[phpesp-dev] [ phpesp-Bugs-2676835 ] Need ability for user to delete incomplete survey

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Bugs item #2676835, was opened at 2009-03-10 00:46
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Category: User
Group: v2.0.2
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: kswartz (kswartz)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Need ability for user to delete incomplete survey

Initial Comment:
I've been making numerous enhancements to phpESP on my own (many of which I'm about to work on giving back), but I'm a bit stumped on how to move forward on this one, and would like some advice (in the absence of an actual fix).

We have a lengthy survey that may be filled out multiple times by our users. The survey has about 100 questions, and may be done over a period of a few days, while the respondent does some research.

We've found that occasionally, a user will want to scrap the survey completely, but still enter a new one. However, any time they sign in and try to start the survey, it always uses their saved one, and starts them where they left off.

We want to introduce the option to DELETE a saved-but-incomplete survey from the dashboard page. I'm up for working on this code myself, but need some advice. Is there a good way to securely reuse the code that does this in the admin pages? Unlike the admin pages, a user doesn't have to be a superuser to delete his OWN survey.

Right now, the workaround we have is to resume the saved survey, and hit the "Previous Page" button all the way back to page 1. Unfortunately, at 20 pages, that's a bit painful.

I am visualizing an additional column on the dashboard page, called "Action". It can show a link to delete a saved survey, OR a link to view (or edit, depending on whether the survey would support it) any previously submitted copies of the survey. That's a separate enhancement request; I just wanted to mention how I saw this one fitting into a bigger picture.

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>Comment By: Franky Van Liedekerke (liedekef)
Date: 2009-03-10 08:36

Message:
How about just providing a link to the first page of the survey? You can do
this at the bottom, top, anywhere within the current survey ...

Franky

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