Forms in Dreamweaver - Where's the CGI?

Report · Mar 30, 2007

I can build a form in Dreamweaver to collect information that I want users to submit to a database or text file on the server.

In order for this form to work I must specify an ACTION which is the CGI script on the server. The server (Linix) has some scripts pre-installed in the CGI-BIN but it seems to me that I need a script that will match my form.

Do I need to learn to write CGI scripts or is there an automated process that builds the script based on the form?

Report · Mar 30, 2007

> Do I need to learn to write CGI scripts or is there an automated process
> that
> builds the script based on the form?

A form sends data back to the server. Something on the server has to process
this data and do something with it. It can be a CGI script or other server
side code (ASP, PHP, CF, etc.)

If your web host already has a CGI script for you to use, you should be able
to get instructions from them on how to use it with your form that you
created.

-Darrel