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How do I securely count the number of times a form has been submitted?

Mar 22nd, 2004 23:23
Jason Benson, Hunter Thompson,

If the form is being submitted to a database you could of course just 
update the database:

SQL example (access/sql):
("Update FormResultsTable Set Form_Count = Form_Count + 1")

If not you would likely use a text file or another method to keep this 
count.  To do that you would use the FileSystemObject and the 
read/write line methods.

See this link for a good introduction to the FileSystemObject in ASP/VB:
http://www.4guysfromrolla.com/webtech/faq/FileSystemObject/faq1.shtml

hth
jb