[Catalyst] Re: Form validation in insert() and update()?

[Dave Rolsky]

On Sun, 20 May 2007, Bogdan Lucaciu wrote:

> On Sunday 20 May 2007 22:58:26 Dave Rolsky wrote:
>> A couple problems. The biggest is that besides messages, I also pass along
>> the submitted form data, so the form can be displayed with what the user
>> submitted. That won't fit in a query string in many cases.
>
> if the post is handled by /order/new I usually redirect to /order/15 with the
> flash message. I think there's plenty of room in the URL for the
> altered/created object's primary key

Yes, that's what I do too.

I was talking about the case where the form submission _fails_, and you 
want to send the client back to the form, show them 1+ error messages, and 
re-populate the form with the data they submitted. That may not fit in a 
query string in many cases.


-dave

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