https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/39.aspxNew to InfoPath? Search to see if your question has already been answered. If it has not, then ask it here or the appropriate topic forum.enCommunityServer 2007 SP3 (Build: 31118.962)https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/78481.aspxThu, 10 May 2012 19:26:02 GMT033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:78481SeanPRyan0https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/78481.aspxhttps://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=39&PostID=78481<p>I assume that an external user fills in a form online and the data is sent to a back-end Database.<br />You can query that database with InfoPath. </p><p>If you&#39;re working with SQL Server or XML. </p><p>Create a data connection:&nbsp; Tools &gt; Data Connections and add a data connection to the database that was filled by your external customer &gt; Receive Data . &nbsp;<br />Then you will have the access you need to your data.&nbsp;</p><p>This can be done in C# with VSTA (Visual Studio Tools for Applications) as needed.&nbsp; This is a little more in depth however.<br /></p><p>Try this and see if it helps.&nbsp; If I have been too vague, let me know and I will try to clarify more.</p><p>&nbsp;<br /></p>https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/78315.aspxFri, 04 May 2012 01:08:06 GMT033a2e2d-04e2-4a9d-be01-a4634161eefd:78315Arielle0https://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/thread/78315.aspxhttps://www.infopathdev.com:443/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=39&PostID=78315I am creating a form I will put on share point. My challenge is that the form needs to be processed not just internally but externally as well. My company&#39;s firewall doesn&#39;t allow the access to our sharepoint site. So I want to know how I can easily import the data I will collect from my external users into a form.