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Jim... I'm also an engineer (Chemical) that migrating into web development about 5 years ago. Ironically, I'm also just starting to use AJAX in some of my projects. Fundamentally, there isn't much too it. Just using javascript to pass info back and forth between server-side script without form submissions/page refresh. It can get fancy, like the scriptaculous drag-and-drop shopping cart, but I've been using it for more practical purposes like real-time form validation against a database. Check out these leads... http://script.aculo.us/ (<- sophisticated effects) http://ajaxagent.org (<-very simple/powerful PHP/AJAX js class) P.S. in editing this post, I've found that this forum uses AJAX to allow the author to edit their post in-line without page refreshes. Look in the source for the call to ajax_prep_for_edit

Thanks for the lead. I'm going to check it out!

Is anyone using a database or even html form data to populate fields in a pdf file? I've read some things about FDF, but I think it is server-side and needs to be compiled. If it's not part of the existing server config, I doubt that it can be used. Any suggestions/comments? Basically, I've got a web app for a client that collects the form data and stores it in a mysql db. They are going to need to have the ability to print a completed standard document pre-filled with the db data.

Is it possible to offer certain servers that have php5/mysql5 on them? I'm a reseller... maybe reseller accounts with the newer versions?

I'm trying to use a 3rd party db tool (DBManager) to manage my MySQL db. Here is what is required to connect: - server name - hostname - port number - userid - password - database Is anyone else using such a tool, and can you help me with these requirements. I have attempted to create a db using the cp admin, but even that is a little cryptic in the way it appends names to things. TIA, Phillip