Creating Update and deleting Records Forms

Question

Hi Guys
Hopefully some one can help me with this, I am using php and
mysql, I already have a page that shows all the records of
customers details, which I can navigate through the pages of
records.
I have created a update page, using the update wizard, which
works but only shows the first record. I have added a repeat region
and page navigation which allows me to choose individual records
but wont update those records.
I also took a look at a tutorial video that had you adding an
extra column and add the word update to add a hyperlink that took
you to the update form with that particular record for updating,
the video was using cold fusion the link was update page address
then this ?ID=#ID#, I tried different versions of this with no
success.
I also tried to alter the record set and added a filter using
Member_ID and = paramater URL, this made my cusomter detail page
stop working.
can some one help please
Cheers
Mark

Answer 1

burkeslaw wrote:
> Is it that I have to create the update form manually and
then select it and
> add the update form behaviour? Is there an Go to
Detailed Page server behaviour
> for php, or is this just for ASP technology.
I'm not familiar with the ASP server behaviors, but there is
a Master
Detail Page Set for PHP (it's on the Insert > Data Objects
menu).
Creating an update page is very easy.
1. Create a page that lists all records in the database.
2. Alongside each record, create a link to the update page.
3. When creating the link, click the Parameters button inside
the Select
File dialog box.
4. In the Name field of the Parameters dialog box, type the
name of the
primary key (ID).
5. Click the lightning bolt icon to the right of the Value
field, and
select the primary key from the recordset.
6. Click OK twice to close both dialog boxes.
7. Save the page and test it in a browser. When you mouse
over each
link, it should display a URL that looks something like this:
update.php?id=3. The name/value pair after the question mark
pass the
details of the record as a URL parameter to the update page.
8. In the update page, create a recordset that uses the URL
parameter as
a filter to select a single record depending on the value
sent from the
previous page.
9. In the update page, create a hidden field to store the ID
from the
recordset (click the lightning bolt icon alongside the Value
field to
insert the dynamic data).
10. Apply an Update Record server behavior. Make sure the
primary key
gets its value from the hidden field in the form.
Alternatively, if you don't want to build your own update
form, replace
steps 9 and 10 by using the Record Update Form Wizard (Insert
> Data
Objects > Update Record > Record Update Form Wizard).
David Powers
Adobe Community Expert, Dreamweaver
http://foundationphp.com