Help with online forms

Pardon, not sure if this thread belongs here but I'm looking for some help into creating an online form. I was wondering how to create a database to support an online form. I've been researching and have read various documents about files with numerous extensions in conjunction with 'online forms'... .asp, .pl, .cgi, but I'm not sure what they mean and I can't find a good resource to tell me specifics... like a "Databases for Beginners" resource. Ha ha. Anyhow, can anyone point me in the direction of a good resource for this, and can someone tell me if I have to know C++ or any of the advanced programming languages to create online forms? I have VS .NET available for use but I'm not looking into making anything fancy, just a simple, 'customized-for-my-web-page' feedback form and possibly a guestbook, a little different from the templated scripts/forms that are available on the web. YOUR HELP IS MUCH APPRECIATED.

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Peace,
wesmorrisbabe

 

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Well you can write a form in HTML and post it to an e-mail address if you want to find the easiest route. Although you will need to server the form on a server that has been configured with a mail gateway and a gateway script.

You could persue the creation of a form through CGI, I would say PERL because it's easier to learn than C++. You can then use the modules with PERL to access a database of your choice, which can be any ASII fix in the folder or a proper Database engine like MYSQL.

Another alternative to coding this yourself is to hunt round some of the PERL CGI script libaries, and gain code that has already been written to be freely shared.

Try searching Google.com

 

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