Information should only be inputted into an information system one time . After that, information should be shared digitally across departments, with no need for reentry of data.

Why is this? What type of common data formatting problems do you think system designers run into when they set up online forms (such as the one you did in Question 2) that send data directly to a database?

Data from Question 2

An online form can be set up to “dump” the form contents into an e-mail and send it to a specific e-mail account. Find the code snippets to do this, and create a simple online form that will send contents to your e-mail address. Fill out and submit your form at least one time. Forward the e-mail you have received with form contents to your professor, along with the URL of your form.