[FX.php List] [OFF] Duplicate Record in different Table

[Joel Shapiro]

Hey Jonathan

How 'bout a script in FMP?  Might be easier/faster...

-Joel


On Jan 6, 2009, at 11:51 AM, Bob Patin wrote:

> I think your question relates to FX just as well...
>
> Assuming you can store an array in a session variable (I've never  
> tried), I'd do it that way, but the problem there is remembering  
> which array element equates to which field.
>
> I like to be able to look at my code a month later and immediately  
> grok what I was doing; for that reason, and some will undoubtedly  
> disagree with me, I go the long way around sometimes and put POST  
> elements into variables, so that I can use them in multiple places  
> on the page without having to re-grab the POST value.
>
> So I'd probably do it the most obvious way, and create 50 session  
> variables, all with the similar names (or same) names as the fields  
> they pertain to. That way, when you need to plug them back in for  
> whatever reason, you don't have to scratch your head and remember  
> what array element #15 equates to...
>
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> On Jan 6, 2009, at 1:36 PM, Jonathan Schwartz wrote:
>
>> [OFF]...because this question is about the API, although the  
>> answer might be the same in fx.php.
>>
>> I need to preserve a copy of record data before a web user edits  
>> the record...in case the data needs to be restored.
>>
>> Upon login, I want to query the layout and then immediately turn  
>> around and create a new record in a second table, using all the  
>> data returned by the query.   Assume that the fields in both  
>> tables are identically named.
>>
>> Sure, I could write each of the fields to a separate SESSION  
>> variable and then create the add query using those fields, but  
>> with 50 or so fields, that's not pretty.
>>
>> I know there is a way to simply take the array returned by the API  
>> and reverse engineer it to create the add new record query....but  
>> I'm at a loss.
>
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