Attempting an on line questionnaire with immediate response

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Attempting an on line questionnaire with immediate response

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As a "newbie", I am seeking help to create an on line questionnaire. Once the questionnaire is complete, the respondent can receive an immediate response or analysis.

I have seen this work; for example, Dr. Weil's "Vitamin Advisor" <http://www.mycustompak.com/cgi-bin/cns. ... drweil.jsp>.

There must be a way to do this; however, I see rare instances of it.

Does anyone have suggestions on resources?

Thanks for your response.

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hmm..., you don't want much do ya. that kind of script requires an enormous amount of code. as a newbie" i recommend that you start with something a bit more simple. a script like the one you are talking about would be a great project to pick at but i don't suggest that it be your first cause igaureente that you will get frustrated.
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Thanks for your response.

Your comment confirms my suspicion; however, I still want this to work...it may be a massive amount of work...but, there must be a starting point where I may learn to create the simplist questionnaire to the more complicated (a typical process of learning).

Given my commitment, where would you suggest I start with tutorials, books, forum?

You are kind to respond, and I am grateful.

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well, first realize the kind of processing that will be required: if the user selects option A then say this, option B say this, if he selects this append that. essentially a lot of conditional statements.

while i don't know where you might find this I would suggest trying to find the source code for one of those "how much geek are you?" tests and just play around with it.
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