form content saved externally

[me16_17]

My client wants a form for employees to enter hours for billining purposesI want the form to save what the employee enters into an external file depending on which employee is submitting information so that my client can have a link for each employee to the file containing each employee's hoursany help? lolalso, i dont even know if its possible, is it posible for form submission to be added to an excell file? so the client can view the submitted info in excell?

[Yahweh]

My client wants a form for employees to enter hours for billining purposesI want the form to save what the employee enters into an external file depending on which employee is submitting information so that my client can have a link for each employee to the file containing each employee's hoursany help? lolalso, i dont even know if its possible, is it posible for form submission to be added to an excell file? so the client can view the submitted info in excell?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

This is exactly what databases are for. It is possible to save information to an Excel or a text file, but it isn't as cut-and-dry as using a simple database.The number of clients expected to be accessing a database at any given time will determine the type of database you want to use. If you don't expect more than, say, 10 people be simultaneously connecting to a database at any given time, then you can safely use an MSAccess database. Otherwise, use MySQL or PostGres.About a month ago, someone asked me how to make a script that stores errors, which does exactly the same function that you want from script, but you want the database to store hours instead. Maybe the error script will help you out as a reference:- Working version of error script.- Zip of all the files used in that script.With a few minor changes, such as changing the name and datatype of at least one field, and changing the name of the field in the ASP scripts, the script will do exactly what you want it to do.