Using Different Forms Based on User Input

[N8bak]

Greetings. Currently we are submitting and validating our form data internally via C programs. We will be gradually moving to a third-party company for the validation piece and their forms are being submitted via Perl. During the transition period we will need to have both validation methods avaliable to our customers. We need the ability to route them to one form or the other based on the site# they enter. I know this is possible using cookies, but I'd rather use something more secure. Any ideas?

~N8

"Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon `em." - Twelfth Night, II:5

 

[ChrisHunt]

I strongly suggest you do this server-side. One way would be to change your existing C program such that if the site# submitted is in the appropriate range, the request is redirected to the external URL.

Or you could write a new program for the form to submit to, which just looks at the site# and redirects to the appropriate script.

-- Chris Hunt
Webmaster & Tragedian
Extra Connections Ltd

 

[N8bak]

Thanks for the quick reply, Chris. Ideally what I would like to do is have the end user enter the site# which would pass to one script or the other, similar to a cookie but without the security concerns. I would like to avoid a major rewrite as our 100+ sites will be transitioning to the new process over a period of several months.

~N8

"Be not afraid of greatness. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon `em." - Twelfth Night, II:5