numbers on forms?

[fivetonine]

I hope this doesn't sound like a really stupid question, but I need some help and don't know where else to ask. I have created fairly simple forms on a client's website. The user fills out his order info, the results are emailed to my client and then the order is processed. There is no pricing info or shopping cart stuff here, just regular html forms.

Now my client wants a number to be generated each time someone submits the form, so that they can use this as the order number. It seems to me that the only way this can be accomplished is to add some sort of database to the website and attach the forms to this. But maybe I'm totally screwy. Is there any simple way to get a form on the web to generate a number on the results when the submit button is pressed?
If I'm in the wrong forum, someone please point me in the right direction.

Thanks!!!

 

[HenryAnthony]

You need a unique number for each order. Using HTML, where would you store the numbers? How would the server know how to assign the next unique number? I'm pretty certain a back-end data base would be required for what you want. I've never done this but I know you can use Access as a back-end database. Performance is not that great but depending on your traffic, who knows? Click on "Forum List". I think there is a Cold Fusion and a Dream Weaver forum. You chould bea ble to get some help there.

Best regards,

Henr¥

 

[fivetonine]

Thanks. I figured I'd have to use Access, but I'm really trying to avoid using Cold Fusion. I took some classes recently and found it too difficult and confusing. On to Dreamweaver....

Thanks again --