Hi,

I'm wondering if webform if is a possible solution for a quotation system that I need to setup. I'm hoping someone can perhaps advise.

The scenario in brief:
A directory that contains a few hundred(hopefully a few thousand in the not too distant future) service providers needs a quotation system that allows:

A user requesting a quotation for a particular service which will include, amongst other text fields, category options that the requested service relates to, e.g. 'IT Training' plus category options where the training needs to take place for e.g. at own premises or external facility.

When the user sends the request for quotations it needs to go to either All or a selected number(e.g. random 5) of registered service providers who have in their profile indicated "IT Training" as a service as well as other category options that were selected by the user...

Requests for quotations would need to go to service providers where all selected categories are true.

Can Webforms handle something like this or should I be looking elsewhere?

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I would suggest using nodes and the core Field module to handle such a system. If you have workflow needs or if you're displaying the submissions (quotes) publicly or to a lot of users, nodes are a better solution than Webform submissions. Perhaps http://drupal.org/documentation/modules/webform#webform-vs-cck can clear things up further.

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