Re: checkboxes

tedd wrote: > At 10:11 AM -0400 4/23/09, PJ wrote: >> tedd wrote: >> > http://php1.net/a/edit-db-demo/ >>> >>> Here a user can search for a Last name, first name, or email. Note, >>> there's no checkboxes because the user indicates what they are >>> searching for by where they place their search criteria. >>> >>> HTH's >>> >>> tedd >> Thanks Tedd, >> Your demod uses javascript and I don't really want to use javascript. >> Apparently it is more open to hacking than just plain PHP/MySQL. ?? >> Also, I seem to have things going fairly well - it's a neat way to learn >> coding, especially when adjusting for things you hadn't planned in >> advance, like if the user forgets to enter data or doesn't click on the >> radio button. And then implementing the warnings and reloading (or not >> reloading the page) to keep the data entered upon omission or >> unacceptable entries. Get's hairy sometimes, but it's quite >> enlightening. ;-) > > Come-on, my demo uses a single javascript routine to ask the user IF > they want to delete something. If javascript is turned off, my demo > still works. This is just an example of enhancement with graceful > degradation. It has nothing to do with the demo other than that. > > The point of my showing you the demo was to simply suggest that you > forgo the checkboxes and go straight to the "Search" entry. After all, > that tells you everything you want to know about what the user wants > to do, right? > > Why have the user click a checkbox showing that they want to search > for a book title and then also have then enter in the book title? Why > not just have them enter the book title and be done with it? > > It might serve you well to rethink what you are wanting to do. > > Cheers, > > tedd > > Oh, Ok. Will check it out then. :-) At worst, I'll set it up and see how it plays.... ooooooh, well... another lesson to learn... ;-) -- unheralded genius: "A clean desk is the sign of a dull mind. " ------------------------------------------------------------- Phil Jourdan --- pj@ptahhotep.com http://www.ptahhotep.com http://www.chiccantine.com/andypantry.php