Announced ending database view

  • Resolved huubheer

    (@huubheer)


    6 years, 1 month ago

    IN the database view an announcement is made that databse view will be disabled in version 14.15.
    As adviced I installed CFDB and tested this with my most complex form. I now have the following issues. PLease advice.

    1. Multiple forms are not supported in CFDB. Only individual pages can be selected. It’s not easy to handle a form with 10 pages this way. In the database view of CFormsII this was easy.

    2. The database view of CFormsII provides a nice vertical view. IN CFDB only horizontal views are provided. This is also an issue that decreases the usability.

    3. I use anchors in my titles, whitch work out fine. IN the database view of CForms the tekst is “processed” and easy to read. In CFDB is is absolutely not.
    example:
    Definition in CForms : Waar is uw kind zwak in, wat zijn bijkomende risicofactoren bij de evt. dyslexie?<br />(klik voor voorbeelden)
    Tekst in CForms view : Waar is uw kind zwak in, wat zijn bijkomende risicofactoren bij de evt. dyslexie?
    (Header) Tekst in CFDB : Waar is uw kind zwak in, wat zijn bijkomende risicofactoren bij de evt. dyscalculie?<br /><a href=”https://www.deleerwijzer.nl

    The step tot CFDB is in my opinion a large step backwards in user satisfaction.
    PLease keep the view alive untill CFDB can provide a more strcutural solution (or a simple way to manage the userinterface).

    The page I need help with: [log in to see the link]

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  • Plugin Author bgermann

    (@bgermann)

    I am removing the view because of general security concerns. It had a long standing SQL injection issue and I guess there are more issues with it. With the anchor being shown you actually point out something that could be a cross site scripting issue.

    I am sorry, but I do not want to be responsible for such a rotten code base. Actually there are many other areas in cformsII that look very ugly.

    The next cformsII version will have to wait some time. Maybe it will happen as late as the WordPress 5 release.

    And after all there is https://www.ads-software.com/plugins/cforms2-old-tracking-db.
    If some PHP developer wants to take on the responsibility, he can build upon it and provide the old user interface.

    I will see what I can do about better user experience in CFDB.

    Thread Starter huubheer

    (@huubheer)

    Hi,
    Thanks for your answer. Sorry, i’m not a php specialist and therefore not aware of the rotten code base.
    Waiting for WordPress 5 is fine for me.

    I hope the input fields are checked for cross site scripting. I asumed that what I am doing in the field discriptions is using standard html. If you are able to provide a standard “link to info” with for instance an “info” image, that would be marvelous.

    I came across a discription to make detail pages (https://cfdbplugin.com/?page_id=1389).
    I think this can help me. Only selecting multiple forms is still an issue.

    Do you have any idee’s?

    Thanks.

    Huub

    Plugin Author bgermann

    (@bgermann)

    What do you mean by multiple forms? CFDB has support for importing cformsII’s multi-part forms.

    Plugin Author bgermann

    (@bgermann)

    You should ask in the CFDB issue tracker.

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