If it works well, it probably works very well and can be fully optimised for the job at hand
see, that's the thing ... it *doesn't* ... at least not yet. there are way too many unimplemented methods at the moment. i have to perform deletes of an element in the DB, not via the web interface ....

Well, the benefit of a "custom"-job is that it is ... well ... customized to the job.
well, it's really not. it's a brute-force loop through query results and build an HTML::Template-based form with really bloated HTML that i'm surprised even really works ... weird ROWSPAN and COLSPAN settings on  <td>, very vague CSS support, and i could go on.

(one of my pet peeves is bloated HTML ... excessively nested tables full of 'spacer' transparent GIFs where CSS padding/ margin would do the job, but i digress )

and trust me, there's a learning curve. i blew 2 days using "the old version" of it, blew another almost day trying to get a form to do multiple things only to be told that "we don't use the tool for those", etc .... grr.

In reply to Re: Re: "roll your own" form generator by geektron
in thread "roll your own" form generator by geektron

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