[thelist] Data capture in Drupal...

[Nan Harbison]

Amen to this. The CCK was tediously painful to set up, one form element at a
time, so I gave up and created my own. 
I am going to check out webform.

 

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[mailto:thelist-bounces at lists.evolt.org] On Behalf Of Fred Jones
Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 8:57 AM
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Subject: Re: [thelist] Data capture in Drupal...

>> I need to create a data capture table.
>> Theuser goes to a form, enters data in fields 1, 2 and 3 etc...
>> I then store that in my DB in a drupal, or custom table..
>>
>> I'm hugely confused how to do that...
>> Anyone know if a module or a how to to point me in teh right direction?

> If it is just capturing data, you may want to use 'WebForm'
> http://drupal.org/project/webform

Not "may" want to use. You ABSOLUTELY want to use this and not CCK.
Unless you have bizarre requirements, then webform was made for precisely
what you describe.

F
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