Re: [FEATURE REQUEST]

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2004


It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 58791
interpreted = N
texte = My way of dealing with form validation is to have all my form pages post to themselves. Based on the results of the validation, I either show error messages and redisplay the form, or I show different content (which may be a redirect to a different page) indicating the success of the submission. - brian On Jul 14, 2004, at 11:42 AM, Donovan Brooke wrote: > Brian Boegershausen wrote: > >> I agree. This would be great for hiding variables and sending long url >> strings without the 255 max chars. >> Brian > > Exactly, what prompted this was that I am doing error checking right > now... > well, one of the user friendly features of a form check is the ability > to go back > to the form and fill out just the input that needs re-done.. while all > the other > inputs are auto-filled (from passing back the sent data).. There are > javascript scripts > that can do this but I like doing things in webdna whenever possible. > A [redirect method=post url=[url][/url]] > format would be great for getting around the 255 "limit"/shortening > the URL... but > more significantly, would allow for the auto submition of forms (which > I have seen asked > about on this list before). > > Donovan > -- Brian Fries, BrainScan Software -- http://www.brainscansoftware.com -- ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
  1. [Feature Request] or [bug?]: SiteBuilder - searchable ( Donovan Brooke 2005)
  2. Re: [FEATURE REQUEST] ( Stuart Tremain 2004)
  3. Re: [FEATURE REQUEST] ( Donovan Brooke 2004)
  4. Re: [FEATURE REQUEST] ( Donovan Brooke 2004)
  5. Re: [FEATURE REQUEST] ( Christer Olsson 2004)
  6. Re: [FEATURE REQUEST] ( Christer Olsson 2004)
  7. Re: [FEATURE REQUEST] ( Donovan Brooke 2004)
  8. Re: [FEATURE REQUEST] ( Brian Fries 2004)
  9. Re: [FEATURE REQUEST] ( John Peacock 2004)
  10. Re: [FEATURE REQUEST] ( Donovan Brooke 2004)
  11. Re: [FEATURE REQUEST] ( Donovan Brooke 2004)
  12. Re: [FEATURE REQUEST] ( John Peacock 2004)
  13. Re: [FEATURE REQUEST] ( "Brian Boegershausen" 2004)
  14. [FEATURE REQUEST] ( Donovan Brooke 2004)
  15. Re: [Lookup] improvment [feature request] ( Donovan Brooke 2004)
  16. Re: [Lookup] improvment [feature request] ( Brian Fries 2004)
  17. [Lookup] improvment [feature request] ( Donovan Brooke 2004)
  18. Re: oddball sorting problem [feature request] ( Donovan Brooke 2003)
  19. Re: formulas.db [feature request] ( Donovan 2003)
  20. Re: [Feature Request] Stronghold security variables that cannot (Nicolas Verhaeghe 2000)
  21. Re: [Feature Request] Stronghold security variables that cannot beforce as formvariables (John Butler 2000)
My way of dealing with form validation is to have all my form pages post to themselves. Based on the results of the validation, I either show error messages and redisplay the form, or I show different content (which may be a redirect to a different page) indicating the success of the submission. - brian On Jul 14, 2004, at 11:42 AM, Donovan Brooke wrote: > Brian Boegershausen wrote: > >> I agree. This would be great for hiding variables and sending long url >> strings without the 255 max chars. >> Brian > > Exactly, what prompted this was that I am doing error checking right > now... > well, one of the user friendly features of a form check is the ability > to go back > to the form and fill out just the input that needs re-done.. while all > the other > inputs are auto-filled (from passing back the sent data).. There are > javascript scripts > that can do this but I like doing things in webdna whenever possible. > A [redirect method=post url=[url][/url]] > format would be great for getting around the 255 "limit"/shortening > the URL... but > more significantly, would allow for the auto submition of forms (which > I have seen asked > about on this list before). > > Donovan > -- Brian Fries, BrainScan Software -- http://www.brainscansoftware.com -- ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ Brian Fries

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