Re: Oracle WeServer -- application suitability

Phil Smith wrote:
> The application involves WWW users filling out a lengthy multi-page form.
> Information on the form will be stored in an Oracle 7 database for
> subsequent processing. (Each completed form will result in one record
> being added to a table.) The questions on the form are not data-driven;
> that is, little use will be made of capabilities to generate HTML pages
> dynamically. Some field edits are required but do not involve database
> tables. Mostly, they are for state codes, social security numbers and the
> like.I'd say Webserver would fit nicely.
One good thing about Webserver is that you can use a procedure to create the entry form - and this procedure can take as input parameters a value for each field.
In this way, when you submit the form, the processing routine can check the content of the fields and if anything is wrong, it will present an error message and then call the form-creating procedure with all the accepted entries as parameters. This saves the user from re-entering accepted data. :-)

Ordinarily, when the user makes a mistake on a form, he's presented with an error message and a new (blank!) form to fill in - horrible for a big form :-(

Best regards,

Sten Vesterli
TPI - Tom Pedersen International A/S
sev_at_tpi.dk Received on Sun Nov 10 1996 - 00:00:00 CST