Formbuilder bug- submitted values
Posted: Wed Oct 23, 2013 1:00 am
Hi,
As a developer long familiar with HTML, my expectation was that the "Value Submitted" for a pulldown field should only be populated if you want something different from the option text to be submitted.
Because HTML defaults to sending <option>this text</option> unless you <option value="specify an override">this text</option>
Not only does this create an expectation that Formbuilder will work the same way, having to duplicate the data (possibly hundreds of rows) is arduous and introduces potential for errors.
I just spent ages tracking down why values weren't coming through, and this was the reason.
As a developer long familiar with HTML, my expectation was that the "Value Submitted" for a pulldown field should only be populated if you want something different from the option text to be submitted.
Because HTML defaults to sending <option>this text</option> unless you <option value="specify an override">this text</option>
Not only does this create an expectation that Formbuilder will work the same way, having to duplicate the data (possibly hundreds of rows) is arduous and introduces potential for errors.
I just spent ages tracking down why values weren't coming through, and this was the reason.