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Topic: Emailing Results from a Form

Posted By: Misty
Subject: Emailing Results from a Form
Date Posted: 22 October 2003 at 12:17am

One of my potential clients wants the results from forms that are filled out emailed to him. That is not a problem at all. I have often done this. However, he would like enter the data into his Access database via a data-import. I personally thought about storing the data in an access database on the web. He could always retrieve the database from FTP. But I have to follow his wishes.

Is there a certain way that I will have to format the data in the email to make it compatible with what he wants to do?

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Posted By: MorningZ
Date Posted: 22 October 2003 at 7:36am

just have the information emailed as a comma delimited string and then Access can handle that without issues

"have to follow his wishes".. realize that customers are not web programers and sometimes what they seem is feasible/possible in fact is not either....... you need to learn how to handle your clients better because look at what is happening... you are way over your head (in this thread and in many past threads of yours)

personally, i'd save the info in the database and maybe just email his the database now and then (as long as it didn't get out of control size-wise)

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Posted By: KCWebMonkey
Date Posted: 22 October 2003 at 9:17am

i'd do the same as MorningZ suggested. if you do the comma delimited string then you will have to help them format it in the DB as well.

Posted By: God_Struth
Date Posted: 22 October 2003 at 10:27am

data-import wouldn't be a good idea for this either, far better using a database. Then you would only have to run a queery for the information when its requested, rather than downloading it and all that stuff.

Then you can email him it...

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