Re: [SAGE] web form handling software

[Frank Smith <fsmith@hoovers.com>]

--On Wednesday, January 12, 2005 12:26:34 -0800 Philip Brown <phil@bolthole.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 03:06:37PM -0500, Todd Olson wrote:
>> At 11:12 -0800 2005-01-12, Philip Brown wrote:
>> > Would anyone have a recommendation for free, or at minimum cheap
>> > (to universities) software, for handling web forms?
>> > What I think we need, is something that makes the following easy(er):
>> > 
>> > 1. creation and adjustment of web based forms, by non-techies
>> > 2. handles collection of actual data by people clicking "submit" on the
>> >   form
>> 
>> Perhaps FileMaker Pro (now in version 7) will do the job.
>> http://www.filemaker.com/
>> It is not free
>> but the time savings in creating the sort of things you seem to be after
>> would be substantial.
> 
> Hey, that looks kinda slick. Any other competitors in this space that you
> know of?

If you decide on FileMaker, please don't use a version prior to 7, it had
a very weak security model:

Client: I need to log in.
Sever: Here are all of the usernames and passwords.  Is it one of these?
Client: Yes.
Server: OK, you can have access.

Supposedly that's all been fixed in v7.

Frank