Re: [newbie] simple browse / edit form in PHP

Hi,

>i have a test setup with postgresql 7.2, PHP 4, and apache. everything
>works fine, PHP generates HTML pages with query results in it. now i
>want to create a simple form which shows the current record, and has
>these buttons:
>
>- previous, first, next, last record
>- delete record
>- add record
>
>it sounds very simple, but where do i start? i guess i should make a
>stateless connection (the form will be accessed via the web). i figure
>i need some sort of recordset, is a CURSOR the right approach? maybe
>someone can point me to an example?

For the previous / next buttons, I use 'LIMIT / OFFSET' with the queries.

For example to show 10 records each page,
on the first page:

query = SELECT ..... LIMIT 10 OFFSET 0

the second page:

query = SELECT ..... LIMIT 10 OFFSET 10

etc

For adding or deleting a record, you'll have to do up a form of some type
to get the data.

I'll leave the practicalities to you :)

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Chris Smith
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