Hi,

I have a table (addressbook) with over 2000 names and addresses. I currently have a php script to update it but it firsts lists out all 2000 odd entries on screen and then i have a radip button to choose one of them to update.

This obviously means the page takes forever to load. Is there a way I can have :

a. A page that comes up on screen with say A-F G-M N -S T-Z ?

b. If a user clicks on A-F , then the list of all A-F appears along with the necessary fields ( I can figure out how to do this using LIKE)

c. Can a user update multiple records at one time ? Say there are 2 addresses each of John Smith and Jane Doe and both have moved home. If the user clicked on G-M, then could select both John and Jane's records and update both at the same time ? This is especially helpful if one needs to copy the same data to multiple records (say if J & J shared the same new address or worked at the same company whose tel number has changed)

Need guidance on (a) and (c) above pl.

Thanks. Swati

    Well, just add a line with the links and make them link like so:

    domain.com/update.php?sect=af

    then, do your query... and of course, default to AF

    <?php
if(empty($_GET['sect']) || !isset($_GET['sect']))
{
  $_GET['sect'] == 'AF';
}

switch(strtoupper($_GET['sect']))
{
  case 'AF':
    $sect = 1;
    break;
  case 'GM':
    $sect = 2;
    break;
  case 'NS':
    $sect=3;
    break;
  case 'TZ':
    $sect=4;
    break;
  default:
    $sect=1;
    break;
}

$sections = array(
    1=>array('A', 'B', 'C', 'D', 'E', 'F'),
    2=>array('G', 'H', 'I', 'J', 'K', 'L', 'M'),
    3=>array('N', 'O', 'P', 'Q', 'R', 'S'),
    4=>array('T', 'U', 'V', 'W', 'X', 'Y', 'Z')
);

$query = "SELECT * FROM `table` WHERE (";
foreach($sections[$sect] as $let)
{
  $query .= "lastName LIKE '$let%',";
}
$query = substr($query, 0, -1); // removes last comma
$query .= ") ORDER BY lastName ASC";

// and so on...
?>

    To select each item to update, just make the checkboxes an array:

    <input type="checkbox" name="edit[]" value="mysql_row_id">

    Then, just make sure that you add those IDs as hidden values in the next form, and then do a simple update:

    UPDATE table SET col=value, col=val, col=val, col=val WHERE id=$id1 OR id=$id2

    Or, you can run two separate update queries, and just call the second ID... but I'm thinking what I have above would work.

    ~Brett

      Hi Brett,

      Thanks for the help. I got a bit of problem doing the multiple choice updates. I already had it in 2 separate scripts so i preferred to leave it as it is and am not able to figure out why the I am not able to select more than 1 record , even while holding down the control key.

      The 1st script has the foll. code (duly snipped)

      
$result = mysql_query("SELECT * FROM `List`WHERE  `Company` LIKE '$alphabet%' ORDER BY `Company` asc ") or die (mysql_error ());


if ($myrow = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {


  do {

printf("<tr><td>
<input type= \"radio\" name=\"choice[]\" value=%d><td>
<font size=2 face=Tahoma color=blue>%s<td>
</tr>",
 $myrow["Customerid"],
 $myrow["Company"] );


  } while ($myrow = mysql_fetch_array($result));

} else {

echo "Sorry, no records were found!";	
}
?>

   </table>

<input type="submit" name="choice" value="Proceed">

      The 2nd script has

      
<? include("protect.php"); ?>

<?php
$cid = $_POST["choice"];

        because..... it's a radio button.

        If you read up on Radio buttons on the w3schools.com website, it tells you that as long as the radio buttons names are the same, only 1 will be chosen. For multiple choices, you need to use a checkbox (or a multiple listbox).

        ~Brett

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