Adobe 38040334 User Guide - Page 643

DREAMWEAVER CS3 636 User Guide Dreamweaver adds a server behavior to the page that lets users insert records in a database table by filling out the HTML form and clicking the Submit button. Add a server behavior to insert records in a database table (PHP) 1 In the Server Behaviors panel (Window > Server Behaviors), click the Plus (+) button and select Insert Record from the pop-up menu. 2 Select a form from the Submit Values From pop-up menu. 3 In the Connection pop-up menu, select a connection to the database. 4 In the Insert Table pop-up menu, select the database table to insert the record in. 5 Specify a database column to insert the record in, select the form object that will insert the record from the Value pop-up menu, and then select a data type for the form object from the Submit As pop-up menu. The data type is the kind of data the column in your database table is expecting (text, numeric, Boolean option values). Repeat the procedure for each form object in your form. 6 In the After Inserting, Go To box, enter the page to open after the record is inserted in the table or click the Browse button to browse to the file. 7 Click OK. Dreamweaver adds a server behavior to the page that lets users insert records in a database table by filling out the HTML form and clicking the Submit button. Build the insert page in one operation 1 Open the page in Design view, and select Insert > Data Objects > Insert Record > Record Insertion Form Wizard. 2 In the Connection pop-up menu, select a connection to the database. Click Define if you need to define a connection. 3 In the Insert Into Table pop-up menu, select the database table into which the record should be inserted. 4 If you use ColdFusion, enter a user name and password. 5 In the After Inserting, Go To box, enter the page to open after the record is inserted into the table or click the Browse button to browse to the file. 6 If you use ASP.NET, you can specify a page to go to on success, and a page to go to on failure. Or you can choose to display debugging information upon failure. If you select Display Debugging Information On Failure, Dreamweaver ignores the On Failure, Go To option. Use the Display Debugging Information On Failure option during development and use the On Failure, Go To option when your page is live. 7 In the Form Fields area, specify the form objects you want to include on the insert page's HTML form, and which columns in your database table each form object should update. By default, Dreamweaver creates a form object for each column in the database table. If your database automatically generates unique key IDs for each new record created, remove the form object corresponding to the key column by selecting it in the list and clicking the Minus (-) button. This eliminates the risk that the user of the form will enter an ID value that already exists. September 4, 2007