Need to capture and save to db when paypal button clicked

Hello,
I have standard Paypal "Add to Cart" buttons.
I don't have a shopping cart on my site I use
the Paypal shopping cart.

I'd like to track when a user clicks on the "Add to Cart"
and save that info to a database.

I'm proficient at ASP coding but not sure
how to handle this.

I was thinking about sending form fields to another
asp page, updating the db, then create another
form in code and submit to paypal.

I don't know if it's possible to submit a form in
code on the server.

Any suggestions are appreciated!

 

First of all what exactly do you want to save in the DB?
Also, have a client side script which enables the clicking of the button only once!

 

I would use client-side javascript like this:

<script type="text/javascript">
var xmlDoc;
function recordClick(xmlFile)
{
  xmlDoc.async="false";
  xmlDoc.load(xmlFile);
  return true;
}
</script>

Code (markup):

Then in the onclick event of the button have this:
onclick="recordClick('addclick.asp');"

The addclick.asp file would have code that would add the click to the database (assuming that you mean you want to count the amount of clicks to the button).

I haven't tested this code, it might need fine tuning.

Problem is I think this code will only work in IE... but other browsers may have a similar feature which can be implemented.

You could also extend this to count the clicks of multiple buttons or links... e.g:
onclick="recordClick('addclick.asp?id=3');"

 

use ajax or another logic