Webpage Design - How to create an Auto Database from On-line Web Registration form?

[Mepoor]

Hi all,

HELP - I designed our website (Rent-A-Tent Trailers) (http://www.2rentatent.com/index.htm) from the little I know about web design. It's quiet basic but functional. (we get a lot of postive comments about it :) )

1) We have a Registration page (http://www.2rentatent.com/onlinebooking.htm) where folks can send us their Contact and Reservation Request info.

How can I get this information to auto populate a database or spreadsheet.

2) Also, how can I show an auto "Thank You / Acknowledge" web page to after guests "Submit" the Registration web form??

thanks for any tips or explainations :)

[TenzoR]

it'll depend what your host supports but you need a form that submits to the database server

you can check out www.w3schools.com for some quick basic tutorials

if your host supports PHP here is a website with a lot of help and articles
http://www.phpbuilder.com/

if your host supports ASP here is a website for it
http://wwwasp.net

[jerryhung]

mnn, you should find a book to read

but basically
- form submits data to processing-script P
- P validates/checks for existing record, if not, insert into database; else update current record

you need some script-capable host (PHP/ASP) with database support (MySQL/Access) though

HTML Form
http://www.w3schools.com/html/html_forms.asp

[Mepoor]

thanks guys. i'll check out those sites.

I use Netfirms to host my site so I'll follow up with them.

How about the auto "Thank You" web-page, or is that too a function of the database server stuff?

I use FrontPage for the design of my current site.
Can it help me with any of this other stuff??