getting an idea

[Anon]

hi!

i am planning to run a little experiment on the net which will have the following features:
) subjects get a description of a certain task
) they then have the possibility to query a database to get info about questions they have about the task
*) each "search result" should be stored on a new page that can be accessed again

what I have is the database and the "search engine" -> right now it compares the words entered by the subject to the words in a certain database field ... (many things are from phpbuilder - thanks for this !)
what's the best way to continue
-> is it a good idea to create a table for each person entering the experiment and write all the data he/she asks to this new table - to be able to access it again

-> should I use text files which are read and written again and again

...

any hints are appreciated

thanks

michael

[Anon]

I'd suggest that you just store each search that is done since it can easily be recreated.

Then using each search gather the data each time, this will save data storage space and headaches. It may cause some slow down, but if you optomize the tables to be searched then it shouldn't be too bad.