How to pass data to a separate program using javascript or html

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I am trying to write a program that will prompt you to enter someone's name. Then it will take that name and send it to a different program where it will add that name to its database. Here is the code:

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>

<form name="customerForm" action="" method="get">
First Name: <input type="text" name="firstname" /><br />
Last Name: <input type="text" name="lastname" /><br />
<input type="button" name="button" value="Add Customer" onClick="addCustomer(this.form)">
</form>

<script type="text/javascript">
function addCustomer(form)
{
    var x = form.firstname.value;
    var y = form.lastname.value;
    var name = x+" "+y;
    alert(name);
}
</script>
</body>
</html>

Currently I have the javascript function to put the name into an alert box to see if it worked.

I am using javascript and html to find a solution and pass the data (aka the name) into a SQL server database. — blazinazian
– blazinazian, Commented Jun 18, 2012 at 15:40

Quentin · Accepted Answer · 2012-06-18 15:35:12Z

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Specify the URI to the program in the action attribute and change type="button" to type="submit".

The specifics of reading the data will depend on the language you write the program in and how it interacts with the webserver.

answered Jun 18, 2012 at 15:35

Quentin

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Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 11:49:11Z

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Save to database via Ajax using jQuery, php, mysql

So you can use Ajax on jQuery to send a form result to a PHP page, then you have to write the PHP to handle converting that data and sending it to your database.

Exmample of sending with jQuery Ajax, from similar question

//ajax server call
$.ajax({
  url: '/useradminpage?main_id=%s&display=false',
  success: function(data) {
  //do some stuff.
  alert('returned');
 }
});

edited May 23, 2017 at 11:49

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answered Jun 18, 2012 at 15:32

Philip Kirkbride

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