[support] Saving and Retreiving Form Data

[adept techlists - kazar]

On 3/3/11 9:56 PM, Austin Einter wrote:
> Hi All
> I have a requirement, where I need to have a form and expected fields 
> are -
> Name
> Contact number
> Email ID
> Resume (File upload)
> I hope we can create this form either by using CCK or by Webform.
> Once user enters the data, I want to save these data to a table in 
> database. Later point of time I will retreive the data from database 
> for showing in same form.
> Now my questions are -
> 1. How do I save the data (from above fields such as name, contact 
> number, email id, resume file) to database.
> 2. How do I retreive the data from database at a later point of time.
> Given the number of database related operations needs to be performed, 
> I am looking forward the execution speed should be faster. From this 
> point perspective, which module you will suggest the CCK for Webform.
>

Why not just add fields to the user's account profile? This way the info 
can be retrieved and updated by them (or viewed/edited by site admin or 
other users depending on permissions)

If you upgrade to Drupal 7 you can add fields to the user profile (see 
"Administer User Profile" http://drupal.org/node/874026 ). This is part 
of the core install and requires no further modules.

For Drupal 6 there is the Profile module (see http://drupal.org/node/23710 )


have fun,
kazar