| Re: how to create (open) a dialog box [message #175117 is a reply to message #175112] |
Tue, 16 August 2011 06:21   |
Robert Hairgrove
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On 08/16/2011 02:50 AM, sheldonlg wrote:
> On 8/15/2011 2:18 PM, A.Reader wrote:
>> On 15 Aug 2011 12:39:32 GMT,
>> Andre<pas(at)pourmois(dot)be> wrote:
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>>> Le Sun, 14 Aug 2011 10:43:21 +0000, Andre a écrit :
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>>>> The problem is, I want to ask a user if he really want to delete a
>>>> record from a database.
>>>> How to do this with a dialog box??
>>>> Many tanks in advances
>>>> Andre
>>>
>>> Many thanks to every body.
>>> Very instersting, particalary the freebook site.
>>> Andre
>>
>> Andre, one way to avoid having to ask whether the person wants to
>> delete the record is to make deleting it a 2- or 3-action
>> process.
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>> For example, you might require that they check 2 checkboxes and
>> click a button. A person might accidently check one box and
>> click the button, but it's quite unlikely that they'll check
>> _both_ boxes for the same record by mistake.
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> ....or simply use an onClick to have a confirm message box pop up.
>
Exactly! And this is done in web applications using a client scripting
language (such as JavaScript, not PHP).
Whether or not PHP can run on the client in specialized environments is
irrelevant. In most cases, it does run on the server and cannot generate
confirmation dialog boxes.
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