[FX.php List] Portal Records

[Steve Winter]

lol maybe we could let you off with that, just this once, and based  
purely on extenuating circumstances ;)

Happy flying (and happy birthday mum)

Cheers
Steve

Sent from my iPhone

On 13 Dec 2009, at 20:51, Jonathan Schwartz <jschwartz at exit445.com>  
wrote:

> Let me provide background...
>
> 1) The solution HAS to work NOW.
> 2) There is the opportunity to upgrade as soon as I work through the  
> solution.
> 3) I've been "15 minutes away from being done" for the past 2 days
> 4) I'm in West Palm Beach Florida visiting my Mom on her 91st  
> birthday. Oy.
> 5) My flight takes off back to California in an hour...although the  
> flight DOES have Internet. (Wahoo!).
>
> I think that fx.PHP Discipline Board would understand.
>
> ;-)
>
> J
>
>
>
> At 8:10 PM +0000 12/13/09, Steve Winter wrote:
>> You didn't...! That's bordering on a hanging offence!!
>>
>> Cheers
>> Steve
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On 13 Dec 2009, at 19:14, Jonathan Schwartz <jschwartz at exit445.com>  
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Here's an update...
>>>
>>> I gave up on the related record idea altogether.
>>>
>>> After struggling with it for another couple of hours, I simply  
>>> created 20 new fields in the parent record and used the brute  
>>> force method.
>>>
>>> Sigh
>>>
>>> J
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Make sure you keep track of the respective recids from the slave  
>>>> table(s)
>>>>
>>>> ggt
>>>>
>>>> 2009/12/12 Jonathan Schwartz <jschwartz at exit445.com>:
>>>>> Hi Folks,
>>>>>
>>>>> Can someone offer wisdom on this portal challenge?
>>>>>
>>>>> I have a form, one field of which offers multiple checkboxes.
>>>>>
>>>>> The checkboxes are displayed from master list of values.  Let's  
>>>>> say there
>>>>> are 6 colors..
>>>>>
>>>>> For each value that exists in a related table, I am able to get  
>>>>> the check
>>>>> boxes to appear checked. Let's say that 2 are checked.  So far  
>>>>> so good.
>>>>>
>>>>> Master List             Red     Blue    Green   Yellow  Brown    
>>>>> Black
>>>>>
>>>>> Related table:          Red(checked)                    Yellow 
>>>>> (checked)
>>>>>
>>>>> So here's the challenge.
>>>>>
>>>>> When the form is submitted with different boxes checked...
>>>>>
>>>>> What do I need to do to record checkbox changes, as part of an  
>>>>> Edit
>>>>> operation for the entire form in fx.php:
>>>>>       - Remove a checkmark (should delete a related record)
>>>>>       - Add a new checkmark (should add a related record).
>>>>>
>>>>> Do I need to create a separate instance  reiteratively comparing  
>>>>> the Posted
>>>>> checkmarks with an array of master value lists.  Sounds clumsy.
>>>>>
>>>>> Any suggestions?
>>>>>
>>>>> Jonathan
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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