Hi everyone,

I'm rather new to the web design game, but I'm hoping to learn as much as I can. I'm currently enrolled in some HTML and Javascript classes that I'm sure will give me a much better understanding.

So, on to my question. There is this website that I visit regularily and I'm wondering what type of coding is behind its functionality. The site is wagerline.com. Basically, they allow their registered users to make sports picks and they keep track of the progress. For instance, I could bet on like 10 games and then once those games are over, I would be able to login and see my wins vs. losses, my overall win percentage, etc...

To sum it up, I want to know how to gather numerical information from a visitor, plug it into a database that automatically calculates a total and finally have their result automatically inputed into a table.

I hope this all made sense.

Any info would help greatly
-EJ

It would be using a web language like PHP or ASP, personally I prefer PHP, especially as its free to set up a test server with Linux locally. I also find it easier to code.

If its something you actually want to do, you'd be better off asking in the PHP/ASP forums, and definatly read some tutorials to get you started.

For PHP try:
http://www.phpfreaks.com/tutorials.php
http://www.w3schools.com/php/default.asp

and http://www.php.net/ for the PHP manual (invaluable when looking up functions)

For complex calculations that commicate with an SQL Database, my best guess is a CGI or PHP script.

I think what you're describing is a little to complex for javascript.

Cheers,

M

yes use php for more calculations, it will give you good result.