[support] most drupalish way to collect data from users

[Metzler, David]

Although you could build your own module, which is what the
documentation you are pointing describes. There are other modules that
have been created to store this data. 

Consider creating a custom content type with CCK using the form fields
you want and just letting users submit nodes, 

Or alternatively, look at the following contrib modules that have
already been written. 

http://www.drupal.org/project/webform
http://www.drupal.org/project/survey


-----Original Message-----
From: support-bounces at drupal.org [mailto:support-bounces at drupal.org] On
Behalf Of Ivan Sergio Borgonovo
Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 5:10 AM
To: support at drupal.org
Subject: Re: [support] most drupalish way to collect data from users

On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 07:35:56 -0400
Earnie Boyd <earnie at users.sourceforge.net> wrote:

> Quoting Ivan Sergio Borgonovo <mail at webthatworks.it>:

> > I just need someone to point me at the right FM.
> > I need a form where user can insert data + 1 file in a DB table.


> You mean something like [1], [2] or [3]?
> 
> [1] http://drupal.org/project/webfm
> [2] http://drupal.org/project/filemanager
> [3] http://drupal.org/project/attachment

Nice tools to discover... but the accent is on "form" rather than on
file.

I just have to collect data from users and store them in a DB.

I could just have a php node that contain a form whose target is the
node itself and collect all the data through POST and save them.

That looks slick to me, I was wondering if that kind of activity
(collecting data through forms to store in a DB) can be pursued in a
more kosher way (using some drupal API, modules etc...).

I just got into this:
http://drupal.org/node/326
expecially this:
http://drupal.org/node/37775

I've to get an idea of the advantages of kosher coding vs. learning
all the API now ;)


While we are at it... how do you collect data through GET (not POST)
when url rewrite and alias are activated?

What if the node is:
drupal/this_is_the_php_node
and I want to pass some GET data?

thx

-- 
Ivan Sergio Borgonovo
http://www.webthatworks.it

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