custom forms - data collection

[schoolboy]

Hi Schoolboy

Have you used Machform to write data to a zencart mysql database?

Does Machform create the necessary tables and fields in a zencart mysql database, or must this be done separately?

TIA

No, we have not tried to "merge" or "blend" the functions of MachForm to read/write to zencart tables/fields. While it MIGHT be possible, we have been content to use the forms purely as a means of collecting info that our sites' visitors need to communicate to us.

MachForm has its own database - so the data is stored, and can actually be "parsed" into a CSV of XLS file format.

There is an argument for the system having certain FUNCTIONAL limitations, for example... Such as when a person is logged into ZC, their name and email addresses will self-populate in the standard ZC contact_us form. Of course, this will not be recognised in the MachForm forms, because there is no "user login" feature for these forms.

But we don't mind about this... we have not yet had a need to look at "merging" or even "bridging" the databases.