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Posted by Captain Paralytic on 10/23/07 13:14
On 23 Oct, 14:11, Jerry Stuckle <jstuck...@attglobal.net> wrote:
> Captain Paralytic wrote:
> > On 22 Oct, 20:48, The Natural Philosopher <a...@b.c> wrote:
> >> Fester Bestertester wrote:
> >>> Greetings,
> >>> I'm an occasional php/mysql dabbler.
> >>> I have a basic data form with a submit button. Unfortunately, it's still
> >>> possible for the user to enter data changes and close the window,
> >>> without clicking the submit button, thus losing the data.
> >>> Can someone point me to a generic example of some code that will trap
> >>> and handle this error?
> >> Only way is via javascript.
>
> >> Something like "onunload submit".
>
> > Some sites (Google Groups and the BBC Radio Player are examples), will
> > pop up a javasript cofirmation dialogue if you try to leave the page
> > having already typed information in (in thecase of Google Groups), or
> > have selected a radio programme to listen to (in he case of the BBC
> > Radio Player).
>
> Which can be very annoying if you have javascript enabled.
>
But so can lots of warning popups on lots of applications. The good
answer is to always let the users have an option to switch them off.
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