Can you provide a little more detail on what exactly the sheets are composed of, etc? Are they HTML themselves, or are they fields from an HTML form? Does the data need to be reformatted on output, or is the data self-describing (akin to dumping HTML from a file straight out to a browser)?

Here's an instance. If you were storing GIF or JPG files in a database, and you wanted to display them in a 2 x 2 table, for each TD in the table you have an IMG SRC tag that read something like IMG SRC="myscript_getimage.pl?item=x", where 'x' was some unique identifier (like an auto_increment field) from the database.

The 'myscript_getimage.pl' would then be executed for each image to be displayed, and kick out the JPG or GIF.

Conversely, if the file is some sort of data file that goes into another program (say TestGrader.tgf), when they clicked a link or a field in a table (use that JavaScript! Use that OnClick event!), you could download the file to their machine (via the save file dialog, like you most likely get when you download a .ZIP file). Or, you can register a handler for it, and open the application directly, much like downloading a .PDF typically does.

There are lots of ways to manage data like this. If you can clarify your goals for the monks, I imagine we can come up with a suggestion to guide your down a more optimial path of elightenment. (Heh. Or you could see if you could get two dozen monks to collaborate, and turn your project into OpenSource).

--Chris

In reply to (jcwren) RE: (4): File Upload Security Question by jcwren
in thread File Upload Security Question by Ovid

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