Re: Questionary Development - Continued

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That being the case, you may want to consider ajax, so that users
answers are recorded as soon as they make them.

On 5/31/05, ...helmut <forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello All,
> 
> Thank you for all the wonderful ideas, there are so many things that can be
> over look when working by yourself.
> 
> When I asked help for a questionary, in reallity I meant a long form. With
> that said I apologize for having some people in mind more like a question
> answer type of thing(school test and similar).
> 
> So, after reviewing this project I have come out with the final descicion...
> 
> In order to fill out a form the user must have an UN and PASS, so that I can
> write their answers to the DB as they are filling out the form, reason for
> this is in case they have to stop in the middle of the form they can come
> back on a later time to finish with their UN and PASS, they should be able
> to continue their form or to start all over.
> 
> I decided to divide the forms into 5 different sections, and as some one
> suggested divide the sections by groups so people can fill out the form and
> concentrate in the section they are working on.
> 
> Similar to when you have to fill out your taxes online:
> https://taxes.hrblock.com/hrblock/login/LoginRegistration.aspx
> 
> the difference is that this has been done with ASP (ewww! :) )
> 
> Thank you everyone for your input. Any more suggestions are welcome
> 
> --
> ...helmut
> helmutgranda.com
> 
> 
> 
> ""...helmut"" <forum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:DF.31.02217.017A8924@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >I have a form that contains 100 questions. To make it easier on the user, I
> >will divide it into 5 sections (20 questions per section), then all the
> >information will be written to a db. What is the best way to carry along
> >through the pages the information that has already been submitted? Cookies?
> >Writing to a DB after each section? Session Variables?
> >
> > I read that writing to a database as i go along could be too much of a
> > hazzle for the db, specially if I have multiple people filling out the
> > form at the same time.
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > --
> > ....helmut
> > helmutgranda.com
> 
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