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How do I update a column that has the same ID as one of the form fields?

Thread began 3/06/2020 8:12 am by Jonas | Last modified 3/10/2020 3:45 pm by Ray Borduin | 1259 views | 21 replies |

Jonas

How do I update a column that has the same ID as one of the form fields?

I want to update a column in a table that has the same ID as one of the form fields - with the value from another form field. How should I think here?

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Ray BorduinWebAssist

Apply the update server behavior and set the lookup column from the one form fields and bind the value from the other.

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Jonas

Okay, done!
Now the value is written in the column. But I want to add the "++" value to the existing value in the column.
How?

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Ray BorduinWebAssist

I'm afraid I don't understand exactly what you are trying to do. Maybe give an example of what the value would be before and after.

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Jonas

Sure. If the existing value in the column is 20 then this should be added with the value from the form field. For example, 4 + 20 = 24.

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Ray BorduinWebAssist

You could add the values with php in a hidden form element, or use the "Execute SQL" server behavior to manually write a SQL statement that does that like:

UPDATE tablename SET column = column+4 WHERE IDColumn = value

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Jonas

So it is not possible to work with calculation when adding or updating a column?

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Ray BorduinWebAssist

You could do it in the bindings panel of the update as well. It is very possible. There are at least three ways to do it. I don't know the specifics of your application so I can't comment on which one if any is preferable.

What is your current binding in the update panel? You can likely just put +4 after it to add four to the value you are currently setting it to.

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Jonas

Late update:
I've tried to write + in the binding panel as you said, but it doesn't help. It still only inserts the value from the column, and does not add it.
Here is the updated code:
$UpdateQuery->bindColumn("ProvningPlatserBokade", "i", "+".($WADABokning_update->getColumnVal("BokningAntal")) ."", "WA_DEFAULT");

Earlier:
The idea is that admin should be able to see how many places are booked for the specific activity. Each time a booking is made, the number of seats is added to the column associated with that activity.

The number 4 was just an example. Actually, it's a number that comes from another column in another table. So different from time to time. Here is the code from update server behavior:
<?php
if (isset($_POST["Update"]) || isset($_POST["Update_x"])) {
$UpdateQuery = new WA_MySQLi_Query($AboutBeer);
$UpdateQuery->Action = "update";
$UpdateQuery->Table = "Provning";
$UpdateQuery->bindColumn("ProvningPlatserBokade", "i", "".($WADABokning_update->getColumnVal("BokningAntal")) ."", "WA_DEFAULT");
$UpdateQuery->addFilter("ProvningID", "=", "i", "".($WADABokning_update->getColumnVal("ProvningID")) ."");
$UpdateQuery->execute();
$UpdateGoTo = "";
if (function_exists("rel2abs")) $UpdateGoTo = $UpdateGoTo?rel2abs($UpdateGoTo,dirname(__FILE__)):"";
$UpdateQuery->redirect($UpdateGoTo);
}
?>

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Ray BorduinWebAssist

$UpdateQuery->bindColumn("ProvningPlatserBokade", "i", "".($WADABokning_update->getColumnVal("BokningAntal")+1) ."", "WA_DEFAULT");

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