Re: Saving Text Areas with Orders
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1997
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 14540
interpreted = N
texte = The TextA, TextB, etc. and extra header fields (header1, header2, etc.) in the shopping cart file are for just this sort of thing. You can store text from a textarea tag just fine.John.> My customers require being able to write a few lines of comment to be>attached to their orders. >> After they see the cart, they will need to write their comments in a>TEXTAREA.>> Where do I save this? If they decide to go back to add or edit the>order, I don't want these comments to be lost. >> I have thought about creating a comments SKU, and using [hideif] to>keep it >from being listed out with [lineitems]. I am unsure if a TEXTAREA could>be held inside of textB, even if I set the WRAP attribute to VIRTUAL>> My other idea was to create a db with cart numbers and comments, but I>don't thing that would help me if someone pressed the back button on the>browser, and then changed their order, instead of Submitting the form. >And I'm not sure how a TEXTAREA would be saved. >> I have hacked away at this for some time today, and RTFM'd with the>O'Reilly HTML book, but no answer was apparent. I would appreciate any>time-saving advice.>>Thanks.>>Larry Orchier>> John A. HillPacific Coast Softwarehttp://www.smithmicro.com
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The TextA, TextB, etc. and extra header fields (header1, header2, etc.) in the shopping cart file are for just this sort of thing. You can store text from a textarea tag just fine.John.> My customers require being able to write a few lines of comment to be>attached to their orders. >> After they see the cart, they will need to write their comments in a>TEXTAREA.>> Where do I save this? If they decide to go back to add or edit the>order, I don't want these comments to be lost. >> I have thought about creating a comments SKU, and using
[hideif] to>keep it >from being listed out with
[lineitems]. I am unsure if a TEXTAREA could>be held inside of textB, even if I set the WRAP attribute to VIRTUAL>> My other idea was to create a db with cart numbers and comments, but I>don't thing that would help me if someone pressed the back button on the>browser, and then changed their order, instead of Submitting the form. >And I'm not sure how a TEXTAREA would be saved. >> I have hacked away at this for some time today, and RTFM'd with the>O'Reilly HTML book, but no answer was apparent. I would appreciate any>time-saving advice.>>Thanks.>>Larry Orchier>> John A. HillPacific Coast Softwarehttp://www.smithmicro.com
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