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 > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php > > -- PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
