Dreamweaver CS5 : Standard Server Behaviors (part 3) - Go To Detail Page, Related Page & Insert Record

Select the page element — text, graphic, or dynamic data — you'd like to use as the link to the detail page.

From the Server Behaviors panel, click the Add (+) button and select Go To Detail Page from the drop-down list. The Go To Detail Page dialog box, shown in Figure 6, is displayed.

Figure 6. Specify the linking parameter sent from the master page in the Go To Detail Page server behavior.

Make sure that the page element selected is represented in the Link field. If no selection was made, Dreamweaver creates a new Detail text link.

Enter the path to the detail page in the Detail Page field or click Browse to locate the file in the Select File dialog box.

Enter the variable name you'd like to be sent in the Pass URL Parameter field. You can use a name of your own choosing or the name of the field in the database. Whichever name you decide upon, make a note of it somewhere because you need to reference it when the detail page itself is constructed.

Select the recordset of the URL parameter from the Recordset list.

From the Column list, choose the field to which the URL parameter's value is related.

Unless you have preexisting URL or Form parameters to send to the detail page, leave the Pass Existing Parameters options unchecked.

Click OK when you're finished.

Select the page element — text, image, or dynamic data — you'd like to use as the trigger for your behavior.

From the Server Behaviors panel, click the Add (+) button and select Go To Related Page from the list. The Go To Related Page server behavior dialog box appears, as shown in Figure 7.

Figure 7. The Go To Related Page server behavior can convey form values, URL values, or both to another dynamic page.

In the dialog box, verify that the text or code for the selected element displayed in the Link field is correct.

Enter the path to the target page in the Related Page field or click Browse to locate an existing dynamic page.

If you want to carry over values received from a query string, select the URL Parameters option.

If you want to pass values received from a form, select the Form Parameters option.

Click OK when you're finished.

From the Server Behaviors panel, click the Add (+) button and select Insert Record. The Insert Record dialog box appears, as shown in Figure 8.

Figure 8. Users may add new data directly to a connected data source.

From the Insert Record dialog box, choose the connection from the drop-down list. If you need to establish a new connection, click Define.

Select the data table you want to use from the Insert table list.

Enter the path to the destination page in the After Inserting, Go To field, or click the Browse button to locate the file. It's important that you select a confirmation or other page to go to after the form is submitted. If you don't, no feedback is provided to the user, and no change is apparent.

Select the name of the form to be used from the Get Values From list. If there is only one form on the page, the form is preselected.

For each object listed in the Form Elements area:

• Select the data source field into which the form object's value is to be inserted from the Columns list.

• Choose the data source type for the data from the Submit As list. The options are Text; Numeric; Date; Date MS Access; Checkbox Y, N; Checkbox 1,0; Check −1,0; and Checkbox MS Access.

Click OK when you're finished.