Posted by Curt Zirzow on 11/30/05 08:41

On Tue, Nov 29, 2005 at 11:57:49AM -0500, Jim Moseby wrote:
> > Hi to all!
> > I have form made on 4 pages (by groups of questions). Right
> > now my code
> > works this way: once somebody submit the first page of the
> > form his/her
> > submitted info is entered in database with status=temp. I
> > store the ID
> > (insert_id()) in session and then every time visitor submit the next
> > page I do update of the current record using ID.
> > But, I heard once that "the best" solution is store all
> > entered info in
> > session (array) and insert all info at once.
> > Or, instead in sessions, move submitted info with serialized array.
> >
> > Opinions?
> >
>
> The upside to storing the data in session variables is that you make only ne
> DB call at the end, saving processor, bandwidth, etc. The downside is, that
> if your user cannot complete the form, his data is lost and he has to start
> all over again.

Another upside is that you dont have to maintain old session data,
it is done for you. If the user comes to your site and just does
3 of the 4 pages, you dont have to worry about cleaning up any
extra dead information.

Curt.
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