OT: How do I update many records in on swoop?

Question

I have a list of about 400 items, and I need to manage that
list by changing
some of them. To do this a record at a time would be tedious.
How can I
edit - say - 30 at a time, and then update them all with a
single submit?
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Answer 1

Thank you, David! Beautiful
I have this now -
if ((isset($_POST["MM_update"])) &&
($_POST["MM_update"] == "form2")) {
if (isset($_POST['distDisplay']) &&
is_array($_POST['distDisplay']) &&
isset($_POST['distRecNum']) &&
is_array($_POST['distRecNum'])) {
for ($i = 0; $i < count($_POST['distDisplay']); $i++) {
$updateSQL = sprintf("UPDATE cma_districts SET
distDisplay=%s WHERE
distRecNum=%s",
GetSQLValueString($_POST['distDisplay'][$i], "int"),
GetSQLValueString($_POST['distRecNum'][$i], "int"));
mysql_select_db($database_cmaConn, $cmaConn);
$Result1 = mysql_query($updateSQL, $cmaConn) or
die(mysql_error());
} else {
echo 'Error: update parameters invalid';
Note the extra "}" required before the else.
It seems to work nicely....
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"David Powers" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Murray *ACE* wrote:
>> This is on the page -
>
> Put this before the repeat region:
>
> <?php $counter = 1; ?>
>
> Change the repeat region to this:
>
> <tr>
> <td><?php echo $row_rsDistricts['distName'];
?></td>
> <td align="center"><select name="distDisplay[]"
size="1"
> id="distDisplay<?php echo $counter; ?>">
> <option value="0"<?php echo
> !$row_rsDistricts['distDisplay']?'
selected="selected"':'' ?>>NO</option>
> <option value="1"<?php echo
> $row_rsDistricts['distDisplay']?'
selected="selected"':'' ?>>YES</option>
> </select>
> <input name="distRecNum[]" type="hidden"
> id="distRecNum<?php echo $counter++; ?>"
> value="<?php echo $row_rsDistricts['distRecNum'];
?>" /></td>
> </tr>
>
>
>> And I have this after applying the SB -
>>
>> $editFormAction = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];
>> if (isset($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'])) {
>> $editFormAction .= "?" .
htmlentities($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']);
>> }
>>
>> if ((isset($_POST["MM_update"])) &&
($_POST["MM_update"] == "form2")) {
>> $updateSQL = sprintf("UPDATE cma_districts SET
distDisplay=%s WHERE
>> distRecNum=%s",
>> GetSQLValueString($_POST['distDisplay'], "int"),
>> GetSQLValueString($_POST['distRecNum'], "int"));
>>
>> mysql_select_db($database_cmaConn, $cmaConn);
>> $Result1 = mysql_query($updateSQL, $cmaConn) or
die(mysql_error());
>> }
>
> Change it to this:
>
> $editFormAction = $_SERVER['PHP_SELF'];
> if (isset($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING'])) {
> $editFormAction .= "?" .
htmlentities($_SERVER['QUERY_STRING']);
> }
>
> if ((isset($_POST["MM_update"])) &&
($_POST["MM_update"] == "form2")) {
>
> if (isset($_POST['distDisplay']) &&
is_array($_POST['distDisplay']) &&
> isset($_POST['distRecNum']) &&
is_array($_POST['distRecNum'])) {
>
> for ($i = 0; $i < count($_POST['distDisplay']); $i++)
>
> $updateSQL = sprintf("UPDATE cma_districts SET
distDisplay=%s WHERE
> distRecNum=%s",
> GetSQLValueString($_POST['distDisplay'][$i],
> "int"),
> GetSQLValueString($_POST['distRecNum'][$i],
> "int"));
>
> mysql_select_db($database_cmaConn, $cmaConn);
> $Result1 = mysql_query($updateSQL, $cmaConn) or
die(mysql_error());
> }
> else {
> echo 'Error: update parameters invalid';
> }
> }
>
> I haven't tested it, but the code looks as though it
should do the
> business.
>
> --
> David Powers, Adobe Community Expert
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ED)
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