database or spreadsheet

[wabdatl]

I want to make a webpage that asks you to insert an id number
and when the id number is inserted a name and age will be returned .

Do I need a database for this? Or is there an easier way? (like using a spreadsheet and ???)

Do you get the feeling I might not be a programmer? Thank you in advance for any help.

[james438]

just my 2 cents, but I would go to your hosting service and set up a database. Make sure you write down the password, username, and hostname that they give you.

You might be newer to this, but there are a few people here who can help you with what you need. A database is a lot like using a spreadsheet. You could also do this with a php script, but that would be somewhat more complicated and a database is more versatile and easier (in my opinion) than php as there are only a few commands in mysql that most people really need.