Re: [PHP-DB] using multiple checkboxes to delete from db

2002-03-30 Thread Paul Burney
on 3/30/02 6:33 PM, wesley grubbs:. at [EMAIL PROTECTED] appended the following bits to my mbox: > foreach($_POST["del"] as $val) { > > $sql = "DELETE FROM $tablename WHERE id = $val"; Be very careful with this. If a user spoofs the form and adds the value for del like this: Would make the

Re: [PHP-DB] using multiple checkboxes to delete from db

2002-03-30 Thread Hugh Bothwell
You can go one better than this, even... use PHP to construct a single SQL query using the IN( ) comparator, ie: "Olinux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message [EMAIL PROTECTED]">news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]... > to make it a little better, make one connection to the > db before you loop and then clo

Re: [PHP-DB] using multiple checkboxes to delete from db

2002-03-30 Thread olinux
to make it a little better, make one connection to the db before you loop and then close the connection [connect] foreach loop [close connect] olinux --- "wesley grubbs:." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > thanks guys for the aid. > > in the end, i went with creating a check box that > looks like t

Re: [PHP-DB] using multiple checkboxes to delete from db

2002-03-30 Thread wesley grubbs:.
thanks guys for the aid. in the end, i went with creating a check box that looks like this: and the dirty work of deleting it looks like this:: foreach($_POST["del"] as $val) { $sql = "DELETE FROM $tablename WHERE id = $val"; ...connect to database.. run $sql.. close db.. yadda yadda.. }

Re: [PHP-DB] using multiple checkboxes to delete from db

2002-03-30 Thread John Hughes
;[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2002 4:58 AM Subject: [PHP-DB] using multiple checkboxes to delete from db > i've been playing half the day with trying to get php to delete rows when a > checkbox is checked. > > i have a page that p

Re: [PHP-DB] using multiple checkboxes to delete from db

2002-03-30 Thread Mike de Libero
Or something of that sort. Hope it helps. -Mike [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.soreye.com - Original Message - From: "wesley grubbs:." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, March 30, 2002 4:58 AM Subject: [PHP-DB] using multiple chec

[PHP-DB] using multiple checkboxes to delete from db

2002-03-30 Thread wesley grubbs:.
i've been playing half the day with trying to get php to delete rows when a checkbox is checked. i have a page that pulls all the data from db in a table. one row contains checkboxes. i want it so that whereever a checkbox is checked and then submit, all the selected rows will be deleted.