Maintaining form state when validation fails

Report · Dec 16, 2006

Dear all,
Would be grateful for any suggestion.
Have a registration form that inserts into a database. However it also has a
server behaviour that checks for duplicate usernames. If username already
exists it reloads the form with an alert against the username field.
Problem: All information entered in other fields are lost on reload.
Question: Is there any way of keeping the information already entered so the
user does not have to enter it all over again?
Many thanks

Report · Dec 16, 2006

give this a read
http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/tutorials/jsexamples/saveForm.html

or if you need to ask something of santa then request the commercial cookie
extension from http://www.webassit.com , simple to use and has an abundance
of uses.

Kenny

"Tade's Studio" <tade@visualedge.co.uk> wrote in message
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> Dear all,
> Would be grateful for any suggestion.
> Have a registration form that inserts into a database. However it also has
> a server behaviour that checks for duplicate usernames. If username
> already exists it reloads the form with an alert against the username
> field.
> Problem: All information entered in other fields are lost on reload.
> Question: Is there any way of keeping the information already entered so
> the user does not have to enter it all over again?
> Many thanks
>

Report · Dec 16, 2006

http://www.webassist.com/professional/products/ProductDetails.asp?PID=109

"twocans" <suntan@OneArm.com> wrote in message
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> give this a read
> http://www.howtocreate.co.uk/tutorials/jsexamples/saveForm.html
>
> or if you need to ask something of santa then request the commercial
> cookie extension from http://www.webassit.com , simple to use and has an
> abundance of uses.
>
>
> Kenny
>
>
>
>
> "Tade's Studio" <tade@visualedge.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:em0ejv$pek$1@forums.macromedia.com...
>> Dear all,
>> Would be grateful for any suggestion.
>> Have a registration form that inserts into a database. However it also
>> has a server behaviour that checks for duplicate usernames. If username
>> already exists it reloads the form with an alert against the username
>> field.
>> Problem: All information entered in other fields are lost on reload.
>> Question: Is there any way of keeping the information already entered so
>> the user does not have to enter it all over again?
>> Many thanks
>>
>
>

Report · Dec 16, 2006

To follow up what Kenny suggested I would recommend that you ask Santa for
WA Validation ToolKit which not only will provide all the validations you
will ever need but will also retain form information if validation fails
http://www.webassist.com/professional/products/productdetails.asp?PID=33&WAAID=79

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Dave Buchholz
I-CRE8
www.i-cre8.co.uk
Skype ID: I-CRE8

"Tade's Studio" <tade@visualedge.co.uk> wrote in message
news:em0ejv$pek$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> Dear all,
> Would be grateful for any suggestion.
> Have a registration form that inserts into a database. However it also has
> a server behaviour that checks for duplicate usernames. If username
> already exists it reloads the form with an alert against the username
> field.
> Problem: All information entered in other fields are lost on reload.
> Question: Is there any way of keeping the information already entered so
> the user does not have to enter it all over again?
> Many thanks
>