hii i want 2 create a online xam sytem using php & mysql the question r stored in xcel file & by using php & Ajax the question r displayed each buttons denotes a question & the value of the button is the question number there are 2 forms 1 for diplaying the questions & another for answering the questions <html> <head> <script type="text/javascript"> function sendRequest(f1) //displaying the question { var url = "test.php?ch="+f1; qtn = new XMLHttpRequest(); qtn.open("GET",url,false); qtn.send(null); document.getElementById('show').innerHTML= qtn.responseText; } function store(f2) //storing the answer in database { var url = "db.php"; qtn1 = new XMLHttpRequest(); qtn1.open("GET",url,false); qtn1.send(null); } </script> </head> <body> <form name="frm" method="get"> <table border=2 allign="left"> <tr> <td><input type="button" value="1" name="ch" onClick="sendRequest(this.value)" ></td> <td><input type="button" value="2" name="ch" onClick="sendRequest(this.value)"></td> </tr> <tr> <td><input type="button" value="3" name="ch" onClick="sendRequest(this.value)" ></td> <td><input type="button" value="4" name="ch" onClick="sendRequest(this.value)" ></td> </tr> </table> </form> <form name="frm2" method="get"> <span id="show"></span> <input type="submit" value="Submit" onClick="store(this.value)" > <input type="reset" value="Reset"> <input type="submit" value="Skip"> </form> </body> </html> Code (markup): now the basic problem is i cant get the qstn number from 2nd form bcoz the qstn number is in another form i know i cant xpress the whole thing but i am waiting for some help thnks in advance