losing form data

[Hierophant]

Either explicitly delete it or set its expiration date to 0 and it will be deleted when the browser is closed.

Personally, I am against opening too many multiple windows but that is a matter of personal choice. I feel that using a cookie or storing the values at the server will serve the same purposes without being as intrusive to the user.

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Wayne Luke - Sitepoint Moderator/Internet Media Developer
Digital Magician Studios - Making Magic with Web Applications
wluke@digitalmagician.com

[DLG_1]

how do i prevent losing form data if i were to navigate from the site to another and then come back? what programming would I have to do?


- sam

[Hierophant]

You would have to write that data to a cookie and update it using the onBlur event. WHen the page loads you would have to check for such a cookie and preload all the fields.

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Wayne Luke - Sitepoint Moderator/Internet Media Developer
Digital Magician Studios - Making Magic with Web Applications
wluke@digitalmagician.com

[DLG_1]

so then when the form is completed, i would have to then delete the cookie?

what do you think about just spitting up another window when the form is selected?

- sam

[DLG_1]

what do you mean by "storing the info on the server"?

would you store it in a dB or sorts and place a unique cookie ID, and when the user returns using that ID to find the info?

- sam

[Hierophant]

Personally I would use Cookies.

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Wayne Luke - Sitepoint Moderator/Internet Media Developer
Digital Magician Studios - Making Magic with Web Applications
wluke@digitalmagician.com