Problem insert and update

Okay my first problem with dataassit, I probably just don't got a setting right but I can't see it, I ran the wizard created results, detail, update, insert admin pages, I added file fields for the picture fields"just made the type from text to file" then ran the upload behavior on those fields, then I took the text ereas and made those to have html editor, with no upload ability just basic, O test the file field does'nt upload It does store the whole path in database, instead of file name like I need but no uplaod. And the text area the editor is on adds nothing, on the update it shows all the text in field but if you hit update it wipes it. Also on the update I want the file filed to keep original if there not wipe it if no new image is inserted. I tried looking through the code with no avail, I just don't know the extention code enough yet so I'll leave it to the pros. I'm attaching the two pages and a data dump to see how my tables are laid out if needed. If you need anything else from me let me know.. Thanks!

all of these are pretty basic issues.


for file upload to work properly, the forms encoding type needs to be set to multipart/form-data.

If you manually change the input type="text" to type="file", dreamweaver wont make this change for you. If you use the Insert -> Form -> File Field menu to add a new file field, the encoding type will automatically be changed. To change it manually, select the first text in design view, then in the Tag inspector at the bottom of the design view window, select the form tag. In the property inspector, change the encoding type.


the problem you are having with the HTML editor is that the insert and update behaviors are expecting an element named "artist_bio" but you have named the HTML Editor instance "bio", you will need to change the HTML Editor instance names to "artist_bio" instead to match what the insert and update are expecting.

on the update page, the HTML Editor content is being converted to HTML because of formatting on the initial value, when you edit the instance name on the update page, also re select the initial value. Next to initial value, click the lightning bolt, expand the "WADAartist" recordset and select the artist_bio column.



for the issue of overwriting the images on update, there is a tutorial on the DataAssist support page titled "How to apply Digital File Pro to DataAssist Insert and Update pages" that will walk through the steps you need to follow:
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Thanks Jason, I thought they would be basic, I just did'nt go about the right way of doing it for sure on the file field, I don't know how I got that far off with the others but I guess I'll have to slow down a bit and look a bit more carefully, Thanks for your input I'll give it a shot in a bit. I'm also having a bit of a problem with the checkbox not holding it's value, but I seen somone else just posted the same problem, so I'll check your reply there, Thanks a bunch!

Tracy

No worries, let me know if you continue to have problems.