Register Issues

Can I update two tables on one submit or do I need to inner join, left join or full join the tables?

Example:
I want to have a registration form that updates all the details you would hope a form to have... Some of those update able input fields are located in several different tables, User(UID), UserDetails(UDID), UserClass(UCID), Class(CID), ClassDetails(CDID), Franchise(FID) and FranchiseDetails(FDID).

I have the Users mysql table built like so...

CREATE TABLE `UserDetails` (
  `UDID` int(10) NOT NULL auto_increment,
  `FID` int(10) NOT NULL,
  `UFname` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
  `ULName` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
  `USSN` int(9) NOT NULL,
  `UCity` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
  `UState` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
  `UZipcode` int(5) NOT NULL,
  `UPhone1` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
  `UPhone2` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
  `UReferred` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
  `ULevel` int(2) NOT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY  (`UDID`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=2 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 AUTO_INCREMENT=2 ;

I want to add the appropriate details to this table as well...

CREATE TABLE `User` (
  `UID` int(10) NOT NULL auto_increment,
  `CID` int(10) NULL,
  `FID` int(10) NULL,
  `UDID` int(10) NULL,
  `UEmail` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
  `UPass` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
  PRIMARY KEY  (`UID`)
) ENGINE=InnoDB AUTO_INCREMENT=2 DEFAULT CHARSET=utf8 AUTO_INCREMENT=2 ;

I still have the other 5 tables with literally the same question...

I want to carry the details in the smallest possible table as possible right? Store as much data in Session as possible right?

So again, do I JOIN all the tables in the registration page, put all the necessary details in Session and pull out the appropriate data based on 'ULevel' then? If so, which JOIN is best? If not, what would you suggest?

Any help would be great!

Thanks,
Ted

yes, you could insert the user data into multiple tables. you would need to add an insert record behavior for each table, and make sure only the last insert record behavior has a redirect URL set.

Awesome... That's a much better fix than the alternative...

A weird thing happened though... I get the following error...

Cannot add or update a child row: a foreign key constraint fails (`RTN/UserDetails`, CONSTRAINT `UserDetails_ibfk_1` FOREIGN KEY (`UDID`) REFERENCES `UserDetails` (`UDID`) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE CASCADE)

any ideas? Is that because I have the wrong details pointed inside mySQL?

do you get this error when adding a row or updating a row.


basically the error is telling you that a foreign key restraint you have specified in the database is causing the operation to fail.

I generally dont add foreign keys to the database and code the application to handle them instead.

It was on WA_Insert... I've since taken them out of the DB and am now trying to handle it on the page...

On that same note - do you use InnoDB or MYISAM for your Storage Engine?

Thanks for your help again Jason!

OK - I got it to work perfectly - I only have one issue...

in my Users Table I have the following:

`UID` int(10) NOT NULL auto_increment,
  `CID` int(10) default NULL,
  `FID` int(10) default NULL,
  `UDID` int(10) default NULL,
  `CTID` int(10) default NULL,
  `UEmail` varchar(255) default NULL,
  `UPass` varchar(255) default NULL,

in my UserDetails table I have the following:

`UDID` int(10) NOT NULL auto_increment,
  `FID` int(10) NOT NULL,
  `UFName` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
  `ULName` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
  `USSN` varchar(11) NOT NULL,
  `UCity` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
  `UState` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
  `UZipcode` int(5) NOT NULL,
  `UPhone1` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
  `UPhone2` varchar(255) default NULL,
  `UReferred` varchar(255) NOT NULL,
  `ULevel` int(2) NOT NULL default '1',

How do I get the UDID to populate the incremental one in the UserDetails table as well as the row in the Users table?

I have tried the pulling the UDID out of session, the post value from the registration form and any other way I can think of...

Everything I've tried the table has remained empty...

Any ideas?

you cannot set the value of the primary key column in the details table, you should use a foreign key column instead.

it looks like you have the fid column in the details table for this.

Using DataAssist insert record, the ID is stored in a session variable. On the first page, see the session variables section.

make sure the Insert to the Users table occurs before the insert to the details

in the insert to the details, set the fid column to use the session created by the Users insert

YEAH! genius I tell you...

Thanks Jason!

you're welcome.