[FX.php List] Save to database without a Submit?

[Tim 'Webko' Booth]

On 05/12/2009, at 8:43 AM, Jonathan Schwartz wrote:

> Hi Folks,
>
> I have a client who is very worried about losing form data should  
> something should go wrong during a data entry session, such as  
> dropped connection or so.
>
> I have already decided to write to the file upon every page submit  
> (versus saving to sessionand writing it all at once at the end of a  
> multi page form).  On a technical level, I imagine that automatic  
> submits can be accomplished using AJAX, perhaps to a temporary file.  
> But is this a reasonable practice?

No. And you only need a connection at the point of submission anyway,  
as opposed to being always connected like you would for a AJAX submit  
on every field... I do minutes off-line into a form, and only press  
submit when I am back online - even if I forget, the form fails, and  
the Back button shows it all again...

Cheers

Webko