Posted by jj on 07/19/05 18:36

That wont work since any button that is on the form is automatically
triggered by the form action that is meant for the submit button.


"Arjen" <arjen@mailmaarnietpuntenel.nl> wrote in message
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> jj wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have a page that has X amount of rows which display a couple of input
> > boxes. Each one of these rows of data has its own delete button so that
the
> > user can delete individual rows. There is also a submit button at the
> > bottom of the page that gathers all the data from each input box in the
> > entire page and saves it to my DB.
> >
> > The problem is that the delete buttons do not work since the form action
is
> > always triggered for the submit button, as its form tags are nested
within
> > pretty much the whole page. How would i go about getting my delete
buttons
> > working while still having the submit button? thanks.
>
>
> Make the delete button a submit button.
> <input name="delterowx" type="submit" id="delterowx"
> value="Mybuttonhasthisname">
> then update the values and delete rowx and redirect to original page
>
> Or better make a checkbox at each row and delete it if i's checked after
> submit. That way you can delete multiple entries
>
> check the $_POST[] array if ur unsure.
>
> Arjen

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