[Novalug] Basic app development

[gregory pryzby]

On Sun, Dec 31, 2006 at 10:11:30AM -0500, Garrett Nievin wrote:
> Question - how should I go about putting together a basic form/database 
> application?
> 
> 
> Background - I run a small organization with a few hundred volunteers. 
> We've got piles of handwritten signup sheets, contact info, insurance 
> forms, that sort of stuff.  What I'd like to do is set up a little 
> self-serve station where people can enter and check their own info so 
> that we don't need to go blind and nuts transcribing.  Nothing terribly 
> interesting.
> 
> My first thought is to put together some type of LAMP package on a 
> standalone box; we don't have Internet access.  Recommendations?

There is a package for MySQL that allows entry via a browser
(standalone Linux works). Unfortunately I can't think of the name, but
phpMyAdmin might have been it to create the form.

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