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There are three ways of connecting your form to your database. recommends that you understand read and understand each approach carefully before moving forward with form design in order to determine most efficient approach, and prevent the need to redesign later. This table can help you decide which design approach to use based on your business requirements.

	The Doc URI Approach*	Post via Web Hook	The Business Rules Approach	Dynamic Options
Overview	Automatically create the controls in your form based on your database table, and use the Document Action user interface to set up Doc URIs that can perform CRUD Operations.	Automatically post data from your form/workflow to your database mid-workflow using the Web Hook feature.	Write JavaScript business rules to perform CRUD operations.	Dynamically retrieve options at runtime from the Database Connector (or any RESTful web service) using the Options Src control property, no code needed.
Recommended Use Cases	Create or update multiple records at a time Perform multiple CRUD operations in each database call	Create records mid-workflow	Create or update a single record Get/Write only a few values from/to the DB Populate options in a repeating selection control, and/or use a complex option label	Standalone selection control (not repeating) Simple value and label from a DB column
Form Design	from Schema design method Instantly creates controls that match your DB columns' names and types Some control properties available in form designer, others edited by modifying the schema Automatically passes all control values in Doc Action	from Schema design method Instantly creates controls that match your DB columns' names and types Automatically passes all control values in Web Hook	from Palette and/or from Schema design methods Designer creates and configures all controls to match Database column names and types. All control properties available for editing in Form Designer (from Palette) Must pass each individual control value in Business Rule(s)	Use Checkbox, Dropdown, Radio or ComboBox control with the from palette design method.
Performance	Call the DB Connector once for all operations (using the autocreate feature) → fast, reliable performance	Call the DB Connector once after the prior step unloads (Continue is clicked).	Call the DB Connector query for every add/update operation (this can impact performance)	Calls the DB connector for each instance of the selection control. Fast, reliable performance for non-repeating controls. Performance issues may be seen for repeating controls.
Technical Skills	No code needed Create/Modify xsd schema document	No code needed Create/Modify xsd schema document	JavaScript code required	No code needed
Documentation	Generating XML Schema \| Data Sources \| CRUD Operations Example \| 10-Minute Doc URI Video	Post via Web Hook	Forms Designer \| Palette Controls \| Integrations \| Business Rules HTTP Methods \| Rule Examples	Control Property Settings - Dynamic Options

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