. Under those conditions, posting the next  
> form should work. For debugging, can you print_r($_POST) on every  
> page to see at what point the recID actually goes wrong?
>
> Dale
>
> On Mar 7, 2008, at 11:11 AM, Alex Gates wrote:
>
>> Bob -
>> So the rec id is gathered only on the first page and transferred  
>> via hidden fields through all 8 pages?
>>
>> Is the rec ID of the first record in the DB 1?
>>
>> Finally -
>> Can't you just rewrite that part to use a session instead?
>>
>>
>> Bob Patin wrote:
>>> Joel,
>>> I agree that it looks weird, but the guy who wrote the original  
>>> site (whose name you all know and who shall remain nameless) wrote  
>>> it that way. He apparently stopped answering the client's calls,  
>>> so she called me.
>>> At any rate, the whole web app seems to use that, and it does  
>>> work... except for the weird bugs.
>>> BP
>>>> Hey Bob
>>>>
>>>>> $query->AddDBParam('-recid', $_POST['-recid']);
>>>>
>>>> $_POST['-recid'] seems weird to me.  Is it kosher?
>>>>
>>>> So in the form, it's
>>>> <input type="hidden" name="-recid" value="<?php echo //way of  
>>>> getting recid; ?>">
>>>> ?
>>>>
>>>> What happens if you give the hidden input a better name (without  
>>>> the hyphen)?
>>>>
>>>> -Joel
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