Posted by the red dot on 12/19/06 02:35

"Vince Morgan" <vinhar@REMOVEoptusnet.com.au> wrote in message
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> "the red dot" <red@dot.spot> wrote in message
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> > i hope i can explain this clearly enough (i am not very good at jargon -
> > correct terms - etc) hell im not even sure if i am in the right group...
> > anyway here we go
> >
> > im trying to build a page where the user can enter some details in a
form
> > and (on clicking submit/publish/etc) it is uploaded to a database and
the
> > words entered can then be seen via another page (like a blog) all well
and
> > good i can do that
> >
> > but,
> > i also would like a 'save' button which would save the entry for later
> > updating/publishing - and i am stuck as to how to make this button do
> > this...
> >
> I am unsure what you mean exactly by "save" here. The entered "words" can
> be saved into a database (above) via the submit/publish/etc already.
>
> > i dont know if what i am asking for is simple or difficult and was
hoping
> > that somone could point me to some sort of tutorial, ive tried searching
> but
> > am unsure of what search terms i should actually be inputting in order
to
> > get an answer
> >
> > sorry to bother you folk with this but i am an old man (45 ha) in my
final
> > year at university and all our php lecturers have left (taken early
> > redundancy) so im stuck with no-one to ask.
> >
> > thank you
> >
> >
> Perhaps you could tell us whether you wish to save to the client machine,
or
> at the server end.
> And, what is different about what you want to save with the "save" button
as
> opposed to the "submit/publish/etc" button.
> That information could elicit a much more authoritive response.
> Regards,
> Vince Morgan
>

ok - and i hope i can explain this...

this is working out of one 'form'

person inputs data into a form
the 'publish/insert' button would insert it into the database - for example
into a 'publish' table - works by giving the form an action ie linking to a
input.php script - i can do that.

and the 'save' button would insert it into the database - for example into a
'save' (not yet ready for 'publishing') table - so (the question is) how
can i give make this button send the same data from the same form to a
different ('save') table?


i do hope that makes sense though it may be that i am asking the wrong
question completely.

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