Seeking Clarity About Loading Form Content and Form Reset

Wappler General Need Help
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Hi folks...

Since upgrading to 6.8.0, some of my forms have shown some irratic behaviour, so I'd like to get clarity about populating a form from a server action and the use of form reset.

A typical scenario is selecting a contact from a list to be able to see and edit their details.

So I have a list of contacts, and clicking on one loads a server action:

<dmx-serverconnect id="contact" url="dmxConnect/api/Contacts/contact.php" noload="noload">

Then I have a contact form structured like this:

<form id="f_contact" autocomplete="off" method="post" 
is="dmx-serverconnect-form" 
action="dmxConnect/api/Contacts/update_contact_details.php" 
dmx-populate="contact.data.contact">

    <input name="first_name" dmx-bind:value="contact.data.contact.first_name">
    <input name="last_name" dmx-bind:value="contact.data.contact.last_name">

My question is this:

In order to guarantee that the inputs will show the correct values loaded from the "contact" server action, do I need to perform a form reset on success of the server action?

(I'm also not quite sure what the dmx-populate part of the form definition plays in this process!)

Thanks,
Antony.

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Are first_name and last_name guaranteed to be present in the server connect response?

I once found a "bug", if one of the keys was missing from the latest server connect request it would assume the value of the previous valid key (previous request)... I think I reported the issue but I don't think it was taken seriously

3

No... and I have to make sure all my forms function to cover every case - data present or no data present...

4

I would recommend that as this should ensure no data is preserved from.previous inputs.