Adaptive Database

Multiple-record editing is now basically working, but I have one more problem to solve:

When you submit an edit form for an existing single record, for each one-to-many field, all existing records in the linking table are deleted, then new ones are created if there are any new ones in the submission; otherwise, none are left. In the case of a multi-record edit, though, we have a complex situation because if the one-to-many field is enabled, but no items are in it, then the intention is to delete all link records relating to all the records being edited. However, when the MdhRecord object reads data from the submission, it finds no parameters relating to the one-to-many field, because no selections were made, so it (currently) concludes that the field was not "set", and does nothing, leaving all the existing link records in place.

I need to find a way to submit the fact that the one-to-many field is selected even though there are no data items for it. This might be achieved by reading the disabled attribute of the hidden generic select control which is used to clone new selects when you add new items to the field. The disabled state of this control should reflect the disabled state of the field itself, so I should be able to send a flag based on this which the one-to-many control can read.

Once that's done, there will be extensive cross-browser testing to do, and then I want to complete a couple more tweaks: saving the state of the table display controls as cookies, and elliding URLs in MdhLinkField and MdhLinkSetField.