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Hi Guys, I have a simple question, I havent done any web/html stuff for a long time, ive totally forgotton how to do everything.

At the moment im working on a small project, I was thinking of running it off a database but I think its way to complicated even for that as all I need is a single html page that populates with information that I have when certain inormation is entered.

Basically its a contact list, name, number, ID, landline fax number etc.

I have a list of about 400 names which I want to be searched by a ID and state, so for example, theres 2 data entry boxes, one is a drop down box of states and the next is a text entry field where you enter the ID (3 digits) once selected, it populates another text field with the information.

I want all the info to remain on a single page, or maybe the info on another page and displayed on the main page when the propriate ID number is entered.
Id prefer it this way as I can easily edit the page with text.

I dont think a database is appropriate, as I need to run this locally.

Does anyone have any idea what I need to do to get this done?
Id appreciate any help.

Thanks alot ?

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@CharlesFeb 15.2009 — For local use, MS Access or Excel or OpenOffice.

But if I realy wanted to make this look nice, and I do this sort of thing from time to time at work, I would create a DB in Access and then use MS Windows' ActiveX stuff to connect the DB with an HTML Application. There are a lot of different technologies there but each one is easily mastered and documented on the web somewhere. http://www.w3schools.com/ado/default.asp for a start but let Google be your guide.

Or I would run a web serer locally, XAMPP comes to mind, and do up something in Perl or PHP as the muse dictates.
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@NogDogFeb 15.2009 — ...I dont think a database is appropriate, as I need to run this locally....[/QUOTE]

The two are not mutually exclusive. I have Apache, PHP, and MySQL RDBMS running on my PC and regularly run local web apps on it. (And as [other] Charles points out, if it's strictly for local use there's not particular reason it has to be a web app.)
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