Thanks for the good tips... I'll be doing that this weekend. I think the hardest part is going to be trying to figure out how to store a contract once all the fields have been populated. Its an OO document at this point.
Troy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > If you want to build something like a web form you will need to use HTML and a > scripting language. A common solution to do what you are asking is to use PHP. > You will need to be familiar with PHP to go further. Go to http://www.php.net > to get a hold of the basics. > > There is no way to write a walkthrough for your problem here as it would be > quite long :o). It would also be repititive since there are millions of sites > that provide such walkthroughs. Go to www.sitepoint.com, which is a web dev > portal. My favortite. They have tons of usefull articles and step by step > walkthroughs. > > From a big picture point of view what you need to do is use PHP to generate > HTML dynamically and handle application logic, database interactivity. Use the > MySQL database as your data store [obviously ;)]. PHP is an excellent choice > as it works very well with MySQL. > > If this sounds like greek then don't worry too much. Head to sitepoint.com and > go to the php section and start learning. It is an excellent resource. PHP.net > is a good place too although you might want to go to sitepoint first. > > Best of luck, > > Arjun > > Quoting "Troy T. Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > I know this sounds stupid but I'm totally lost. > > I've created a MySQL DB whose purpose is to track customers who have not > > gotten a newspaper. > > I've created all the necessary fields, and have managed to learn how to > > add/delete/modify the records in mysqlcc, but what I want is to have a > > predesigned form like you'd find on a webpage where you simply enter the > > complaints and hit submit or whatever, and it responds with the complaint ID > > # ( ComplaintID is an autoincrement field in the db ) Then I need to be > > able to print a report in a nicely labeled/readable format showing all > > entries made that day where the "chargeable" field is not "List" (Chargeable > > is an enum consisting of "yes", "no", "list"). > > > > Will someone please be kind enough to point me in the right direction. I > > can't seem to get my head around this concept. > > > > Troy > > oh, if it matters, I'm using Linux Mandrake 9.2 with the Gnome 2.0 GDM. I > > also have qtDesigner, OO, & Screem. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > MySQL General Mailing List > > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > -- > MySQL General Mailing List > For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql > To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- MySQL General Mailing List For list archives: http://lists.mysql.com/mysql To unsubscribe: http://lists.mysql.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]
