A friend of mine is using Visual Studio to do some back end for a project of ours. He's not sure how to use <a> to put values into the database and can only do it using <input type="button>. I'm the front end guy and if I can build buttons using <div><a>submit</a></div> or even images wrapped in <a>img.jpg</a> it would give me more flexibility. Is it possible? If possible can you provide a resource...

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He's not sure how to use <a> to put values into the database and can only do it using <input type="button>

That type of button is not capable to submit a form, by default. You need to use <input type="submit>, instead

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if I can build buttons using <div><a>submit</a></div> or even images wrapped in <a>img.jpg</a> it would give me more flexibility.

I don't understand the issues that you face when using an <input> element, though you may also use

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<button type="submit">

Or

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<input type="image" src="path to an image">