Dossy,
Now why didn't I think of that. It sounds like the answer I'm looking for
and I get to lose the extra tcl file having moved all the validation code
into the ADP page!
I'd buy you a pint but were going metric.
Steve
At 29/04/01 18:20, you wrote:
>On 2001.04.29, Steve Manning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > The problem here is that the ns_returnredirect tries to use a GET method to
> > return the value of the notes textarea which isn't very reliable. I would
> > like to replace the ns_returnredirect in the tcl proc with a post to the
> > adp page. If anyone has a different approach to this problem I would
> > appreciate the input.
>
>You can't issue a URL redirect and instruct the browser to access
>the URL using the POST method.
>
>You're better off having your form ADP page submit back to itself,
>and in the form ADP page, check for a hidden form field (like "action")
>and make sure it equals something sensible (like "submit"). I'd
>suggest making the submit button name="action" value="submit" but
>if you need to support MS IE browsers, you're not guaranteed that
>the submit button's name/value will be submitted with the form (if
>the user hits enter in a text-input field, for instance).
>
>If your ADP page sees action=submit, it should perform the validation.
>If validation fails, re-display the form with fields pre-populated
>and the error message displayed. If validation succeeds, do whatever
>you want with the data (save to database, etc.) then URL redirect
>the user to the next page they should be seeing.
>
>That's what I do, in any case, and it works for me.
>
>
> > The crass options are to display the error with a message telling the user
> > to hit the Back button or to show the form page with the error but present
> > a new blank form. Another option is to store the values on the server
> > somewhere and have the adp page retreive them (abit like a jsp session).
>
>Sessions are also a good way of solving this problem and keeps your
>pages much easier to develop. Of course, I don't know where Steve
>Arentz's (I believe I got the name right) nssession module is in
>terms of completeness, and I haven't started working on my version of
>it, yet.
>
>
>Best of luck, HTH, HAND,
>
>- Dossy
>
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