David you must have missed my post.
<a href="action.cfm" onclick="return confirm('Are you sure you want to
delete the record? If so click OK, otherwise Cancel.')>Delete</a>
jon
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Shadovitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, December 18, 2000 12:17 AM
Subject: Re: Undo Delete
> Thanks for all of the replies to my "Undo Delete" post. Here's a summary
> (some items contradict others). Of course, further comments are welcome.
>
> * Do a "soft" rather than a "hard" delete. That is, flag the data as
> unavailable but leave it in the database.
> * Timestamp the soft deletion.
> * Charge lots of money to restore it. (I like this one.)
> * Change a soft delete to a hard delete after some time has passed.
> * Migrate the soft deletes off to another table.
> * Use a view to hide the soft deletes.
> * Use a "status" flag to allow for states other than valid/invalid.
> * Display an "Undo" button for immediate restoration. None of that "Are
> you SURE you want to delete this record?")
>
> -David
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: David Shadovitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Saturday, December 16, 2000 6:52 PM
> > To: CF-Talk
> > Subject: OT: Undo Delete
> >
> > I'm thinking of changing my typical "Delete" button so that
> > it doesn't actually delete a record, but rather flags it as a
> > record to be ignored. I'd also record the date/time that it
> > was flagged. That way I can offer the user the opportunity
> > to Undo the Delete. I'll probably schedule a job to delete
> > all records which have been flagged for more than 1 day.
> >
> > Hey, I've been influenced by Jef Raskin's "The Humane
> > Interface" and Alan Cooper's "The Inmates are Running
> > the Asylum."
> >
> > Any thoughts?
> >
> > Here's another use for flagging records: Our db tables
> > which contain scientific data contain an "approved" field,
> > whose default value is "false". After data is inserted into
> > the database, an analyst checks it out, and then we toggle
> > the flag to "true". Of course, our non-admin canned queries
> > all include "WHERE approved = true".
> >
> > -David
>
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