DW code/instructions for Delete page is incorrect, I'm pretty sure

Report · Jul 07, 2009

DW Help for Delete page is incorrect, I'm pretty sure - or else the code it writes is not right.

I have followed the instructions precisely in Adobe's Help for DW CS4:

Building pages to delete a record

http://help.adobe.com/en_US/Dreamweaver/10.0_Using/WScbb6b82af5544594822510a94ae8d65-7896a.html

I've gone through it several times now, and the results are always the same: the Delete is performed without clicking the "submit" button in the form on the "delete page".

Instead, when the link is clicked which loads the "delete page" and passes it a URL parameter, the "delete page" just instantly performs the delete and loads the ensuing "success page".

I would really appreciate any help getting this to work. If it's my mistake, I will grovel while apologizing, but I've gone over all of this carefully and can't find any mistakes on my part.

Thanks hugely in advance,

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Report · Jul 07, 2009

I figured it out. 🙂 The instructions weren't wrong, but they were lacking some explanation that would really be helpful, I think. I left comments on that page to that effect.

What I needed to change was:

-- The <form> on the Delete page needed a method attribute of "POST" - this isn't mentioned in the instructions for creating the form.

-- The name attribute of the hidden form field is crucial, and this wasn't mentioned in the instructions for creating the hidden form field.

Both of these things are finally mentioned in the last article in the series, but only briefly, and in a completely different context than the one I would think they'd be mentioned, in the sections about creating the form and the hidden form field.

That's how it strikes me. Anyway, all's well with my delete app now. 🙂

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