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Online Web Database

Posted: Tue Jun 16, 2009 2:44 pm
by jack_indigo
You know, from time to time I encounter web designers who can build an HTML page, and do some CSS, but that's it. They are at the mercy of needing a web developer to do any PHP, or using CGI scripts. I thought up a product idea and wondered if you thought it might sell...

Basically, the one thing that's not so easy for these people is the database. Let's say Sara wants a signup form for a meeting to come up at the end of this month. She can do the HTML, and the CSS, let's say, but doesn't understand how to validate the fields, block XSS and SQL Injection, use an optional captcha or bot stopper script, show an inline friendly error message in the page if the field data is bad, or post to a secure database if the data is correct. And if you do that, you might as well have it redirect to another result page when good, or send an optional email as well.

So let's say she goes to your website, creates the database table, and then adds in a one or two short snippets into her HTML page, with PHP not being necessary. And then poof -- Sara can build her meeting signup form and receive an email, or login to her database space and see the table with the data, ready for export into Excel, print out, or whatever. Plus, she gets captchas and/or bot stopper script, inline friendly error messages, and can redirect users to another page if the result is successful.

Does such a thing exist? If it doesn't, then do you think it's a good online product to sell, say, for an annual subscription fee of like $x/per megabyte?