my form action usually looks like this some.php?action=update&ID=1
my update will look like update table set *** where _rowid=$_GET['ID'] so therefore its globally used. i'd use the id from the get var but i guess in the delete function i could place this within the update action so case 'update': delete(tablename); update(tablename); break; i dont tend to like this becuase it'll be in the same action which is why i tried the location.href way to send it to a different action, as both the update and delete buttons are within the same form, i'm sure u could have a delete button in a list although this leads to problems as users generally would like the delete button in the update/view screen so they know exactly what they are deleting so therefore which is why the buttons are in the same form, any ideas ? > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> apologies i generally use this system for deleting records, i give a >> confirm box if they press ok it goes to another action, i suppose i >> should change this system to submit the form instead and check for the >> post var ? i guess at least it could store the http_referer then :\ > > If you're talking about presenting a list of records and using a button > to delete a record, then you should use a method such as this... > > <input type="submit" name="delete[xx]" value="Delete"> > > Where "xx" is the record_id (or equivalent). Then, when the form is > submitted, you just look for $_REQUEST['delete'], make sure it's an > array, grab the key using key(), and delete that record. > > Simple, eh? :) > > If you want an easy method for presenting a list of records and radio > buttons for each record with different statuses (like open, closed, > pending, delete, etc), and handling the status changes, check out my > column in the latest issue of php|architect. :) > > -- > ---John Holmes... > > Amazon Wishlist: www.amazon.com/o/registry/3BEXC84AB3A5E/ > > php|architect: The Magazine for PHP Professionals – www.phparch.com > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
