[Catalyst] Suggestions on how to handle 12 page form

[Catalyst] Suggestions on how to handle 12 page form

	Victor Churchill
	Nov 16, 2010 at 10:50 pm

Put it all on one page and use JS in the template to toggle different divs?

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Thiago Rondon: Where is the data between pages ? -Thiago Rondon

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Kieren Diment: Having dealt with some large forms recently(and depending on how heavy the JS is on the page), this can result in browser slowdowns in some environments. Probably the simplest approach is to incrementally update the database, and keep the current primary key for the record somewhere in the form (in a hidden field) or in the url. If you don't want to insert until everything is finished, then storing everything previously entered in hidden fields is also a reasonable approach in some situations.
Eric Berg: What about breaking the form up logically and saving each section in a session object as they move through the form. That or incrementally save and maintain a db flag that indicates doneness. Frankly, with.a form that long, it'd be rude to require the user to start from scratch if they couldn't finish in one session. Eric -----Original Message----- From: Victor Churchill Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2010 22:50:06 To: The elegant MVC web framework Reply-To: The elegant MVC web framework Subject: Re:
Eden Cardim: Eric> What about breaking the form up logically and saving each Eric> section in a session object as they move through the form. Eric> That or incrementally save and maintain a db flag that Eric> indicates doneness. Frankly, with.a form that long, it'd be Eric> rude to require the user to start from scratch if they Eric> couldn't finish in one session. Be careful with how you implement it using the session though, if they give up on the process and come back later, they'll land in the middle of

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