Newbie - Create a web application?

How can I do the following?

I want to create an application where the user selects drop down boxes,
check boxes, radio buttons, etc. I know most of this is possible with
generic html forms. The challenge is:

Given a user entered value (0 to 65,000), scan through multiple arrays to
find the best fit. I will have 25 set of 2 dimensional arrays. I need to
check each horizontal and vertical value of each array and return results
for each array.

What and How can I do this?

addional info:
Each array will be a hydraulic motor. The horizontal columns are the flows
(gallons per minute) for this pump (e.g. 2, 4, 6). The vertical rows are the
pressures (pounds per square inch). For a given motor, if you use 4 gpm at
600 psi, you will get x lbs-in of torque at y rpm. I want to sort through
all the arrays when I am given a torque and rpm to find what pressure and
flow each motor requires. The results are also a kinda of array.

Any suggestions to point me in a direction will be welcome. I know nothing,
but just need a direction to start going.

Gazing into my crystal ball I observed "John@smith" <John@smith.com>
writing in news:TzD6e.56607$vK6.33827@bignews3.bellsouth.net:

> How can I do the following?
>
> I want to create an application where the user selects drop down boxes,
> check boxes, radio buttons, etc. I know most of this is possible with
> generic html forms. The challenge is:
>
> Given a user entered value (0 to 65,000), scan through multiple arrays
> to find the best fit. I will have 25 set of 2 dimensional arrays. I
> need to check each horizontal and vertical value of each array and
> return results for each array.
>
> What and How can I do this?
>
> addional info:
> Each array will be a hydraulic motor. The horizontal columns are the
> flows (gallons per minute) for this pump (e.g. 2, 4, 6). The vertical
> rows are the pressures (pounds per square inch). For a given motor, if
> you use 4 gpm at 600 psi, you will get x lbs-in of torque at y rpm. I
> want to sort through all the arrays when I am given a torque and rpm to
> find what pressure and flow each motor requires. The results are also a
> kinda of array.
>
> Any suggestions to point me in a direction will be welcome. I know
> nothing, but just need a direction to start going.
>
>

I would go server side with that. You could possibly do it client side
(javascript), but server side is probably more robust. You might want to
use javascript to if the user chooses one item, and you want another item
updated without a trip to the server. Look into PHP, ASP or other server
side programming language. Check with you host to see what is provided.

I would also suggest setting up a server on your local machine. If you are
running Windows XP Home Edition, you will need to upgrade to XP Pro. There
are some hacks to use Home Edition, but they are a PITA and not always
reliable. There are also some other servers you can install without XP
Pro, but I can't think of them off the top of my head. Google is your
friend.

--
Adrienne Boswell
http://www.cavalcade-of-coding.info
Please respond to the group so others can share

Thank you

I am running winxp pro. Will look into running a server for testing. Thanks
again.


"Adrienne" <arbpen2003@sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:Xns9636AC2FDBA9arbpenyahoocom@207.115.63.158. ..
> Gazing into my crystal ball I observed "John@smith" <John@smith.com>
> writing in news:TzD6e.56607$vK6.33827@bignews3.bellsouth.net:
>
>> How can I do the following?
>>
>> I want to create an application where the user selects drop down boxes,
>> check boxes, radio buttons, etc. I know most of this is possible with
>> generic html forms. The challenge is:
>>
>> Given a user entered value (0 to 65,000), scan through multiple arrays
>> to find the best fit. I will have 25 set of 2 dimensional arrays. I
>> need to check each horizontal and vertical value of each array and
>> return results for each array.
>>
>> What and How can I do this?
>>
>> addional info:
>> Each array will be a hydraulic motor. The horizontal columns are the
>> flows (gallons per minute) for this pump (e.g. 2, 4, 6). The vertical
>> rows are the pressures (pounds per square inch). For a given motor, if
>> you use 4 gpm at 600 psi, you will get x lbs-in of torque at y rpm. I
>> want to sort through all the arrays when I am given a torque and rpm to
>> find what pressure and flow each motor requires. The results are also a
>> kinda of array.
>>
>> Any suggestions to point me in a direction will be welcome. I know
>> nothing, but just need a direction to start going.
>>
>>
>
> I would go server side with that. You could possibly do it client side
> (javascript), but server side is probably more robust. You might want to
> use javascript to if the user chooses one item, and you want another item
> updated without a trip to the server. Look into PHP, ASP or other server
> side programming language. Check with you host to see what is provided.
>
> I would also suggest setting up a server on your local machine. If you
> are
> running Windows XP Home Edition, you will need to upgrade to XP Pro.
> There
> are some hacks to use Home Edition, but they are a PITA and not always
> reliable. There are also some other servers you can install without XP
> Pro, but I can't think of them off the top of my head. Google is your
> friend.
>
> --
> Adrienne Boswell
> http://www.cavalcade-of-coding.info
> Please respond to the group so others can share