re: Multi page forms
From: Jim Buyens (news_at_interlacken.com)
Date: 04/12/04
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Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 15:46:07 -0700
>-----Original Message-----
>Is there a way to have more than one page belong to the
>same form. For example: Personal info on first page,
>user clicks next, business info on second page. If this
>is some kind of add-in that I will have to purchase, I
>guess I'm looking for a resource for that also. Thanks...
>.
In a technical sense, a single HTML form can't span more
than one page. However, either of the following approaches
can create the same effect.
1. Include a key field, such as a userid, on each form.
Then, whenever a visitor submits any form in the
series, check to see if that userid already exists
in a database. If so, update it. Otherwise, create it.
When you create a record, set a status code field to
some value that means "pending". When you update a
record, check to see if the record is now complete.
If it is, set the status code to "ready for processing."
2. Save all the submitted form fields in Session
variables. (These are areas of memory that the server
retains between successive requests from the same user.)
Copy this information into the database only when the
information is complete.
3. Save *all* the submitted values in hidden or visible
form fields (depending on the current form). Add this
information into the database only when the
information is complete.
To achieve any of these results, you'll need to write some
server-side program code (i.e. ASP, ASP.NET, PHP, ...).
Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
http://www.interlacken.com
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