sufi malak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm working on a form , they would like to provide an incentive to > users to get them to fill out these forms. Can anyone suggest a way > that a random user could get a message letting them know that they > have won something (prize to be determined at a later time) this > would probably occur monthly.
If I were designing this, I would have the JSP/servlet that is serving the page with the form on it to include some Javascript in the code that would alert the user of their winning when they complete the form. This way, you would be able to more closely control just how many "winning pages" were served. Perhaps only a small percentage of the pages would have some extra Javascript included that would alert folks of their winnings. Another person wrote something similar previously, but their suggestion was to use client-side Javascript. This would be fine if you didn't want as much control over the winnings. But, since you are most likely giving stuff away that hopefully has some degree of value, I would go with the server-side route to be able to more strictly control just how many winning pages are served. The other option I would say is to have users alerted by the server when they submit the form. Maybe when you return your "Thank you for sending your info", you could also say "by the way, we would like to thank you for your time by mailing you a $1 million check." That way you wouldn't have to horse around with writing Javascript, which I would think to be a good thing. Andy __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com =========================================================================== To unsubscribe: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "signoff JSP-INTEREST". For digest: mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with body: "set JSP-INTEREST DIGEST". Some relevant FAQs on JSP/Servlets can be found at: http://archives.java.sun.com/jsp-interest.html http://java.sun.com/products/jsp/faq.html http://www.esperanto.org.nz/jsp/jspfaq.jsp http://www.jguru.com/faq/index.jsp http://www.jspinsider.com
