Re: checkboxes

PJ wrote: > 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... ;-) > Gee, Tedd, That was fun. You were right. It's a hell-of-a-lot simpler. I did get the complicated way to work as well... :-D but your suggestion is much simpler. The KISS principle always wins out! Thanks again. Phil -- 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