[FX.php List] editing portals

[Anders Monsen]

I don't edit through portals either, as I prefer to break down the  
events into discrete parts.

Create an "Edit" link for each row. Send the child ID with this link  
to an edit form, plus the parent ID for when you return.

On the edit page display the child data in an editable form. When the  
user submits the changes, update the child table for that record  
number (using the -recid). After the edit action succeeds, send the  
parent ID as part of the redirect so that the user ends up on the  
original page with a message that the record was updated.

Anders

On Nov 3, 2008, at 5:03 PM, Tim 'Webko' Booth wrote:

>
> On 04/11/2008, at 9:59 AM, david weiner wrote:
>
>> Hi everyone,
>> I'm hoping someone can help me out here. I have a portal in  
>> Filemaker with a couple of fields that I'd like to have editable  
>> via php.
>>
>> If I create a table in PHP and display the portal info using:
>>
>> <tr><td>Room Second</td><td><input name="RoomSecond" type="text"  
>> id="RoomSecond" value="<?php
>> 	$prow = 0;
>> 	while($searchData['__peoplePOSITIONS_HR::RoomSecond'][$prow]) {
>> 	echo $searchData['__peoplePOSITIONS_HR::RoomSecond'][$prow];
>> 	$prow++;
>> 	}
>> ?>
>> ">
>>    </td></tr>
>>
>> I get the data but I get a 102 error on editing and I assume it's  
>> because Filemaker doesn't know which portal row to apply the edit to.
>>
>> What's the right way to do this?
>
> One that works ;-)
>
> In general, I do not edit through portals - I grab the child records  
> primary ID and edit directly into the child table.
>
> Cheers
>
> Webko
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