Re: Summing fields
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1997
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 10853
interpreted = N
texte = >>Let me know if it works, but I have my doubts ... the reason being that >>WebCat2 probably cannot pick up the variables from a form unless the >>'Submit' button is clicked by the user. The same concept goes for >>hyperlinks - those variables are not passed unless someone clicks the link. >> >>I think that clicking something on the page is the trigger than actually >>sends WebCat2 those variables. > >Ken's right; no CGI can possible pick up that information until _after_ >the form is submitted. HTML works that way. If you go to ClubMac you'll >see we calculate the totalWeight on an intermediate page before showing >the shipping price on the next page. Formulas.db cuts down on one extra >step, but the only way to calculate information 'live' on a single page is >to use Java or JavaScript. > hmmm this is inside a form before the submit has occurred and coltotal formats these rows and puts the
in place after it has formated this 5 columns wide. This was done to format the form for input. Now I have not acted on any fields read from the data base. So it still might require the submit to occur to do what Ken wanted to do. But I knew I had seen variables declared and used prior to the submit elsewhere.Click on the Button of the Country this International Source belongs to.