On Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:15:23 -0400, Michael Graham wrote: Hi Michael
> I'd like to be able to easily create temporary sessions for > specific purposes. For instance, it would be nice to create a > session for a multi-page form, and use this to store the state > between pages instead of using hidden fields or the user's own > session. Exactly. I deal with departmental staff lists, and people's names are displayed in a specific order when staff do a search on a department's name. This order is called Order of Merit (OOM). It's just to make Enquiries phone numbers appear before those of live! staff, with postgrads last :-). Now, in the editing screen, if the user submits a form of 310 staff details, with N fields per person (sigh) I keep the OOMs in the session table, and compare them against the incoming data. That way, if the OOM has not changed I do not hit the database, and visa versa, only update the personnel record when the OOM has changed. Hmmm ... thinks ... I'd better check the code to ensure the session is updated, not just the db (mega-sigh). -- Cheers Ron Savage, [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 18/06/2005 http://savage.net.au/index.html Let the record show: Microsoft is not an Australian company --------------------------------------------------------------------- Web Archive: http://www.mail-archive.com/cgiapp@lists.erlbaum.net/ http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=cgiapp&r=1&w=2 To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
