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Posting Problem

Vaughan
in Custom Web Publishing

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Is a layout specified for the -lay tag" Does that layout have the necessary fields on it?

I have created about 5 different FMPro databases using web companion. They all work very well and when I submit a record it is recorded. Now for the problem. The last online registration database that I created looks fine and tells me that a new record has been added and IN FACT a new record is added to the database. Unfortunately there in NO data in the record. Nothing appears at all. Any suggestions?

There is a layout name and all of the fields are in the layout.

Here is the HTML:

<HTML>

<HEAD>

<TITLE>MM ClassroomGrant - New Record</TITLE>

</HEAD>

<BODY BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" LINK="#003300" ALINK="#CC6699" VLINK="#33CC33">

<P><FORM ACTION="FMPro" METHOD="post">

<P><INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-DB" VALUE="MMClassroomGrant">

<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-Lay" VALUE="Application">

<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-format" VALUE="new_reply.htm">

<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-error" VALUE="new_error.htm"></P>

<CENTER><TABLE BORDER=0>

<TR>

<TD ALIGN=center WIDTH=65>

<P ALIGN=left><IMG SRC="images/mclogo.gif" WIDTH=87 HEIGHT=76 X-CLARIS-USEIMAGEWIDTH X-CLARIS-USEIMAGEHEIGHT ALIGN=bottom></P>

</TD>

<TD ALIGN=center WIDTH=492 BGCOLOR="#000000">

<H1><FONT COLOR="#FFFFFF">One-on-One Instructional

Technology Development:</FONT></H1>

<H2><FONT COLOR="#FFFFFF">Create practical uses for the

Multimedia Teaching Stations</FONT></H2>

</TD>

</B></FONT></TR>

</TABLE>

<P><TABLE BORDER=0 WIDTH="97%" HEIGHT=228>

<TR>

<TD COLSPAN=2>

<H3><CENTER>Please complete the application below and

select the submit button. Deadline for submission is

December 21st. We will notify all successful candidates

by January 11th.</CENTER></H3>

</TD>

</TR>

<TR>

<TD>

<H4>Name:</H4>

<P><INPUT TYPE=text NAME=Name VALUE="" SIZE=55></P>

</TD>

<TD>

<H4>Department:</H4>

<P><INPUT TYPE=text NAME=Dept VALUE="" SIZE=55></P>

</TD>

</TR>

<TR>

<TD>

<H4>Phone:</H4>

<P><INPUT TYPE=text NAME=Phone VALUE="" SIZE=55></P>

</TD>

<TD>

<H4>Email:</H4>

<P><INPUT TYPE=text NAME=email VALUE="" SIZE=55></P>

</TD>

</TR>

</TABLE>

</P></CENTER>

<P><TABLE BORDER=0>

<TR>

<TD WIDTH=230>

<H4>Are you a full or part-time faculty member?</H4>

</TD>

<TD>

<P>[FMP-VALUELIST: Fullpart, LIST=full/part]

<INPUT TYPE=radio NAME="Full or Part time" VALUE="[FMP-ValueListItem]">[FMP-VALUELISTITEM: Always, HTML]

[/FMP-VALUELIST]</P>

</TD>

</TR>

</TABLE>

</P>

<CENTER><TABLE BORDER=0 WIDTH="100%">

<TR>

<TD>

<P></P>

</TD>

</TR>

<TR>

<TD HEIGHT=47>

<H4>What are your learning goals for enhancing your use

of the multi-media classroom and/or web based

instruciton?</H4>

<P><INPUT TYPE=text NAME=Question1 VALUE="" SIZE=116></P>

</TD>

</TR>

<TR>

<TD HEIGHT=50>

<H4>How would you use one-on-one training provided by the

Media Center?</H4>

<P><INPUT TYPE=text NAME=Question2 VALUE="" SIZE=116></P>

</TD>

</TR>

<TR>

<TD HEIGHT=52>

<H4>What specific products and outcomes will result from

the training you receive?</H4>

<P><INPUT TYPE=text NAME=Question3 VALUE="" SIZE=116></P>

</TD>

</TR>

<TR>

<TD HEIGHT=52>

<H4>With whom would you work as a mentor, and what are

your mentee's learning needs?</H4>

<P><INPUT TYPE=text NAME=Question4 VALUE="" SIZE=116></P>

</TD>

</TR>

</TABLE>

<P>

<HR>

<BR>

<INPUT TYPE="submit" NAME="-New" VALUE="Submit">

<SPACER TYPE=horizontal SIZE=15> <INPUT TYPE=reset VALUE="Reset this form"></P></CENTER>

<P><A HREF="http://www.ccsu.edu/media">Return to Home Page</A>

</FORM></P>

</BODY>

</HTML>

Looks like you're missing some quotes throughout. For example,

<INPUT TYPE=text NAME=Name VALUE="" SIZE=55>

should be:

<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="Name" VALUE="" SIZE=55>

Thank you for the suggestion. I tried it and it did not change the outcome. Still no data in the record although it is adding a new record.

I created the page with Claris HomePage. Do you think that I should recreate the page?

Sherry

If on the page is just single typo or wrong syntax, everything stops often working.

This I do recommend to all beginners:

Start with single layout with single field.

When this works OK, add more fields by ONLY copy/paste and never try to write manually something.

That way I am working very fast and I never had typo. I've learned this from my mistake. I've inherited database and it didn’t work in CDML. It took me 2 hours, that the author of the database named one field "Name " instead "Name". Because I've just typed that as "Name", FM/WC didn't work at all. When I did the copy I've discovered the space frown.gif" border="0

quote:
Originally posted by Anatoli:

I've inherited database and it didn’t work in CDML. It took me 2 hours, that the author of the database named one field "Name " instead "Name". Because I've just typed that as "Name", FM/WC didn't work at all. When I did the copy I've discovered the space
frown.gif" border="0

I had the exact same experience, Anatoli -- I think stories like this illustrate the need for field-naming standards, e.g no spaces, because you may just have to create a web front-end some day. smile.gif" border="0

quote:
Originally posted by The Bridge:

I had the exact same experience, Anatoli -- I think stories like this illustrate the need for field-naming standards, e.g no spaces, because you may just have to create a web front-end some day.
smile.gif" border="0

CDML is very, very syntatically precise. Perhaps soon it will just go away.

Old Advance Man

I have tried all of the suggestions. I even recreated the pages using Claris HomePage. I still get a new record with NO data. I am getting desparate. It has to be up and running by Friday. Do you have any other suggestions? It seems to be receiving the record and not posting any data. I have made the "space" errors in the past and usually received an error message. This time I do not get an error message just no data.

  • Author

Check the field validation too.

Are the access privileges in FileMaker for layouts and fields set to allow data from the web?

Good suggestion! I will check it out and let you know. smile.gif" border="0

Thank you!!!!! It worked. I had set up a "no password" access to the DB but I did not assign it to a group. I love this program but boy is it picky!! Thank you again! I am so glad that this forum is here!!! : )

Sherry

A very happy camper!

  • Author

OK now is the time to change Web Companion's preferences from Access Privileges (built-in passwords) to Web Security database. You have already learned why. Keep the built-in passwords, but just use them for FMP-client access security.

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