HTML Form Handling...do I need CGI or can I use Byond?

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Nov 7 2005, 12:51 pm
I would like to make a simple HTML table for a web site; one that is editable from the web by users who have a password. I know how to build the form for this, but I can't find any information online on how to handle input from the HTML form and modify the HTML form with that input. I assume I need to know CGI to do this -- and I don't. I was wondering if this is something that Byond's web capability can handle or not. Has anyone here ever done something like this? It could probably be done in Java too, but I don't really know Java, either. :-/

Thanks,

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Nov 7 2005, 1:04 pm (Edited on Nov 7 2005, 1:23 pm)
Okay, I see that the CGI lib supposedly will do this for me, but it seems to assume I am using a UNIX platform for the web?! I don't really understand that. I was hoping I could use it to write some Byond code, stick the .dmb file on some web space, and watch it work. Also, the lib says to "look at the example", but it doesn't seem to come with an example. Has anyone used this before?

[Edit: Okay, I did some more research, and it turns out nobody seems to have a clue about this in regard to a Windows based server. Not only that, but I was looking to do this stuff on some webspace on a rental server, anyway. I guess my real question now is: does anyone have any experience creating HTML forms and form handling on a rental server? Is it even possible?]

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Nov 7 2005, 1:11 pm
In response to BigJMoney
BYOND Polls did. Zilial I think used it.
Nov 7 2005, 4:49 pm
In response to BigJMoney
You know, you can do this in many languages, not just CGI or DMCGI, if you actually find a way to install BYOND on a webserver. But to do this, I guess you could buy or rent your own server and place Linux on it. Otherwsise, you can find out how to do it via Windows.
Nov 7 2005, 5:16 pm
In response to CaptFalcon33035
I'm thinking maybe Java would be only choice if I want to create some kind of interactive media on the web. Really all I wanted was an information table that people could add their name and information too. Just a viewable database.

Learning basic Java wouldn't be too hard, I guess. It's almost funny that people learn programming languages for a few weeks of necessity and then discard them.

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