using a web form to store data -

[tango1948]

Hi,
I have a simple scenario, I want to write a web form for each employee (employeeNo.HTM). The form consists of Label/Textbox pairs. The Label text will contain the original value for the field, the textbox the new value - if there is one. I would like to persist the data in the textboxes between sessions using the web form as the data store (no databases) at the end of each month I'll search the web forms and retrieve the new values from the textboxes and update the employee file, and the label text for each employees web form, is this possible?
Any advice, pointers, tutorials appreciated.

Thanks David

 

[traingamer]

...is this possible?

No database = No storage.

The short answer is no.

You need some server side code and a database (or other updatable file) to store the data.

Greg
"Personally, I am always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught." - Winston Churchill

 

[tango1948]

I thought maybe XML was a way of storing web form data.
Is this an option?

 

[ca8msm]

Yes, you could use XML. You'll need to use a server-side language to write to the XML file though.


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[tango1948]

Thanks Mark,
Do you know any decent tutorials to get started.?

David

 

[kevin197]

You could always just store the data in a flat text file.
I would think perl or php would be simplest for you to learn to code it.

 

[ca8msm]

Do you know any decent tutorials to get started.?

It would entirely depend on your server-side language as to how you do it.


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[Stormheart]

If there is really no any chance for a database, PHP can read and write textfiles, but maybe a simple SQL database would be better...

Or use paper and pencil. - Okay just kidding.

 

[tango1948]

Thanks All,

In the end I'm going the asp.net, sqlserver route.

I would have liked to try xml with an xml db but no time

to learn.