Can you save to file and edit file?

I have this problem with a dummy site i'm working on (for learning purposes) and i have 20 form text fields with an "add extra field" button. They are for entering sales of products, but the problem i'm having is that i use a DB, but come to realize that anything greater then 20 entries won't work if i want to use a DB. So i was wondering if you can save the information given from the form fields onto a file of some sort (like excel or pdf), but later on if i want to make a change to an entry on that file would it be possible to recall the file and make the changes accordingly without rewriting the entire thing?
Hope that makes sense. thx

Question one: is it possible to store the information as rows in a text file or Excel file, which you can then update? Yes. ColdFusion offers plenty of ways to save the form data to file and eventually update the file. However, doing it that way will be inefficient and error-prone. In effect, you will be doing by hand what database engines have been designed to do automatically. So, stay with a database solution.
Beware you don't go creating a new OrderItems table only because you've run out of columns. If I understand it correctly, your situation is as follows. Your current database table has 20 columns. Each column corresponds to a form field. You now wish to extend your form to 21 fields or more. The extra fields, I would assume, are of the same type as the existing 20.
Question two: what is a possible database solution? Assuming you have appropriate database permissions, alter your existing table by adding more columns to it. It is an easy procedure. Post to the database section of this forum if you need assistance. Otherwise, ask your database administrator to do it for you.

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> How can I save my data and the date,the time into the same file when
> I run this VI at different times?
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> I use a translation stage for the experiment.For each user in the lab
> the stage position (to start an experiment) is different.I defined one
> end of the stage as zero. I want to save the position , date and time
> of the stage with respect to zero.I want all these in one file, nd
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> 2/12/03 16:04 13567
> 2/13/03 10:15 35678
>
> So I will track the position from day to day.If naybody helps, I
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