> Is there an actual way to store the data in a temporary table as you go > through the multi-page form and then extract that data from the temporary > storage from the DB App and either process the data or store it in a > permanent place? > > I have never done this before, but maybe someone else has? Any tips on how > to do this, what "type(s)" of DB tables are required to do this and can you > give me an url to help me research it further? > > I think this would be a great alternative to the sessions solution because > it doesn't work really well with some PHP error handling that you need to do > for the forms. You have to register and unregister variables throughout the > form and it gets hard to keep track of when you have so many forms and field > variables to deal with. With a temporary DB table, I can just insert any > data that has been checked for errors and then not have to worry about > passing them back and forth until the end of the application when I actually > need to do something with them.
So don't add it to the session until you've verified the data. It's the same as using a temp table but you don't have to worry about the overhead of the database and you don't have to worry about cleanup with sessions. Also, a true TEMPORARY table will only be there for the current connection, so on the next page request, the table will be gone. ---John Holmes... -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
