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We are on 7.4 We are starting on a new implementation and we have a difficult si
senthilar
over 11 years ago
We are on 7.4 We are starting on a new implementation and we have a difficult situation to tackle. There are several Request Types and based on what Request Type is chosen by the user, the Questions which the user should answer via form would vary. The Questions could be text inputs, dropdowns, or booleans. We would be fetching dropdown (say, list of states) and boolean options values from DB. Now, to design the form, we are confused between 2 approaches:
1) Store all the questions in DB. And based on the Request Type chosen by user, query the database for the questions to be displayed. Then create the form elements dynamically.
2) Create form(s) at design time with all possible list of questions. Each question's (form element) visibility will depend on the Request Type chosen by the user.
This seems to be a common scenario. Pls post your ideas around this. What would be the pitfalls? What would be the challenges? There are hundreds of fie...
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Thank you for sharing thoughts Tim!
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Thank you for sharing thoughts Tim!
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