RE: Questionary Development - Continued

I've just been looking at phpSurveyor. Would that help at all? It's PHP, with mySQL database . . . > -----Original Message----- > From: ...helmut [mailto:forum@helmutgranda.com] > Sent: Tuesday, May 31, 2005 4:35 PM > To: php-general@lists.php.net > Subject: Questionary Development - Continued > > > 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@helmutgranda.com> wrote in message > news:DF.31.02217.017A8924@pb1.pair.com... > >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 >