Data entry form consisting of different node types

You can try http://drupal.org/project/references Its a simplified version of relations and its one directional. Here is a quick tutorial http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CHC8I9xZIg

Thanks
Amrit

Hi barun,

It is very simple. You just use Taxonomy terms. You can follow the simple steps.

1. Login as Administrator in your drupal 7 site.
2. Now go to Taxonomy in Admin/structure section.
3. Click Add Vocabulary and Insert Course Categories in the name field and in description you can leave it blank.
4. Now under this Vocabulary you can just add all your courses.
5. Now go to you form and add a field name "Course Category" and choose fiels type is "Term reference" and Widget type is "Select list".

Now just add your data in the desired form you; will find all your categories as dropdown list.

I hope this will solve your problem.

not getting your points. you have to add some more details.
But if you need sub-categories under category then you should create a main term as category and insert other terms under this main term. you will get a dynamic listing box of sub categories. try it.

@barunsamanta : Well first, the right place to have asked this is in the DO forums. Simply because that is the place you should go to, to seek help from a larger drupal community (or drupal.stackexchange.com), and the chances of others of landing on your problems discussion in the future would have been higher there. Perhaps you could have posted a link to your DOforum/stackexchagne question here so that us "local" folks to notice that somebody close by is looking for help and we could have jumped in.

^ Just my 2 cents to direct right queries to the right place :-)

Now, there are many ways of setting up the data architecture for what you need done. The best way would be determined by the overall larger requirements. For now, given what you have already set up the content types courses and students (I would highly recommend for them to be 'user' with role 'student' instead of a content type if these students are actually login in to the site), one way to go about this would be -

1. Create a new content type called say 'enrollment'.
2. In that have a node reference field for 'student' (or user reference field if my suggestion in the above para applies). You could make this autocomplete, dropdown whatever.
3. Then have a node reference field for 'course'. This can also become autocomplete, dropdown etc. This can also become multiple valued field if that fits your requriement.
4. This way, you can have more fields in 'enrollment' (eg: institute location, etc (date of enrollment can be the node creation date, or a separate field)) if desired.
5. Also, this way, you get the full power of modules like 'Views' to create any kind of filtered lists of enrolments (by courses, students, time of enrollment) and what not!

Hope this helps.

Hi barun,
Now I understand your requirement. Your requirement is very simple. Instead of creating different content types you just create one contente type as "enrollment" as stated by Mr. Pareek. You use your dropdowns as I told you earlier. now you have to create different types of views (page or block) by choosing the desired fields from "enrollment" content types.

Then in a view by using Contextual Filters & Relationship (in advanced section of a view) you can pull out your desired results.

Hope this will help.

If not done, reply back. I will create it in my drupal codes site (http://drupalcodes.com) and will send you the link exactly what you need. But you have to register in my site to view.

Hi barun,
Now just post this discussion at http://drupalcodes.com/node#overlay=node/add/create-discussion

Meanwhile I will create your contents and discuss there because not possible to add any contents here. Remember there are paid drupal learner (paid user) in my site who will also see your discussion.

@Barun
Remember, you have to login first and then u'll able view or insert data. Try it.