Re: Best way to pass SQL TEXT field via a link

Yes it would be a lot better to just passed the id in the url. py ----- Original Message ----- From: Fates <fateswarning@home.com> To: <php-general@lists.php.net> Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2001 5:12 PM Subject: [PHP] Best way to pass SQL TEXT field via a link > I'm trying to update an existing record based on a link that represents > the record to update. > > I have a link and I am passing variables that were assigned from a SQL > database to another php form page which will be used to update the > record. I'm passing variable like so:<a > href='addupdate.php?name=$name&category=$category&description=$etc..... > > This works fine for variables that contain values of only a few lines > but what about passing a couple paragraphs stored in variable > $description assigned via database value as TEXT. > > Would it be better just to pass the database record ID to the > destination page and then query the record in the destination form page > and populate the form with the current values and update the record or > is there another way I don't know about? > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >