Forms info: Recent changes
There have been some major changes in the system:
- The database structure has been re-arranged. The old
database format and the new one are somewhat incompatible.
- The db query system has been optimised somewhat. I'm still
learning to use PostgreSQL... :)
- Form editing has many new features. These are documented in
detail at 04_Modifying and 03_Results. New features include:
- Duplicating forms.
- Inserting questions into the middle of the form.
- Number ranges are now superceded by the more flexible
compact multichoices.
- Long multichoices have numerical summary
information.
- Labels.
- POST instead of GET so that browsers know the queries
have side-effects.
- Question numbers are no longer printed, they are only used
to tell the order of the questions. Instead, questions are
automatically numbered from 1 upwards in the form. These numbers
have nothing to do with question numbers.
- There is the possibility of giving your e-mail address when
creating a new form.
- POST instead of GET when collecting answers.
- The result side has some new features. These are explained
in 03_Results. They include:
- Multiple choice questions and number range questions are
now basically the same thing, so both kinds of summary
information are printed for both.
- There is a link to print all the results of a form as a
table. This script can be very slow on large amounts
of data.