Adobe® Dreamweaver® CS4 Bible

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Part IV

Incorporating Dynamic Data

FIGURE 23-16

With an Update Record Web application, your data source can be modified remotely.

If you’d prefer Dreamweaver to set up the form elements for you, use the Record Update Form appli-

cation object. Before you can insert this application object, you must define a recordset or other data

source from which to extract the data. The advantage of using Dreamweaver is sheer speed. Instead

of manually creating the form, let Dreamweaver do the grunt work for you. To create an update

record application using the application object, follow these steps:

1. Place your cursor where you’d like the form to appear, and choose Insert ➪ Data

Objects ➪ Record Update Form. Alternatively, you can drag the Insert Record Update

Form object from the Application category of the Insert panel onto your page. The Insert

Record Update Form dialog box is displayed.

2. From the Insert Record Update Form dialog box, choose a connection from the Connection

drop-down list. To establish a new connection, click Define.

3. Select the data table to modify from the Table To Update list.

4. Choose the data source on which to base your update from the Select Record From list.

5. Select the key field from the Unique Key Column list. Dreamweaver attempts to detect

whether the field is a number type and, if so, selects the Numeric option.

6. Enter the path to the de