Form Handlers

[neo7364]

Hi,
I have no knowledge of CGI scripting, which I understand is how form handlers operate. However I have been told that you can set up a form on a web page, and you can use an online form handler to process the information.
As you may have guessed, I have no idea what the deal is. Can anybody explain to me how I can use a form handler (and where I can find a good one to use) after setting up a form in Dreamweaver.

Thanks alot
David

[Digitalosophy]

ehh not sure if i should answer this as i have no CGI knowledge. but... i would think as long as you send the proper variables to the cgi page your app should work.



<form name = "myForm" action="app.cgi" method="post">
<input type="text" name="fname">
<input type="submit" value="Send">
</form>


again, sry if this is not what ur looking for

[abzoid]

Check with your web host to see what general form handler scripts they have available. THose will most likely be done with PERL script. If your host supports PHP or ASP then a Google search will likely locate a number of free examples of generic form handlers you could use, probably with only minimal modication to match file and path names.

Just curious, what do you intend to do with the data once submitted? Save to a text file on the server, save to a database, send via an e-mail, or something else?

[neo7364]

Hi,
Thanks for the help, I think that should give me a good idea of how to get started with it. I'm going to send the information to my email account.

Thanks again
David