Thanks for the answers. I'm not quite clear on RHTMLO usage, though. When I asked can I put the metadata of a DB column into an HTML Object somehow and it would automatically create the appropriate html form element, you said:
> RHTMLO divorces the concept of a "field" from a single HTML element, > and in doing so provides input/output filters, inflate/deflate, and > validation. A single field that exemplifies most of these concepts is > a date/time field made up of several text fields (say, m/d/y h:m:s) > and a pop-up menu for am/pm. As far as your form is concerned, this > collection of HTML input and select elements can be treated as a > single field. Internally, it returns a single value to your code: a > DateTime object. So does this mean that the answer is no but instead I can define my own HTML object for each type of column. And then the html object can be used to create forms and validate form input by simply assigning each DB column object to the appropriate HTML object? If so, I can see the benefit of this because one person might want to do their date form one way and another person differently - so forcing a form for date column types to be a particular format, as I was suggesting, is not ideal. In fact, I have a historical database that I would like to have the concept of a "historical date" that can be held in various forms e.g. 1865, c1865, 1870-1895. This would enable that quite nicely, I guess... ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Rose-db-object mailing list Rose-db-object@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/rose-db-object
