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Update value of one field dependent on the value of another.

Thread began 9/19/2014 10:09 am by iainmacdonald331081 | Last modified 9/19/2014 11:22 am by Jason Byrnes | 1155 views | 5 replies |

iainmacdonald331081

Update value of one field dependent on the value of another.

Am just wondering if this sort of thing is possible....

I have a table which includes two fields:

Rank
Score

Rank can be 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5.

Score needs to be 10 (for a Rank of 1), 6 (for a Rank of 2), 3 (for a Rank of 3), 2(for a Rank of 4) or 1 (for a Rank of 5).

So basically if the Rank field is updated to 1, can it be set up so that the Score field updates to 10 etc?

Thanks.

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Jason ByrnesWebAssist

yes, this can be done but will take some hand coding.

create a the rank select list and a hidden element for the score, then add code at liune 1 to set the score value:

<?php
if(isset($_POST['rank']) && $_POST['rank'] != "") {
switch ($_POST['rank']) {
case "1":
$_POST['score'] = "10";
break;
case "2":
$_POST['score'] = "6";
break;
case "3":
$_POST['score'] = "3";
break;
case "4":
$_POST['score'] = "2";
break;
case "5":
$_POST['score'] = "1";
break;
}

}
?>



then in the update behavior, bind the rank column to the rank form element and the score column to the score form element.

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iainmacdonald331081

Thanks Jason - does it need to use select list, or should it work with a text field?

I currently have a text field in an update multiple records behavior.

Which I've tried, but doesn't look like its working. So just trying to figure out if I've gone wrong somewhere, or if its gone wrong because I'm not using a select list.

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Jason ByrnesWebAssist

ok, well, you didn't mention you where using a multiple update field, that is going to take far more complex code to accomplish, we can help you implement that in a premiere support appointment:
http://www.webassist.com/premier_request.php

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iainmacdonald331081

Thanks Jason - I just wanted to establish if it should work in principle. I'll get a few ducks in a row with this and then look into the premier support.

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Jason ByrnesWebAssist

yes, it should work with a text field instead of a select list.

with a multiple record insert / update form, the form elements are dynamic ly named with a unique identifier:
rank_0
rank_1
rank_2
rank_3
etc..

so the code needs to be modified to look for each rank / score combination, we can help set that up in a premiere support appointment.

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