Question : How do I design InfoPath form based on web services?

Hi,
What I have:
1. A database.

My need:
1. Implement a form service solution.

I want to:
1. have the database as back-end
2. InfoPath 2007 form as front end
3. Publish the forms to sharepoint so that I can use workflows for approvals

What I did:
1. Wrote a web service in 2008 that would get and put data in the database.
2. Desinged a form based on that web service.
3. I also desinged a blank form and try to attach the web service submit method.

Problem:
1. InfoPath form seems to put "require" tag infront of all data types except string data type (this was not an issue in what I did # 3)
2. I cannot get way around for dates and master table ID (primary key, identity)
3. When submit button is clicked it say, successfully submitted but there is no data in database. (in both cases what I did #2 & #3)
4. Is there any other better way of implementing this?

Any suggestion or help is appreciated.

Thank you,

Answer : How do I design InfoPath form based on web services?

Web Services are a bit tricky. And InfoPath is not as flexible as I would like in how it plays with them, but if you get them working they are awesome.  I am using ones bundled with MS Dynamics right now.

I would recommend you look at the web services suite from www.qdabra.com.

They have built and refined a generic set of SQL web services over the past several years specifically for InfoPath which will save you untold heart ache and grief over trying to make them yourself.  You can have theirs up and using them in a number of hours and you do not have to support a bunch of custom webservices.

These can be used with browser forms as UDC's.