I think every example which shows a different aspect of dbforms is worth to be added to the bookstore example. If you build a howto - with some explanation text - i will add it to the CVS!
Cheers Henner > -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht----- > Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Im > Auftrag von Bill Tribley > Gesendet: Samstag, 16. April 2005 22:36 > An: [email protected] > Betreff: [dbforms] Worth Adding to Bookstore? > > I have completed work on a simple page that allows immediate > editing of all the members of a short (less than 200 rows) > category list. The base table essentially has a single column > categories, all of which are presented at once in > alphabetical order. The attached jpeg shows what it looks like. > > I will be extending it to work with lists where there is an > id and description. The description will be presented for > editing, the id carried in the background. > > The advantage is that the entire list is visible at once. I > present it as a JavaScript popup so it does not need any > menus, in fact it is faster and more convenient to leave it > up and switch in and out of it, or kill it and fire up a new > one from the underlying page menu. Updates are done simply > by editing in place and clicking the save button. > > Bill > > Source: > <%@ taglib uri="/WEB-INF/dbforms.tld" prefix="db" %> <html > xmlns:db="http://www.wap-force.com/dbforms";> > <head> > <db:base/> > <title>Category Management</title> > <link href="dbforms.css" rel="stylesheet"/> </head> <body > class="clsPageBody"> <table align="center" border="0" > width="100%" cellspacing="0" > cellpadding="1" class="clsMainMenuTable"> <tr> <td> <table > border="0" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="3" > class="clsMainMenuTable"> > <tr class="clsMainMenuTableRow" align="center"> <td > style="font-weight: bold"> <span class="clsMainMenu">Prayer > Categories</span> </td> </tr> </table> <db:dbform > multipart="false" autoUpdate="true" > followUp="/categoriesList.jsp" maxRows="*" > tableName="categories"> <db:header/> <db:errors/> <table > width="280" align="center" border="0"> <db:body> > <tr > > <td width="40"> > <db:associatedRadio name="radio_category"/> > </td> > <td align="left"> > <db:textField > styleClass="clsInputStyle" size="30" > fieldName="category"/> > </td> > </tr> > </db:body> > </table> > <db:footer> > <table width="280" border="0" align="center" > > <tr valign="middle"> > <td colspan="3"> > <hr/> > </td> > </tr> > <tr align="center"> > <td> > > </td> > <td align="left"> > <db:deleteButton > associatedRadio="radio_category" > styleClass="clsButtonStyle" > caption="Delete Selected"/> > </td> > <td align="left"> > <db:updateButton > styleClass="clsButtonStyle" style="width:90" > caption="Save Above"/> > </td> > </tr> > <tr> > <td style="font-weight: bold"> > Add > </td> > <td> > <db:textField fieldName="category" size="30"/> > </td> > <td> > <db:insertButton caption="Insert" > showAlways="true" /> > </td> > </tr> > </table> > </db:footer> > </db:dbform> > </body> > </html> > > Base Table: > <table name="categories" > defaultVisibleFields="category" > > <field name="category" fieldType="varchar" > size="30" isKey="true"/> > <field name="created" fieldType="datetime" size="19"/> > <field name="created_by" fieldType="varchar" size="30"/> > <field name="modified" fieldType="timestamp" size="14"/> > <field name="modified_by" fieldType="varchar" > size="30"/> > </table> ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_ide95&alloc_id396&op=click _______________________________________________ DbForms Mailing List http://www.wap-force.net/dbforms
