Text Box Manipulation?

jamesh

This may be a "In a perfect world..." scenario, but here goes: I am creating a form that a user can use to search and add calls to a problem tracking database. What I would like is a text box that initially holds the value of the next "free" call number (if they are logging a new call), but which can be overwritten by the user for use as a search (implemented by a button next to the field).

For example: User accesses the form, and the field shows call #150 is the next free call number (if they "submit", then their call will become #150); however, the user blanks out the field and enters #101 and hits the "Find" button next to the field--then the page populates the data from call #101.

Two questions:
1. Can this be done in one box?
2. If so, how?

Thanks.....I am looking, and this is the best forum that I have found yet!!

--Jim

Anon

Assuming you've already determine the next job number....

print("<h4>Job Number: <INPUT type=text size=3 maxlength=3 name=job_nbr value="">$next_job_nbr</td></tr>\n");

The value in $next_job_nbr is displayed in the text box and the user is free to change it.

Hank

Anon

Plz forgive the incomplete HTML in my prior post.

Hank

brandonschnell

in the real world you don't know the "free call number" until after the problem ticket has been submitted and the database returns an autoincrementing id number.

leave the box blank, ignore it for a new ticket, use it for a find. after the problem ticket has been submitted return the id # on the next web page notifying the user that the problem ticket has been submitted.

amcgrath

Yea, but he did say he knows the number, so to go that way, why not try this: (btw brandon, I'd do it your way)

..... in your script ...

if ($id != $new_id) {
...the user changed it...
} else {
... he didn't....
}

Anon

Sure, he says he knows the next number, but unless it's really honest to goodness a single-user applications, sooner or later he's going to get burned by this!

amcgrath

Totally agree with ya on that....