Here you go;

This assumes a database table named "yourtable" with 2 fields: sender,
message.

It's simple, but should get you started.

--Dylan

<!----- cut and paste this code into a file called
 email_from_form.cfm ----->

<CFIF #IsDefined("submit_form")#>

        <!----- insert data into my database table ----->

        <CFQUERY DATASOURCE="your_DSN">
                INSERT INTO
                        yourtable
                        (
                                sender,
                                message
                        )
                VALUES
                        (
                                '#form.sender#',
                                '#form.message#'
                        )
        </CFQUERY>

        <!----- email the form information to [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----->

        <CFMAIL
                TO="[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
                FROM="Your email app <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>"
                SUBJECT="Email from my form">
This is an email from #form.sender#:

#form.message#
        </CFMAIL>
</CFIF>

<FORM ACTION="email_from_form.cfm" METHOD="POST">
Sender:
<BR>
<INPUT TYPE="TEXT" NAME="sender" SIZE="40">
<BR><BR>
Message:
<BR>
<TEXTAREA NAME="message" ROWS="8" COLS="50" WRAP="VIRTUAL"></TEXTAREA>
<BR><BR>
<INPUT TYPE="SUBMIT" NAME="submit_form" VALUE="Submit & email this form">
</FORM>

<!----- end code ----->

-----Original Message-----
From: Jones, Becky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 9:04 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: email


is there a way to have a form that when a user types in data, it gets
submitted to a database and an email of the data goes to a specific person
or persons?
thanks,
bec.


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