Multi step form with three tables

Hi:
I have a database with 3 tables. Table 1 has one-to-many
relationship with two others. Infact in table 1 user should enter
his basic info and details will be submited itno two other tables.
Is there any easy way to make it with DW/colfusion?
I know that session may help but it is needed that each page
can submit information (if the user doesn't fill the last form them
I may loose data with session)
I thought of sending information to other page with form
action="page.cfm" but my problem is I don't know how to submit
information in the second form that the primary key of table one
becoms the foreign key of the next page. Please please I really
need this. I really need it.
Thanks
Benign

Hi:
Thanks for the reply. In fcat I have to put them in different
pages because they have many many fields.
Is there any easy way to do it?
My project is about patients registration database. I am a
medical doctor and know some about coldfusion and some about SQL. I
am doing this project for the patient and free of charge and I can
not hire any professional programmer. My research center has boght
a Coldfusion Web server (Webserve.ca) and we are in hurry to
register the patients and organize their data to manage their
cancer problems or alarming them for future personal/familial
follow ups.(purchasing the host was a problem then {because of the
money shortage}but solved fortunately)
The cancer information tables are about 10 tables and a
parent table for patients general/personal information.
I tried to build it with coldfusion/dreamweaver wizards but I
have many problems. There is no coldfusion expert avaiable as I
said (as you know there is a shortage of money in research centers)
and the solution is something that the patients really need.
It will be great if some one helps me. Surely the name of the
this project savior (you are really a savior of many if you help)
will be a part of the prject.
Thanks
Benign

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 </h:form>
 </BODY>
</f:view>
</HTML>This is myExample.java:
package example;
import javax.faces.component.html.HtmlDataTable;
public class MyExample {
 private HtmlDataTable dataTable;
 private String[] elements;
 public MyExample() {
 private String[] readFromDatabase() {
 return new String[] {"one", "two", "three"};
 public String[] getElements() {
 return elements;
 public void setElements(String[] elements) {
 this.elements = elements;
 public HtmlDataTable getDataTable() {
 return dataTable;
 public void setDataTable(HtmlDataTable dataTable) {
 this.dataTable = dataTable;
 public String doSearch() {
 elements = readFromDatabase();
 return "";
 public String doShowElement() {
 String selected = (String) dataTable.getRowData();
 System.out.println("Selected element: " + selected);
 return "";
}This is in faces-config.xml
 <managed-bean>
 <managed-bean-name>myExample</managed-bean-name>
 <managed-bean-class>example.MyExample</managed-bean-class>
 <managed-bean-scope>request</managed-bean-scope>
 </managed-bean>

Thank you for your answer.
I didn't realise I could use inputHidden for anything more complex than a single string...
I have added a h:inputHidden for the elements array but it still doesn't work.
How should it be used?
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