can't get DELETE to work in Power's example

[hconnorjr]

if this is a repost, apologies. I'm running dreamweaver mx2004 and have installed mx Kollection and a wamp configuration. i started in on power's book and the examples went without a hitch. but when i tried the DELETE link in his example on quotations, it sent me to a blank form. did the example a couple of times with same results. here's some of the code attached. thanks in advance for all assistance.

[Newsgroup_User]

hconnorjr wrote:
> but when i tried the DELETE link in his
> example on quotations, it sent me to a blank form. did the example a couple of
> times with same results. here's some of the code attached.

The problem is almost certainly in the DELETE link, not in the code that
you have posted. Is the quote_id getting passed to the delete page
correctly in the URL query string?

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David Powers
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Author, "Foundation PHP for Dreamweaver 8" (friends of ED)
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[hconnorjr · Accepted solution]

david,

this is what is passed:

http://localhost/php_mike/admin/quote_delete.php?quote_delete=9

and for reference, this is what is passed in the EDIT link:

http://localhost/php_mike/admin/quote_update.php?quote_id=9

eureka!

i went into code view and found where the DELETE should have read quote_id and it didn't. changed it and it works fine now. thanks. a good lesson!

but tell me, how did it get in there that way?

[Newsgroup_User]

hconnorjr wrote:
> but tell me, how did it get in there that way?

Er, you put it there. I certainly didn't. :)

One of the most common causes of this sort of mistake is typing
something that you *think* is right, but should, in fact, be something else.

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David Powers
Adobe Community Expert
Author, "Foundation PHP for Dreamweaver 8" (friends of ED)
http://foundationphp.com/