Looping SelectedItem values in HttpService to Update Several Rows in Database in Flex

[alice_data]

Hi,



My client wanted me to create something that allows certain
DataGrid to display to allow users to edit and update the database
records. The only dilemma I am having here is how to actually
create something from Flex's end to allow users update several rows
of the database at once. Since everything in my datagrid would be
defined as selectedItem whenever a user accesses the entry, how can
I get Flex to recognize each of the updated variables while I
update the database?



Another question is, if I do something like
dg2.selectedItem.id, it would only display the "selectedItem," and
since I intend to loop every single one of the values as such in
the datagrid to be updated, is it possible to do something like dg.
.id? I tried to do this, and I kept on getting errors.



If anyone could refer me to some examples on how to get this
to start, it would be great.



Thanks in advance.



Alice



This is the current code I have:



<mx:HTTPService id="save_scenario" method="POST" url="
http://localhost/save_scenario.php"
useProxy="false">

<mx:request xmlns="">

<scenario_name>{scenario_name}</scenario_name>

<id_no>{dg2.selectedItem.id}</id_no>


<region_name>{dg2.selectedItem.region_name}</region_name>


<population>{dg2.selectedItem.population}</population>

<market>{dg2.selectedItem.market}</market>

</mx:request>

</mx:HTTPService>

[Zee_Yang]

there might be others ways of doing it, but i would track the
changes at the data source level.



store your data set in an ArrayCollection. Bind your data
grid to the ArrayCollection object as its data source.



with the ArrayCollection, attach an event handler to the
collectionChange event. you can use the handler to track which rows
of data has been changed.




http://livedocs.adobe.com/flex/3/langref/mx/collections/ArrayCollection.html

[alice_data]

Thanks, but I think I will be a little more explicit here
about what I really wanted to know. My impression is that if I have
a DataGrid and that I would like to allow users to edit certain
entries within the actual grid and have all of it saved to the
database, I could use a for loop and just update everything without
paying attention to what has really been updated, but I have been
struggling with how to pass it all to the variables side.
Currently, I could update things one entry a time, by using the
code I provided earlier, but is there a way of which I can have it
all posted to the HTTPService in one go?



Note: I tried using dg.
.id_no in the for loop to iterate over the variables I intend to
post, but I don't think I am allowed to do so, do I?



Alice



Attached is what I used in a PHP script to allow the code
loop around the users' edits, how could I do the similar thing in
Flex by assigning the index variable to something more dynamic?



Attach Code



<?php



if(!isset($_POST['npop'])){

// this is where the user will select how many pops to insert

?>



<form method="post">

<input type="text" name="npop" value="Type in how many
post values">

<input type="submit" value="Continue">

</form>



<?

} else {

if(!isset($_POST['pop'])){

$pop = $_POST['npop'];

// when the user has selected the N number of pops

// its time to create the N input elements

?>

<form method="post">

<input type="hidden" name="npop"
value="<?=$pop;?>">

<input type="hidden" name="pop" value="0">



<?

for($i = 1;$i <= $pop; $i++){

echo "<h3>Pop $i</h3>";



// now comes the 5 input elements..

// add them as u like naming them in the following pattern,

// or whatever prefix

?>

Market: <input type="text" name="a<?=$i;?>"
value="0"><br />

IM_accept: <input type="text" name="b<?=$i;?>"
value="0"><br />

IM_defer: <input type="text" name="c<?=$i;?>"
value="0"/><br />

CR_accept : <input type="text" name="d<?=$i;?>"
value="0"><br />

FC_accept : <input type="text" name="e<?=$i;?>"
value="0"><br />

<?

}

?>

<input type="Submit" value="Submit form">

</form>

<?

} else {

$pop = $_POST['npop'];



// when the user has submitted the pops,

// they will be inserted to N rows in the table.



for($i = 1; $i <= $pop; $i++){

$a = $_POST['a'.$i]; $b = $_POST['b'.$i]; $c =
$_POST['c'.$i];

$d = $_POST['d'.$i]; $e = $_POST['e'.$i];

$sql = "insert INTO table VALUES('$a', '$b', '$c', '$d',
'$e')" . "\n";

echo $sql;

$myFile = "testFile.txt";

$fh = fopen($myFile, 'a') or die("can't open file");

fwrite($fh, $sql);

fclose($fh);



}





echo "POPs were recorded. Thank you";



}

}

?>