How To Link A Front Page File To A Excel Database

[favor]

I am beginin to make a online testing tool. I plan to do the front end with front page (the multiple choice Qs) and connect it to a database like EXCEL. At the end of the test, the score and feedback have to returned on screen. How to go about doing it!

 

 

-New to field!

[surefire]

I'd put the excel idea on the back burner and focus on getting that information into an a mysql database.

 

Once the data is in the database, there is an infinite number of things you can do with it.

 

You described something that I already put on one of my sites.

 

FYI, if you are new to server side scripting and database work then it's going to take some time to teach yourself everything you need to know. This is a pretty big project to undertake as your first introduction to programming.

 

I fully encourage you to take on the challenge if you have the patience and time to see it through to the end. You'll learn a ton.

 

Best of luck to you.

[susandennis]

Why wouldn't a simple hyperlink in Excel work? I must be missing something.

[surefire]

As I understand it, this member described an online tool that would post information to a database, compare it to stored values, score it, and send it back to the user automatically.

 

Excel can't do this... to my knowledge.