How about simply allowing them to add name/age/sex combos 1 at a time until they are done (like adding items to an invoice). If you don't want to hit the server for each combo addition, you can you can add each combo to JavaScript arrays and display using DHTML (commit the whole whack at once when they are done adding).
HTH Bryan Stevenson VP & Director of E-Commerce Development Electric Edge Systems Group Inc. p. 250.920.8830 e. [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------- Macromedia Associate Partner www.macromedia.com --------------------------------------------------------- Vancouver Island ColdFusion Users Group Founder & Director www.cfug-vancouverisland.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Fongemie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 7:49 AM Subject: suggestion on complicated form design. > Hello cf-talk, > > I'm about to build a fairly complicated form. > > It will require a getting a list of names, and the age and sex of > each person. > > I will need to enforce the age and sex requirement of each name > listed. > > Option 1. Build a form with lots many fields for name, age and sex. > Once submitted, check for a value in the name field, then check for > a value in the age and sex field. If there is a value in a name > field, and no age or sex fields, give them the form back to fix. > This sounds like a ton of work. Will need up to 12 names on the > form. > > Option2. Ask how many names they will give, then provide a dynamic > form with exactly the number of fields they need. Enforce > everything. > > Anyother suggestions? This sounds like a real nightmare. Any tips or > suggestions before I dive into this would be most appreciated! > > > Best regards, > Jeff Fongemie mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > _____________________________________________________ > Composed on Wednesday, March 06, 2002, at 10:43:55 AM > ______________________________________________________________________ Dedicated Windows 2000 Server PIII 800 / 256 MB RAM / 40 GB HD / 20 GB MO/XFER Instant Activation · $99/Month · Free Setup http://www.pennyhost.com/redirect.cfm?adcode=coldfusiona FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
