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  • Michael Hill
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    Forms Data to CSV format

    Hello, everybody.

    I have a question regarding sending data from a form. I have
    volunteered to work on a high-school's website for some competitions
    they are hosting. Participants in the competition should go to the
    page and fill in the posted registration form: their name, school
    sponsoring them, address, etc. The host school would like to have this
    data e-mailed to them in CSV format.

    Up to now, the web pages I have done have all been static; I am not
    familiar with sending data to/from a form. I do not even know what
    software to use for this task. In fact, this is my first question: Do
    I require a particular feature (Javascript, JAVA, etc.) or can this be
    done with plain old HTML?

    Somebody please give me some direction.

    Thanks all.


    Michael
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    • David Dorward
      #2
      Re: Forms Data to CSV format

      Michael Hill wrote:[color=blue]
      > Up to now, the web pages I have done have all been static; I am not
      > familiar with sending data to/from a form. I do not even know what
      > software to use for this task. In fact, this is my first question: Do
      > I require a particular feature (Javascript, JAVA, etc.) or can this be
      > done with plain old HTML?[/color]

      http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/forms/ is probably the best place to get
      started.

      --
      David Dorward <http://dorward.me.uk/>

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        • Krzysztof Kubiak
          #3
          Re: Forms Data to CSV format

          > software to use for this task. In fact, this is my first question: Do[color=blue]
          > I require a particular feature (Javascript, JAVA, etc.) or can this be
          > done with plain old HTML?[/color]
          My advice is not ot use any of client-side solutions (such as JavaScript).
          Try to look for server-side approach (PHP, ASP, ASP.NET, JSP etc.)
          [color=blue]
          > Somebody please give me some direction.[/color]
          If you're new to server-side programming I would recommend to take a look at
          W3Schools website URL:http://www.w3schools.com
          Probably most common solution (and also free) is PHP. If you're interested
          in learning wisit their website URL:http://www.php.net
          Forms processing and file manipulation (you want to save CSV files) can be
          achieved in very easy manner using this language, so I guess it's worth your
          interest.
          [color=blue]
          > Thanks all.[/color]
          No problem

          Krzysztof Kubiak


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