Inserting embeded PDF to database

Hi,
I have created a pdf file(a Form) that I would like to put on my website where I could enter the data inside the form's fields, and then save the pdf file to a database(mysql).
If it can be done, how would I go about doing it?
What I have tried so far is to embed the pdf on the page; added a server behaviour(Insert Record) to add the file to the database with a column('Form') of type blob.
But that doesn't work. I get: 'Form' does not get a value

Flav, PHP is the tool you want to use for this task.
I can embed or iframe the pdf, but none of the database field types can recognize the file for insertion.
This is a very bad idea. You're better off building a PHP form to handle the records.
Could a simple php form include all individual fields(such as name, ordr#,etc..) and save that as one file instead of individually?
What do you mean by this - there is no file in database. They're only records. Individual records allow for more flexibility in data collation which is good for you in the long run even if you're not anticipating it now.
You can export and manipulate your data from MySQL Database in many ways - which is not possible from a PDF file.
There's another way - if you do not want to use a database, you can write the data captured from your PHP form into an XML file or a Plain TXT file on your server - however I wont recommend this method for security reasons.

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Tim, a change like this is really simple.
Formcalc and javascript are pretty similar - when I started developing AIF a year ago, I knew nothing about either of them... not that I know a whole lot now...
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Hi All,
I have sent this problem to Informix. By any chance if you had faced the same problem and found the solution, pls send mail to [email protected]
Thanks
Babu
Hi there,
I tried to insert a pdf file in to Informix database. I followed the guidelines
given in the "InformixJDBC Driver
Programmer's Guide". Actually my program works if i use
PreparedStatement.setBytes method. But why
PreparedStatement.setBinaryStream method is not working????.
Here is the code snippet.....
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try
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InputStream value = null;
FileInputStream fileinp = new FileInputStream(ff);
value = (InputStream) value;
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catch (SQLException ex)
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finally
try
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at com.informix.util.IfxErrMsg.getSQLException(IfxErrMsg.java)
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at com.informix.jdbc.IfxSqli.sendBlob(IfxSqli.java, Compiled Code)
at com.informix.jdbc.IfxSqli.sendBind(IfxSqli.java, Compiled Code)
at com.informix.jdbc.IfxSqli.sendExecute(IfxSqli.java)
at com.informix.jdbc.IfxSqli.sendCommand(IfxSqli.java)
at com.informix.jdbc.IfxSqli.executeCommand(IfxSqli.java)
at com.informix.jdbc.IfxResultSet.executeUpdate(IfxResultSet.java)
at com.informix.jdbc.IfxStatement.executeUpdateImpl(IfxStatement.java)
at com.informix.jdbc.IfxPreparedStatement.executeUpdate(IfxPreparedStatement.java)
at com.aexp.eaim.iu.isp.testcase.InsertBlob.insertUsingSql(InsertBlob.java, Compiled Code)
at com.aexp.eaim.iu.isp.testcase.InsertBlob.main(InsertBlob.java:194)
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why you are trying to find the file length???.
try
stmt = conn.createStatement();
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int rc = 0;
ResultSet rs = null;
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sorry!!!. There is an error in the code
old code :
value = (InputStream) value ;
should be code :
value = (InputStream) fileinp;

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* and open the template in the editor.
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