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Hideaspider
02-25-2007, 04:33 PM
I have been out of the web design loop for over 3 years and am having real problems engaging the brain - intelligently (not) sold all my books.

I am attempting to reawaken my skills, through Dreamweaver putting together a questionaire form that stores the form in session data and provides estimates based on the form answers. I am not sure however that this is something DW is capable of - I don't want to use a database.
perhaps it would be simpler to code by hand?

KDLA
02-26-2007, 10:45 AM
...a questionaire form that stores the form in session data and provides estimates based on the form answers. I am not sure however that this is something DW is capable of - I don't want to use a database.
perhaps it would be simpler to code by hand?
First, DW is a visual editor; it's not designed for heavy-duty data coding. You'll have to do that in Code View.
Second -- you mention that you want the session data stored. Do you mean the length of the session only, or for when the user returns to the website? If only for the session, you can use javascript or any type of client-side scripting for that. (Google javascript and whatever you want to do -- there are tons of formula functions out there.)
If you're wanting the session data stored for repeat visits, it's best that you turn to server-side scripting and a database.

KDLA