Posted by Mike on 11/10/06 04:08

I have developed an application, for psyc patients.... they type in
very personal information in a web form to help them work through
problems in their lives. Once they enter the info, I encrypt the data
and store it in a MySQL database. Users can then print, edit, delete
or share the information they entered with their therapist. I'm not
happy storing this in the database for two reasons: (1) my host places
restrictions on my database size and number of queries. (2) the
information is very personal and sensitive, and I'd hate to find out
the database has been compromised or damaged (even with the
encryption). Also, currently I don't have any search capabilities, but
as patients fill out large numbers of forms, they may have a need to
search.

Is there a way for me to store the form information on the visitor's
computer.... say a cookie or text file, rather than on the server side?
How would I go about doing this?

Thanks!

Mike

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