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Junior Member
Which is better for Form Handler Component? E-Mail or Database?
Hello,
When using the Form Handler Component, it can be set to either e-mail form data to a specific e-mail address or save form data to a database.
I was just wondering if one is better than the other? Has anyone had any problems?
Has anyone out there ever failed getting an e-mail that was sent? Other than e-mail being sent to Spam?
Can they be used together as a backup to each other to minimize the chances of missing data?
If the e-mail option is chosen, is there a program out there that can access a POP3 account and turn the cumulative e-mails into ASCII text so can make a list of users from the data. I am assuming that specific words like Name and Address can be used to iterate through a long list and compile the data and use the option Fusion gives of default text like none entered.
Thank you for your time, thanks in advance for any help
Philip
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Senior Member
You can use both email and a database. The email from the NOF form handler is a little "uninformative" in that you get only the data, but no labels. So you'd get an email like so:
Philip
O'Reilly
212-555-1212
123 Any Street
NY
NY
01112
The database, however, will have a header row. It is stored as a CSV file, or Comma Separated Values. It imports nicely into something like Excel where each data item from the form is in a column, and the top row is your label. So you'd get:
firstname lastname phonenumber street city state zipcode
Philip O'Reilly 212-555-1212 123 Any Street NY NY 01112
Joe Blow 212-555-3456 456 Any Street NY NY 01112
The database can be useful as a backup, or a list of form fillers, especially if it's registrations. When I used to use the NOF formmailer, once the email was confirmed working, I don't think I ever "lost" an email submission.
HTH
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Junior Member
Thank you very much for the help.
I apoligize for the stupid question, the last time I did any web stuff was way back with NetObjects Fusion 4 or maybe 5, about 10 years ago. And for some reason I remember there was a problem with the POST method and when I was reading about the Form Handler I was worried that there might still be a problem.
I wonder if Hidden Fields could be used to give the line >Name< Input >NameEnd<? Would it be possible to make a text field on a Form that was zero length and thus not be displayed or otherwise hidden by a picture but copied into e-mail to provide reference?
Thank you again
Philip
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