sarabonforum
09-01-2008, 04:26 PM
I want to make a form on my website that will allow me to use regular HTML form elements like input text fields, radio buttons, check boxes, drop down lists, password fields, and submit buttons.
But the part I am really struggling with is using the form action attribute to send the data to some sort of database or data file, in which I can store the data and then possibly do some fancy analysis of the data to extract interesting information.
For instance:
at W3Schools (http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_forms.asp) forms are discussed and I can see how to create the look and feel of the form, but I can't see how to get the inputs transmuted into a data file, and how you use ASP to do it, or any other "server-side" language.
The other thing is I want to host the website on my home broadband connection computer. That may be a separate issue, but if we are talking about server-side stuff, then maybe it would be relevant to throw that piece of information into the equation.
But the part I am really struggling with is using the form action attribute to send the data to some sort of database or data file, in which I can store the data and then possibly do some fancy analysis of the data to extract interesting information.
For instance:
at W3Schools (http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_forms.asp) forms are discussed and I can see how to create the look and feel of the form, but I can't see how to get the inputs transmuted into a data file, and how you use ASP to do it, or any other "server-side" language.
The other thing is I want to host the website on my home broadband connection computer. That may be a separate issue, but if we are talking about server-side stuff, then maybe it would be relevant to throw that piece of information into the equation.