FORM SUBMIT DATA TO WEB SERVER

[Former Community Member]

I can't believe something as simple as outputting form data to a file on the WEB server is this complicated. I am not a pc/web programmer (ASP, VB, C, cgi ...). All I need to do is output form field contents to a file (XML is fine) on the Web Server. Am I correct that you cannot just output and append the file to an existing folder/file on the server? Do you have to have a ASP, CGI, PHP program in place to parse the file?



SUBMIT TO URL http://www.mysite.com/folder/xxx



So xxx cannot be a data file, it must be a script to process the form data?



If this is the case, is there a simple script to copy/append entire file to a file on the server. I can process the file on another server with a language in which I am more familiar.

[HowardTreisman]

Hi Scott

You cannot have a client application upload data to any web server without having some sort of "script" on the server to process the incoming request.



We could write such a script for you, if you're interested. We would have to spec out exactly how you want it to work. The language and other details used will depend on what type of web server you want to use, etc. You also need to think very carefully about any security implications - if you have a script that allows data to be uploaded and stored, that could quite easily be used maliciously.



Contact info-at-avoka.com if you want more info.



Regards,

Howard

http://www.avoka.com