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Posted by Oli Filth on 12/22/05 14:26
swpulitzer@yahoo.com wrote:
> I have a page that lists a bunch of objects, stored in a database, to
> the user. After each object I'd like to do something like:
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> object1 [edit] [delete]
> object2 [edit] [delete]
>
> and so on, where "edit" and "delete" are links. Right now, each link
> uses GET to pass the object ID to the scripit that will deal with it.
> For example, the urls for the first object links are something like:
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> edit: http://www.host.com/edit.php?obj=object1
> delete: http://www.host.com/delete.php?obj=object1
>
> and similar for the second...you get the idea. This works alright for
> the edit option, since it's okay (even advantageous) for a user to
> bookmark it. However, it's problematic for the delete option. If a user
> bookmarks it, and then tries to visit the site later, they might
> unintentionally delete something.
If you don't re-use ID values, then as long as delete.php doesn't format
your hard-drive when asked to delete a non-existent ID value, you're OK,
surely?
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Oli
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